Shield-grab? Yes. Foxtrot? No, but I just read about it on ssbwiki. I've never paid attention to that maneuver.
Thank you for bringing it to my attention. I will practice empty hops and foxtrotting, and I think adding in a few wavebounced and B-reversed LC Nayru's would be good too.
Zelda slaughters newbies, and the computers play like them, so it's not reliable practice.
However, I don't have a car and have been limited to playing with people on campus.
Unfortunately, it seems the Smash group that I've known for nearly 2 years has shrunken. The remaining players that show up somewhat regularly have shifted their focuses to Melee or Smash 4. Outside of my group, I don't know any other competitive Project M players on campus, but I can play online, but it'll be against members of the Skype group, so I'd get a limited variety in matchup experience but at least improve on the basics and learn the ins and outs of my character more.