Martial Arts

Grandmaster Michael Patrick demonstrates the principles of the player to the game, harmonics.

Grandmaster Michael Patrick demonstrates the player to the game, vibration and how it is different from harmonics.

Grandmaster Mike Patrick demonstrates the Cut Kick, which can really cripple the leg!

Grandmaster Michael Patrick revisits the Chicken Wing wrist lock to make it hurt even more!

Borrowing from Modern Arnis, Grandmaster Michael Patrick examines the chicken wing joint lock.

Grandmaster Michael Patrick shows how to create pain on contact with a 2-finger come-along joint lock.

Grandmaster Michael Patrick demonstrates how to dramatically increase the pain levels of the gooseneck joint lock.

Grandmaster Michael Patrick demonstrates the importance of creating pain immediately on contact with a technique that seminar participants often struggle to get right.

Grandmaster Michael Patrick demonstrates how to convert a read naked choke into a potentially lethal or disabling attack! As with the last technique, exercise extreme caution with this one. The pain hits extremely fast and the neck can be severely and permanently injured with this technique. In fact, it can be lethal! This is for educational purposes only!

Grandmaster Michael Patrick demonstrates how quickly the neck can be injured. This information is for educational purposes only. Neither Michael Patrick nor the DSI advocate doing this to anyone. Please exercise extreme caution and judgment!

Grandmaster Michael Patrick borrows from a childhood trick to show the effect of balance control plus structural / spinal locking.

Grandmaster Michael Patrick covers why many applications of Players to the Game such as harmonics, waveform, etc., seem to fail and shows how to fix the problem!

Grandmaster Michael Patrick borrows from the firearms field the concept of Double Tap and applies it to unarmed combat.

Grandmaster Michael Patrick covers some tips for handling someone resisting a technique, such as an Arm Bar, while using Players to the Game.

Grandmaster Michael Patrick demonstrates the subtlies of activating pressure points which are often overlooked, even by experienced Martial Artists.

This is a continuation of the striking series focused on the palm heel strike by Grandmaster Michael Patrick.

This is a continuation of the striking series focused on the chop or shuto strike by Grandmaster Michael Patrick.

In a new series, Grandmaster Michael Patrick will cover the mechanics of proper striking techniques. The first video in the series is on the ridgehand.

This is only one of 13 different cross wrist techniques that can be applied and from a variety of different situations and angles. To me the most important part of this is understanding the players that can be applied to increase the effectiveness of the technique

Grandmaster Michael Patrick discusses the concept of rooting.

How to overcome a supposedly double-jointed" individual by Grandmaster Michael Patrick."

Phil Peplinski demonstrates a defense against an upper body attack.

In this instructional clip Sifu Steven Burton teaches the close quarter elbows and continuous flow that can be used to defend yourself. Elbow strikes can be devastating and using the continuous flow to prevent the attacker from causing you harm will give you the skills you need. QUICK, EASY, and FAST to APPLY. This clip […]

As with anything there is more than one way to accomplish something. This is just one way, my way practical hapkido

Grandmaster Michael Patrick demonstrates additional concepts and players (such as spiraling, uprooting, etc.) for the same combatives technique as the three previous videos.