GUIDED CHAOS NEWS #146

ANNOUNCEMENTS: • GC BLACK BELTS GARY ABATELLI AND GERALD CELENTE ESCAPE   FROM EARTHQUAKE-RAVAGED CHILE Thanks to the advice of one of our students, they made their way to Argentina and from there back to NY. They had been awakened in the middle of the night by a colossal 8.8 magnitude quake that turned their 14 story hotel in a roller coaster. While most residents were seeking shelter in bathtubs and under beds, they tore out of the hotel in under 3 minutes, crediting their GC balance training for remaining upright while the walls and staircases turned to water. Roving bands of teenage looters were accosting tourists and residents. Gary and Gerry remained alert, focused and in control of their fear while simultaneously prepared to use whatever weapons were available in their environment. We are very thankful for their safe return and for all the emails of advice and support we received during their harrowing "adventure." Note: many of you may recognize Gerry as the CEO of Trends Journal. • NYC SEMINAR 3/21 WITH GRANDMASTER PERKINS Guided Chaos internal concepts applied to simple combatives (the material covered in the last Manhattan seminar). This would be a fantastic opportunity to parlay what you've already learned into the far more advanced Guided Chaos --and learn it from its creator. PRICE: $45 (cash at the door only)--an incredible bargain for a 3 hour seminar covering self defense info available nowhere else. WHEN: Sunday March 21, 2010 11:00- 2:00 PM. LOCATION: Chelsea Studios Room #503 5th floor 151 W 26th NY, NY All attendees who order any DVD from our website by midnight 3/23 get free shipping! (Don't forget to fill in sign up sheet). BEST DVDS FOR TRAINING GC INTERNAL PRINCIPLES SO YOU CAN ADAPT, IMPROVISE AND SURVIVE: THE ATTACKPROOF COMPANION DVD PART 2 (ALL THE PRINCIPLES AND DRILLS) THE ATTACKPROOF COMPANION DVD PART 3 (CONTACT FLOW APPLICATION OF PART 2 LESSONS) NEW GUIDED CHAOS "ADAPTIVE DEFENSE" T-SHIRTS Black, 100% heavyweight cotton t-shirts with the unique, trademarked Guided Chaos logo (designed by Master John Perkins in 1987) on the front. The two outer rings represent the eternal circle of life and the principle of return. The jagged square is Native American, symbolizing lightning, mountains and the pinnacle of achievement. The four pairs of rectangles represent the four directions and the four elements, earth, air, fire, and water. The Yin Yang symbol in the center, which embodies the inter-relationship of all opposing forces in the universe, ties all the symbols together. PRICE: $20 U.S. plus shipping and handling.   NY STUDENTS WHO WANT TO BUY A SHIRT IN CLASS:   Please email http://attackproof.com/ASKATTACKPROOFFORM before Saturday class.   Don't forget to specify size and quantity.   Stay in touch--check out the official Guided Chaos Facebook page.

INSTRUCTOR SPOTLIGHT: GRANDMASTER TIM CARRON  School location: Cold Spring NY  Time: Wednesdays 5:30pm

TAKE A CLASS! Get hands-on training with Grandmaster Carron in every class! If you've ever had a private lesson with Grandmaster Tim Carron you know how unique and devastating his contact flow is. Tim's precision, economy of motion and sensitivity are real eye-openers, and his personal expression of the art looks different than GC creator John Perkin's (even though the principles are the same). For you Wing Chun practitioners, you might be interested in knowing that Tim's contact flow has been said by non-GC practitioners to look like "Wing Chun on STEROIDS"--although it is not. If you're looking to have your mind opened to the possibilities of efficient, combative fighting, make your way up to Tim's class. Nothing beats getting first-person, hands-on training from a Grandmaster to accelerate your training. You will not be disappointed. Fee is $100 per month due on the first Wednesday of the month or $30 for walk-ins. All new people have to do a private class at $50 for the half hour before joining the Wednesday class. TLC Photo Studio 11 Peekskill Road, Cold Spring NY 10516 info@tlcphotostudio.co 845.809.5446 WATCH THE DVD! Although nothing beats actual hands-on training, the next best thing is having a DVD you can watch over and over, in slow motion and frame-by-frame. Follow along as John Perkins' top student works one-on-one with many of our black belts at a private Contact Flow Workshop we held in early 2009. Please note this is a raw, minimally editied video with limited verbal instruction. Contact Flow Workshop DVD with Grandmaster Tim Carron $45.

TEN SELF DEFENSE TIPS:  with additional Commentary by John Perkins and Prof. Bradley Steiner

These 10 tips have been circulated for quite some time now. Guided Chaos Grandmaster John Perkins and Prof. Bradley Steiner have added to the original tips. This is a small list of things to be aware of but it should serve as a start for some folks who have not studied the topic.   If it can help you or a loved one, pass it on.   Remember: use this advice only to save your life or the life of innocents and loved ones. Because of recent abductions In daylight hours, refresh yourself of these things to do in an emergency situation... This is for you, and for you to share with your wife, your children,  everyone you know.  After reading these 10 crucial tips , forward them to someone you care about. It never hurts to be careful in this crazy world we live in. John Perkins: I believe that carrying a strong ball point pen or a pen made especially for self defense which can be found on the internet is a good basic weapon to have if you are unable to carry a handgun for defense. The pen can be carried in your hand ready for use without needing to conceal it like a handgun. If grabbed from behind you can stab the pen into the attacker's groin or if he grabs you around the neck to drag you down or away just dig the pen with both hands into his arm at the inner elbow joint and pull downward. This gives you leverage to remove the attacking arm and once the grip is loosened you can continue to attack savagely to soft body targets like the eyes, throat, armpits, navel area. If the pen is built for self defense like the Smith and Wesson pen you can penetrate the skull if you have a strong arm and grip. Don't forget the kidneys and liver as they are good secondary targets. If a bear hug is applied from behind just stab the hands of the attacker. If it comes from the front and your arms are pinned to your sides start working the point of the combat pen into the side of the attacker's body after head butting him in the nose if the nose smash doesn't work. If you can reach as far as the ribcage just dig deeply between the ribs. There are many ways a pen/spike can be used as a weapon of last resort. It can also allow you to access your handgun if attacked suddenly as long as the pen/spike is in your hand. 1. Tip from Tae Kwon Do : The elbow is the strongest point on your body. If you are close enough to use it, do! Brad Steiner: While this is a good point, it may not be the best tip for someone unskilled in karate. It does take a bit of dexterity and training before the elbow, per se, may be employed reliably as a weapon — especially by a woman in normal attire, against a large, strong male. I would recommend driving open and extended fingers-to-eyes, or using a chinjab followed by raising the elbow of the striking arm and then eye-gouging. BITING, if grabbed hold of, and kicking like crazy, is also good. Just opening the hand and whipping a surprise handaxe to the throat is also good. Head butting is effective. I would prefer these methods because, for the complete novice, they are more likely to be delivered with sufficient force and effectiveness to facilitate escape. 2. Learned this from a tourist guide. If a robber asks for your wallet and/or purse, DO NOT HAND IT TO HIM. Toss it away from you....  Chances are that he is more interested in your wallet and/or purse than you, and he will go for the wallet/purse. RUN LIKE MAD IN THE OTHER DIRECTION! Brad Steiner: Excellent general advice! Additionally, keeping a “throw away wallet” that is stuffed with junk or play money, etc. but that seems authentic, can be utilized with this ploy. While avoidance and escape is the best tactic, when possible, there may be contexts in which an appropriately prepared individual can feign compliance, reach for a handgun (or even a knife) under the guise of reaching for a wallet, and then . . . well, you can figure it out. [Editor's Note: There may be some risk however if you're dealing with an angry psycho. It is possible that by throwing the wallet, he may just blow you away...and then casually retrieve the wallet. That being said, if he is that species of beast, he may have shot you no matter how compliant you were. All the more reason to never go with the attacker to crime scene #2 and to attack the attacker.] 3. If you are ever thrown into the trunk of a car, kick out the back tail lights, stick your arm out the hole and start waving like crazy.. The driver won't see you, but everybody else will. This has saved lives. Brad Steiner: With modern vehicles it is possible to extricate oneself from inside the trunk of a car if you keep a cool head. HOWEVER: the smart tactic is never to permit oneself to be locked inside a vehicle trunk in the first place. Pretending to comply, then suddenly knocking any weapon aside and attacking the abductor’s eyes/throat and then running, is — I think — a better tactic that offers a greater chance of survival, on balance. Obviously the abductor does not wish to kill the person whom he orders into the vehicle’s trunk, right away. I have always been a powerful advocate of NEVER permitting oneself to be taken from a primary crime scene, if humanly possible to offer resistance. Like escape-and-evasion in military contexts, THE SOONER AND FASTER ESCAPE IS UNDERTAKEN, THE BETTER! The escape from a vehicle trunk is good counsel, nonetheless, should one find oneself thus trapped, for whatever reason). 4. Women have a tendency to get into their cars after shopping, eating, working, etc., and just sit (doing their checkbook, making a list, etc.) DON'T DO THIS! A predator may be watching you, and this is the perfect opportunity for him to get in on the passenger side, put a gun to your head, and tell you where to go. AS SOON AS YOU GET INTO YOUR CAR , LOCK THE DOORS AND LEAVE. If someone is in the car with a gun to your head DO NOT DRIVE OFF, Repeat: DO NOT DRIVE OFF! Instead, gun the engine and speed into anything, wrecking the car. Your Air Bag will save you. If the person is in the back seat they will get the worst of it. As soon as the car crashes bail out and run. It is better than having them find your body in a remote location. (Steiner’s comment: Good advice. Also: Always lock your vehicle and secure it when getting gas and entering the office to pay for the gas. Criminals have been known to enter vehicles and lie in wait, in the back, for the woman to come back to her vehicle and drive away. THEN, they overtake their victim who is helpless. Also: KEEP YOUR GAS TANK FULL. Never stop at stations where there are odd individuals standing, or at stations in questionable neighborhoods. Do not fill your gas tank at night. Keep your vehicle well supplied — go to brightly lit gas stations in good areas, and in broad daylight. Note: I am not 100% sure of the “drive into something” advice with a gun to your head. One does not wish to cause the weapon to go off due to the criminal’s being shocked, or simply reflexively firing as the vehicle purches. On the other hand, I can see how this tactic could save a life.) 5. A few notes about getting into your car in a parking lot, or parking garage:       a.) Be aware: look around you, look into your car, at the passenger side floor , and in the back seat.        b.) If you are parked next to a big van, enter your car from the passenger door. Most serial killers attack their victims by pulling them into their vans while the women are attempting to get into their cars.       c.) Look at the car parked on the driver's side of your vehicle, and the passenger side... If a male is sitting alone in the seat nearest your car, you may want to walk back into the mall, or work, and get a guard/policeman to walk you back out. IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY. (And better paranoid than dead.) (Steiner’s comment: THIS IS PERFECT ADVICE! WE HAVE BEEN TELLING THIS TO STUDENTS FOR DECADES! FOLLOW IT!) 6. ALWAYS take the elevator instead of the stairs. Stairwells are horrible places to be alone and the perfect crime spot. (This is especially true at NIGHT!) (Steiner’s comment: This might be construed in the opposite, as well. Elevators can be risky. Personally, we have heard of more attacks inside elevators than we have heard of attacks in stairways. However, there is validity to the point made. We urge serious caution at all times, and being prepared to fight back ferociously and using the element of surprise — always with a WEAPON, if this can be done lawfully.) 7. If the predator has a gun and you are not under his control, ALWAYS RUN! The predator will only hit you (a running target) 4 in 100 times; and even then, it most likely WILL NOT be a vital organ.  RUN, preferably in a zig-zag pattern! (Steiner’s comment: GREAT ADVICE! Again, we have urged this for decades as a good tactic, and we see no reason to change the counsel. In fact, it is NOT likely that an armed criminal will in fact fire att you at all. He obviously did not wish to fire when he had you at gun point; and he can see that raising an alarm by firing when you run away will only attract attention to himself with little chance of hitting you.) 8. As women, we are always trying to be sympathetic: STOP It may get you raped, or killed. Ted Bundy, the serial killer, was a good-looking, well educated man, who ALWAYS played on the sympathies of unsuspecting women. He walked with a cane, or a limp, and often asked 'for help' into his vehicle or with his vehicle, which is when he abducted his next victim. (Steiner’s comment: RIGHT! Again, we have been urging this for many, many years, and it is good advice!) 9. Another Safety Point: Someone just told me that her friend heard a crying baby on her porch the night before last, and she called the police because it was late and she thought it was weird.. The police told her 'Whatever you do, DO NOT open the door....' The lady then said that it sounded like the baby had crawled near a window, and she was worried that it would crawl to the street and get run over. The policeman said, 'We already have a unit on the way, whatever you do, DO NOT open the door.' He told her that they think a serial killer has a baby's cry recorded and uses it to coax women out of their homes thinking that someone dropped off a baby. He said they have not verified it, but have had several calls by women saying that they hear baby's cries outside their doors when they're home alone at night. (Steiner’s comment: VERY, VERY VALUABLE AND IMPORTANT ADVICE!!!!) 10. Water scam! If you wake up in the middle of the night to hear all your taps outside running or what you think is a burst pipe, DO NOT GO OUT TO INVESTIGATE! These people turn on all your outside faucets full blast so that you will go out to investigate and then attack. This was mentioned on America's Most Wanted when they profiled the serial killer in Louisiana. (Steiner’s comment: Again — very, very valuable advice!) Pass this on, stay alert, keep safe, and look out for your neighbors!u --MK   WHAT'S THE BEST DVD TO TRAIN THESE AND OTHER STREET SMARTS?    THE ATTACKPROOF COMPANION PART 1 With or without our best-selling book, the ATTACKPROOF COMPANION DVD SERIES is the essential stand-alone DVD guide to the art of GUIDED CHAOS. PART 1 provides the basic weaponry and foundation of Guided Chaos and is a brutal, World War II-based Close Combat system all by itself (enhanced with basic level-one Guided Chaos principles). 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