I'll be honest, I'm not entirely sure if Fury's defence is possible. It's based off the presumption that his energy sensing abilities may have been overlooked, so he was essentially reacting to Kanitah's attack as if completely unimpaired which would place surprise on his side.

Honestly I'm not sure if Kanitah is doing some sort of super-man thing or what though, so if his feet are off the ground I guess he'd just go flying past Fury regardless.