When the monk blocked a hit, he did not truly nullify Jake’s blow. He absorbed it instead. Rather than the physical body, he made Jake target the soul directly, sending destructive energies through that. However, even if he did so, the monk managed to remain unaffected. Even if he did lose energy from taking hits, it was minuscule compared to actually getting hit. As for why others didn’t do something similar…
Jake had tried to suffer soul and mental attacks before. Getting hit in the soul was a special kind of pain, unlike anything that could ever be inflicted on the body. Moreover, it was like getting punched in the brain every single time one was hit. Like taking a mental attack every time… yet the monk did this repeatedly without a care in the world. At least, he didn’t show it, alway
