Steve Grody Self Defense

Hokay! Here is the properly edited Quick Bit on the Stop-hit! That is the first opportunity to shut your opponent down and the least generally paid attention to.

A couple of months ago I suggested to Dean Franco of FMA Discussion (which everyone should be watching) that people post "Quick Bits," videos that are about a single concept or drill, and that the video would be BRIEF. It has turned into a good thing with interesting submissions from various teachers. I, of course, finally remembered that I should be posting my material here as well, sheesh! So here is the first Quick Bit and I'll post the second in a day or two.

My earlier instructional material is now available on my Vimeo channel at https://vimeo.com/stevegrody/vod_pages but while you can see the trailer for the package deals, the individual trailers I did don't show, so I thought to post them here. This trailer is for JKD Trapping Vol. 1.
In a combative situation when you try to strike somebody, it is very common for somebody to try and block or obstruct you whether they are trained or untrained. The subject of trapping hands is how we develop a very useful skill set for both offensive and defensive purposes when things get to a range where it potentially gets very messy. Included in this volume are training methods so that you develop actual responses to a situation rather than developing memorization skills because that's just not where it's at in the real world. I deal with many common initial obstructions to strikes as well as starting into the progression for if there is a second obstruction to a flow of our strikes after an initial trap.

My earlier instructional material is now available on my Vimeo channel at https://vimeo.com/stevegrody/vod_pages but while you can see the trailer for the package deals, the individual trailers I did don't show, so I thought to post them here. In volume 2, I complete the double trap series, that is if there's a first and possibly a second obstruction, but more importantly it's about developing spontaneous reactions and perception including knowing when not to trap at all. So it's not about technique memorization but developing skills that can be applied to normal guy reactions in many combative situations.

My earlier instructional material is now available on my Vimeo channel at https://vimeo.com/stevegrody/vod_pages but while you can see the trailer for the package deals, the individual trailers I did don't show, so I thought to post them here. In this volume I present the skills necessary to defend your trapping against counter-punching during your attack, and I begin the counter-trap series.

My earlier instructional material is now available on my Vimeo channel at
https://vimeo.com/stevegrody/vod_pages but while you can see the trailer for the package deals, the individual trailers I did don't show, so I thought to post them here. In JKD Trapping Volume 4, the counter-trap series is completed, entries are looked at in detail, trapping from defense is dealt with, and finally, some ways that trapping may be used against boxing defenses completes this series.

My earlier instructional material is now available on my Vimeo channel at
https://vimeo.com/stevegrody/vod_pages but while you can see the trailer for the package deals, the individual trailers I did don't show, so I thought to post them here.
This presentation works through the Siko-Ordibas (elbow and backhand) drill, and the Tap and Wipe drill. I show how all “passive” beats (defense/set ups) can be “active” (attacking); Also shown is how these drills are countered at each step, how they offset and blend with each other, and how these drills can move back and forth between who is feeding, and how to mix these drills with other sensitivity drills such as Chi Sao, Lubud, elbow control and boxing drills.

My earlier instructional material is now available on my Vimeo channel at
https://vimeo.com/stevegrody/vod_pages but while you can see the trailer for the package deals, the individual trailers I did don't show, so I thought to post them here.
This video on Lubud is a detailed presentation of the Filipino empty-hand drill central to the LaCoste-Inosanto system. Many variations with applications are explained along with drilling principles of free-flow, switches and "interruptions." The emphasis is on showing how all the motions can be “active,” that is, attacking (often implied but not usually shown). Included are the hammer/overhand cycle, gunting cycles, backhand cycle, elbow cycle, elbow control cycle, pass and meet, integration with other sensitivity drill and much more.

My earlier instructional material is now available on my Vimeo channel at https://vimeo.com/stevegrody/vod_pages but while you can see the trailer for the package deals, the individual trailers I did don't show, so I thought to post them here.
Chi Sao ("Sticking Hands") is a drill that addresses messy combative situations when the opponents have made contact with each other’s limbs without having landed a disabling strike. The thrust of this presentation is less about how to play the game of chi sao with another chi sao adept, and more about how it fits into useful fighting skill in the naturally sloppy world of combative instincts. I cover the 5 Ways of Attack within Chi Sao; the essential offensive and defensive possibilities in common Crashed positions; active and passive position changes; using an opponent’s defensive response against them while defending at the same time; manipulating an opponent’s attention to set up our strikes; relating chi sao to boxing; dealing with common instinctive grabbing within sticky clashes and non-formal positions.