I believe that was a typo, I think he meant to say that top block perfectly blocks top attacks while failing to block side blocks (without draining bp), etc... Yes. We don't like swing blocks because if you can attack and block with the same motion, everyone just spam attacks until they get through. Its retarded. See MBII for an example. Thus, you may only either attack, or block - you can't do both with the same motion. You can switch mid-motion, but you can't do both. It is regained with successful blocks, but not because blocking gains fp, simply because fp does not drain from blocking. FP = Force Points, just standing there gets you more. Just standing there blocking gets you more. Also, even if you have 0 FP you can still attack, albeit slightly slower then you would normally - it is just risky to keep attacking over and over and over without taking time to defend. In a way this forces the player to learn to attack and block tactically, instead of just spamming one or the other. Otherwise you'll end up dead a lot.