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GUIDED CHAOS NEWS #129:

NEW BLOG POST: "JEDI MIND TRICKS FOR GUIDED CHAOS GROWTH"

"Just play along with me on this: Imagine that your arms and your body are extremely weak. They are so weak that they cannot offer any resistance against the ultra-powerful arms and body of your training partner..."

"IT'S YOUR HEAD OR MINE..."
by Lt Col Al Ridenhour USMC

Infinite Possibilities

I have a friend; we'll call him Phil. He's a Phd type with a 50 pound brain who works for the U.S. Dept. of Energy; he's one of those TS/SCI/CNEWD guys. You know the type. And is brilliant in scary ways.

During one of our cigar nights in Iraq (are there any other kind) he said during our discussion, "You know the universe is a 'strange' place. If you took everything that we know about it and compared it to what we don't know about it you could fit it on the head of a pin and still have room for a whole lot more..."

He also said some other stuff that I can't repeat but I digress.

The point is, as John has often said, you and I don't know anything. The fight "is" what it "is" and comes from everywhere and nowhere and from a seemingly infinite number of possibilities.

Striking in combat, as Musashi would say, comes from "The Void": it is the way of nature and just is, and, like the the universe, has an infinite number of possibilities.

From my position here at the War Fighting "Lab" I've learned to keep an open enough mind to alternative possibilities but a scientific enough mind to "try the Spirits be they of God or the Devil" so to speak so as to not get sucked into believing a lie. Or what we call science versus science fiction. There is a difference.

By expecting the unexpected all you're doing is expanding your awareness not just from what you can physically see but mentally perceive as well as imagine from a realistic perspective in order to not create any mental blind spots.

No Illusions

I assume people know what I know and are capable of anything and everything including killing me. I have no illusions of my own mortality. War does that to you as well as being in law enforcement.

I try to condition my mind to not be surprised by anything but be prepared to go into action without thought and try to be as "non-plused" about it as possible. I try to peer into The Void through my awareness as best I can, sort of like radar. To "know" and see with my mind through the proper mind set and not just what my eyes tell me I'm seeing.

As you know, through proper training, if you have to go into action when in this state is almost like a dream state where everything appears to happen in slow motion or as if you are watching yourself from the third person. It just "happens".

Cool but weird...

Just by being open to the possibility of something puts you way ahead of the curve. Of course this has to be tempered with a healthy dose of reality: thus the "forensic reality" of violence as John often discusses. It Does no good to have an open mind in order to "fill your cup" if you can't tell the difference between tea and horse piss.

I assume not only that people can and will do anything but that they can even seemingly defy the laws of physics as we understand it (like I said Phil said some very interesting things).

If you jump in the air to kick me I just casually step off line and push you into a bus. If you run off the wall, do a back flip and attempt to strike me I just say to myself, "Hmm... That's interesting", and then when you try to land as I step off line I kick your feet out from under you and watch you crack your skull open on the pavement.

If you attempt throw a strike or do "whatever," I see the subtle twitch of your muscles, the slight lean forward or to the side, the slight adjustment of your posture, the wideness of your eyes or the focused "1,000 yard stare." You know the one. I step off line and chop you in the back of the neck and "help" your face meet the fire hydrant. Violently!

I Don't Care

If you get loose I don't care.
If you get hard I don't care.
If you go fast I don't care.
If you go slow I don't care.
If you go low or high I don't care.
If you are anything in between or a combination of the above, I don't care.
I don't even care that I don't care, or at least I try not to. Easy to say of course but you get the idea.

No matter what, you're going to do what you want anyway so philosophically speaking I don't care.

More important I can't care, I can only deal with "what is" because whatever I bring to the fight, in that moment is all I have and I have to use whatever I have for that moment and that moment only because there ain't no more.

There Is Only Now

There is no future, no past, no time, there is only the moment, my sword and your sword and nothing else. When I strike, I strike to kill--no more, no less. You're head or mine, it's that simple.

I will do what must be done and consequences be damned... and size, speed and strength, while factors, are simply absorbed into The Void that I create like a Black Hole, and utterly crushed as they are folded back onto themselves. As a matter of fact I'm counting on them (I.e., peering into The Void). It just hurts more that way when I use it against you.

Whatever comes in comes from The Void I just deal with, or not. It all really depends on what I feel I need to do at the moment.

Kind of like the expression "roll with the punches"-- people pay lip service to it but I wonder how many really understand that it really means exactly that. The fight is what it is.

I just try to use the principles of Guide Chaos to deal with your motion so it's all the same to me. Whatever you do, I don't play around with it.

Remember: in the split second you have to move you are the master of that motion for that moment in time and space. Period!

There is no "Box."

[Editor's Note: As we say repeatedly in GC, if you train with a wiffleball bat you'll never be able to hit a home run when you need to. Train with a Louisville Slugger and you can choose to bunt or swing for the fences. You fight only to save your life or a loved one's when you feel like you're going to die. Training in this manner gives you the ability to back off from the extreme whereas fantasy fighting or sportive self-defense is more likely to cause both over and under-reactions. This mindset is explained in detail with specific exercises in the Attack Proof Companion DVD Part 1 and Kill the Enemy DVD and the Military & Police Combat Tactics DVDs. Adapting to Chaos is more deeply trained in the Attack Proof Companion DVDs Part 2 and especially Part 3. Part 3 (In the Eye of the Storm) is a 6 hour comprehensive exploration of the free-form Contact Flow exercise.]

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GUIDED CHAOS NEWS #129: NEW BLOG POST: "JEDI MIND TRICKS FOR GUIDED CHAOS GROWTH" "Just play along with me on this: Imagine that your arms and your body are extremely weak. They are so weak that they cannot offer any resistance against the ultra-powerful arms and body of your training partner..."
"IT'S YOUR HEAD OR MINE..." by Lt Col Al Ridenhour USMC
Infinite Possibilities I have a friend; we'll call him Phil. He's a Phd type with a 50 pound brain who works for the U.S. Dept. of Energy; he's one of those TS/SCI/CNEWD guys. You know the type. And is brilliant in scary ways. During one of our cigar nights in Iraq (are there any other kind) he said during our discussion, "You know the universe is a 'strange' place. If you took everything that we know about it and compared it to what we don't know about it you could fit it on the head of a pin and still have room for a whole lot more..." He also said some other stuff that I can't repeat but I digress. The point is, as John has often said, you and I don't know anything. The fight "is" what it "is" and comes from everywhere and nowhere and from a seemingly infinite number of possibilities. Striking in combat, as Musashi would say, comes from "The Void": it is the way of nature and just is, and, like the the universe, has an infinite number of possibilities. From my position here at the War Fighting "Lab" I've learned to keep an open enough mind to alternative possibilities but a scientific enough mind to "try the Spirits be they of God or the Devil" so to speak so as to not get sucked into believing a lie. Or what we call science versus science fiction. There is a difference. By expecting the unexpected all you're doing is expanding your awareness not just from what you can physically see but mentally perceive as well as imagine from a realistic perspective in order to not create any mental blind spots. No Illusions I assume people know what I know and are capable of anything and everything including killing me. I have no illusions of my own mortality. War does that to you as well as being in law enforcement. I try to condition my mind to not be surprised by anything but be prepared to go into action without thought and try to be as "non-plused" about it as possible. I try to peer into The Void through my awareness as best I can, sort of like radar. To "know" and see with my mind through the proper mind set and not just what my eyes tell me I'm seeing. As you know, through proper training, if you have to go into action when in this state is almost like a dream state where everything appears to happen in slow motion or as if you are watching yourself from the third person. It just "happens". Cool but weird... Just by being open to the possibility of something puts you way ahead of the curve. Of course this has to be tempered with a healthy dose of reality: thus the "forensic reality" of violence as John often discusses. It Does no good to have an open mind in order to "fill your cup" if you can't tell the difference between tea and horse piss. I assume not only that people can and will do anything but that they can even seemingly defy the laws of physics as we understand it (like I said Phil said some very interesting things). If you jump in the air to kick me I just casually step off line and push you into a bus. If you run off the wall, do a back flip and attempt to strike me I just say to myself, "Hmm... That's interesting", and then when you try to land as I step off line I kick your feet out from under you and watch you crack your skull open on the pavement. If you attempt throw a strike or do "whatever," I see the subtle twitch of your muscles, the slight lean forward or to the side, the slight adjustment of your posture, the wideness of your eyes or the focused "1,000 yard stare." You know the one. I step off line and chop you in the back of the neck and "help" your face meet the fire hydrant. Violently! I Don't Care If you get loose I don't care. If you get hard I don't care. If you go fast I don't care. If you go slow I don't care. If you go low or high I don't care. If you are anything in between or a combination of the above, I don't care. I don't even care that I don't care, or at least I try not to. Easy to say of course but you get the idea. No matter what, you're going to do what you want anyway so philosophically speaking I don't care. More important I can't care, I can only deal with "what is" because whatever I bring to the fight, in that moment is all I have and I have to use whatever I have for that moment and that moment only because there ain't no more. There Is Only Now There is no future, no past, no time, there is only the moment, my sword and your sword and nothing else. When I strike, I strike to kill--no more, no less. You're head or mine, it's that simple. I will do what must be done and consequences be damned... and size, speed and strength, while factors, are simply absorbed into The Void that I create like a Black Hole, and utterly crushed as they are folded back onto themselves. As a matter of fact I'm counting on them (I.e., peering into The Void). It just hurts more that way when I use it against you. Whatever comes in comes from The Void I just deal with, or not. It all really depends on what I feel I need to do at the moment. Kind of like the expression "roll with the punches"-- people pay lip service to it but I wonder how many really understand that it really means exactly that. The fight is what it is. I just try to use the principles of Guide Chaos to deal with your motion so it's all the same to me. Whatever you do, I don't play around with it. Remember: in the split second you have to move you are the master of that motion for that moment in time and space. Period! There is no "Box." [Editor's Note: As we say repeatedly in GC, if you train with a wiffleball bat you'll never be able to hit a home run when you need to. Train with a Louisville Slugger and you can choose to bunt or swing for the fences. You fight only to save your life or a loved one's when you feel like you're going to die. Training in this manner gives you the ability to back off from the extreme whereas fantasy fighting or sportive self-defense is more likely to cause both over and under-reactions. This mindset is explained in detail with specific exercises in the Attack Proof Companion DVD Part 1 and Kill the Enemy DVD and the Military & Police Combat Tactics DVDs. Adapting to Chaos is more deeply trained in the *Attack Proof Companion DVDs Part 2 and especially Part 3. Part 3 (In the Eye of the Storm) is a 6 hour comprehensive exploration of the free-form Contact Flow exercise.]***

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