GUIDED CHAOS NEWS #166

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[A short excerpt is below] Frank I want to be respectful about this but i don't know how else to say it......i don't see how you can be loose when somebody's trying to rip your face off!!! I've been in 1 or 2 bad scenes and your adrenline goes thru the roof. I just used every ounce of strength I had to get out of there and i was so tired I almost puked. I've also read articles from experts on how you've got to keep it simple and hit as hard as you can, like one good palm to the nose over and over. How you stay loose and *adapt* or *improvise* like it says on your website.....I don't know. No disrespect but I don't see it. I'd come to a class but it's a plane ticket. ___ Ari Excellent question (or observation) Frank! The term "loose" probably doesn't denote to most people what Guided Chaos is getting at. That's why Lt. Col. Al prefers the term "pliable," and other masters describe it in other ways. (Check a near-future blog post of mine for something interesting that Tim Carron told me about looseness.) It's like the Tai Chi term "Sung," which is usually translated as "relaxation," but according to some masters actually means something different (albeit related) which isn't accurately translatable. Yes, the fight-or-flight response (which includes a large infusion of epinephrine or "adrenaline" into the blood stream) can cause you to explode with maximum strength (far more than you can normally summon). However, how does your body USE that strength? Do your antagonistic muscles strain against each other, yielding no movement or very inefficient movement? Or do they work together in a more efficient manner, allowing the body to move and change direction with maximum velocity? There is nothing in the fight-or-flight response that dictates the former. Your nervous system does not automatically start tensing all your skeletal muscles involuntarily (although it does increase pretension or muscle tonus--the state of being PREPARED to tense explosively). Taking "looseness" to the max in Guided Chaos training increases the body's ability to use its muscles EFFICIENTLY, stress or no stress. John Perkins sometimes uses this analogy: Imagine two people being chased through an urban area. One is a sedentary man, the other is Mikhail Baryshnikov. Which one is more likely to trip and fall? Basketball players train to change directions unpredictably and quickly. Such ability to USE MUSCLES EFFICIENTLY (i.e. being able to tense and relax them quickly in coordination with each other precisely when needed) does not disappear under deadly stress. Applied to combat, such efficiency manifests itself as the ability of the muscles to tense and relax in coordination to maintain movement and freedom of action rather than stopping and straining against superior resistance (this also relates to sensitivity . . . and balance and body unity!). I've been in (thankfully few) fight-or-flight situations, but in none of them did the "adrenaline rush" lock up my muscles, leaving me able only to strain inefficiently. In fact, in one case, I was able to run faster than I've ever run before, over curbs and uneven pavement! My coordination was not GONE, even though my strength was enhanced. In another I was able to multi-kick extremely quickly and with great coordination from a supine position. I was not limited to simply piston-driving my legs together in a leg press motion. That's what we're looking to do in Guided Chaos by training "looseness": to be able to make BEST USE of the added strength the fight-or-flight response gives us in order to move where we need to move as quickly as possible while attacking with maximum power without being stopped or broken. And remember, being just a little "looser" than the other guy is a BIG advantage. . . . Suggestions for further research: The article "Way of Adaptation" (you get it with the E-newsletter subscription) and a review of the Guided Chaos Newsletter Archives. Lots of good stuff in there addressing the manifestation of "looseness" under real life-or-death conditions. Hope this addresses your concern. P.S. Guided Chaos actually does start beginners with close combat training, which is the simple, straightforward stuff you refer to. After they get that down, they then train the ability to adapt and continue to land those strikes effectively no matter what the circumstances. TO READ ENTIRE "BEST OF" DOCUMENT, CLICK HERE TO GO TO OUR WEBSITE

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