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 GUIDED CHAOS TRAINING TIPS #91
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YOUR QUESTIONS

A QUESTION OF BALANCE...
Q: How much time should a person spend training their balance
everyday? If it is not physically taxing is it still possible to over
do it? Am I doing something wrong if it is not Physically taxing? Will I see a carry over in my
athletic performance like some sites claim? How long will it take to see
improvement in balance training?

ANSWER: Thanks for your question, personally I spend no more than 10 to 15
minutes every other day on leg work. The reason being you don't want to
burn out or injure your legs especially in your joints; you should look at
it as being no different that any other strength and conditioning program.

Start off slow and when you begin to feel the pump in your legs or they
become wobbly then you are done for the day. Finally, remember that just as doing the
exercise is important the recovery of your legs is equally important so
ensure you allow enough time between work outs to let your legs rest and recover.
This way you get quality works outs versus quantity, there is a difference.

Remember that the Guided Chaos leg development is "different" from other
programs in that it focuses on developing your ability to control your
equilibrium while moving in a dynamic manner, so the development is not as
static as say doing squats. This dynamic movement is more difficult than
people think and can be quite taxing on the leg muscles as well as the joints
if over done or not done properly.

As for the carry over in other athletic performance remember that without
balance you can do nothing and I can attest that by developing your balance
your athleticism will grow by leaps and bounds simply because you have
greater control over your equilibrium. As far as how long it takes to see improvement
like anything results vary but for those who follow my advice and not over
train while allowing time for their legs to rest I've seen it in as little as
a month but the norm is usually 8 to 12 weeks. Again this depends on a number
of factors, previous training, leg strength, rest, diet etc... But the
norm is no more than a few months tops.

--LtCol Al

COMBAT BOXING VS. GUIDED CHAOS...
QUESTION: I've been looking through your site and watching the vid clips.
In your fourm I came across a post about combat boxing. I also read a post
in the Blog section about CB. This has got me confused. In the blog it
seems that Ari(?) was completely outgunned by CB methods. At first glance
it would seem CB is superior to the open hand moves of GC. The CB blows
were producing a lot of pain. Why the sudden development of CB? It seems
like a bit of a departure from GC- although I'm sure it uses many of the
same principals.

[From Ari K.--Just to clarify:]

In the blog post, I described what it feels like to be on the receiving
end of Combat Boxing as performed by John and Andre. Either of these
individuals "outguns" me (to a far greater extent in John's case, of
course!) no matter WHAT we're doing! Their raw fighting attributes
(balance, sensitivity, timing, etc.) are simply on a higher level than
mine. It's not that Combat Boxing "beats" Guided Chaos, but that John and
Andre beat me!

When I work with people who are significantly less skilled/experienced, it
doesn't matter whether I "do" Combat Boxing or total Guided Chaos. I still
dominate them. Limiting myself to Combat Boxing makes it a bit more
challenging for me in that I am forced to move in different ways and not
take every advantage. Unleashing the full Guided Chaos makes things far
easier and simpler. I personally view Combat Boxing as a training method
to bring out certain movement that is very good to have when dealing with
the chaos of real violence but which might not get practiced as much
through pure Guided Chaos Contact Flow unless you have a far more skilled
training partner who can make you do it (and who knows why and how to do
so).

ANSWER: Simply stated, the closed fist is easier to cause pain without
permanent damage while I train my students to absorb and evade strikes.
The open hand movements are too dangerous to apply with great speed for
the purpose of causing minimal pain.

The highly advanced student/instructors can move well with either the open
hand or closed fist strikes. The closed fist strikes are easier to see
coming. I do use the principles of GC with the punching.

The Combat Boxing is not new. I have been using and teaching it as a less
lethal method of fighting for police officers. Also using an open slap to
the jaw area of a bad guy by a police officer looks less aggressive than a
punch but the slap has more knock out power by far. Combat Boxing should
actually be called closed fist fighting. Here all the surfaces of the fist
are used.

There are an incredible amount of strikes available when you can use a
back fist followed by a hammer fist, followed by striking with the middle
knuckles, followed by a slam with the thumb knuckle etc. all from various
directions and angles and distances with corresponding amounts of energy.
You can push punch, slam onto the arms of an opponent as a target. You can
hammer fist to the groin and into the hip joint. It goes on and on.
Strikes to the base of the spine, neck, head, kidneys, mid or upper spine,
scapula, side of neck, just about anywhere. It is a lot less fluid than
open hand and has more limited function but CB is far advanced to any
other use of closed fist fighting that I know of.

BTW GC contains open as well as closed fist strikes. You can push, strike,
pull, collide with any part of your body with GC. Your entire body can be
used as a weapon.

--John Perkins

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BRAVE SECURITY GUARD FIGHTS OFF ROBBERS

[sent to us by The Guardian Angels, Capetown S. Africa]

By Botho Molosankwe

Ernest Ngwenya is one security guard who takes his job seriously,
regardless of the risks involved.

That's why he didn't just look on helplessly when he and one of the
tenants of the townhouse complex he guards were at the mercy of armed
robbers. He single-handedly disarmed the gun-wielding man, beat him to a
pulp and managed to run for cover.

Fear set in only later, when the reality of what had just happened became
clear: Ngwenya could have been shot. "I didn't try to be a hero. I was
only trying to deter criminals."

The incident, the second in three months, happened on Thursday. Two men
are believed to have followed the tenant from the airport to his Sandton
townhouse complex.

They got in through the boom gates and into Ngwenya's guardroom, pointing
a gun at his head. Ngwenya grabbed the gunman by the neck and twisted the
hand that held the firearm. The tenant and his passenger fled from the
scene.

When the gun fell, Ngwenya started beating the robber, who then called out
to his friend for help. Realising that he would be overpowered by the
pair, he let go of the robber and ran for cover.

But it wasn't his first lucky escape. Three months ago he came across
three burglars holding stolen goods in the complex's basement. Startled by
Ngwenya's presence, two of them fled and the one holding a laptop dropped
it and hit him with a stick.

Ngwenya retaliated by hitting him very hard on the head with a torch and
grabbed him by his torso as he collapsed, shouting for help. The two men,
however returned to help their friend. "They beat me up, kicking me. But I
held on tighter to their friend and told myself that if I die, I am going
down with him."

With Ngwenya's persistent screams for help, the men fled, leaving their
unconscious friend behind. Even though he carries no gun, handcuffs or
even a baton while at work, the 33-year-old man is determined to do
everything to stop criminals in their tracks.

Kevin Smith, Ngwenya's employer, said he was proud of his employee.

This article was originally published on page 6 of The Star on February
19, 2008

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