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.