ISSUE #188      GUIDED CHAOS NEWS            follow us on Twitter @GuidedChaos

HOW WAS THE SAN FRANCISCO SEMINAR?        "...it was a fantastic seminar...we all learned a lot and really enjoyed the teachings of you [Matt Kovsky] and Lt. Col Al. You two were totally professional, extremely knowledgeable, great teachers, and really seemed concerned about the development of each and every one of the seminar students. Thanks again for coming out here."   --Steve, San Francisco GC Training Group leader "What a great seminar last weekend.  I really want to step up my game so I have been following the instructor’s indicators to the best of my ability, and good things are happening.    Monday we had the first meeting of Steve’s new study group in South SF.  Since the seminar I notice that when I can slow down and get into what is happening, then respond using the principles, I find myself in more advantageous positions.  The contact flow is becoming more of a chess game where you know for example, you should be moving behind a guard, and then it’s easier to see when someone else is not.  It’s just like a Xmas present.  There is no point in speeding up to capitalize on that, cause that wouldn’t be realistic.  Better to keep on smooth and give him some feedback on that, and also learn how to apply the CQ strikes with better balance/unity etc.  If I find myself in a bad spot, I don’t want to speed up to get out of it unrealistically, but look to see how to improve my principles, and see how he got through the structure [ “unnecessary movement”] without taking it personal.  So much more calm and professional, like the instructors showed us in the hands on...  Only they took the training wheels off! A chance to train with a GC Master or black belt is an opportunity not to be missed.   GC  is a well organized secret, hidden in plain view, all cataloged and accessible.   The instructors were great.  They were able to transmit “how to do it” to the group.  They always credit what they got back to basics and working with John.   An unexpected benefit after the intensive was increased strength, energy and calmness under pressure. Thank you!"   --Paul, NorCal    [Editor's Note: 2 Day Seminars generally follow the material in the Attackproof Companion DVD Series Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 (In the Eye of the Storm)]     SAN FRANCISCO TRAINING GROUP FORMING...  Also, for anyone that wants to join the SF Bay Area Guided Chaos training group, just email Steve at bacctg@gmail.com  or register on our Training Groups Page or the GC Forum. I am trying to set it up so there are two, weekly sessions of 90-120 minutes and once a month, a much longer, half day training session of 3-4 hours. (The monthly longer session is to make it worthwhile for people out of the area to drive to it. In the interim, they will hopefully train on their own, or with other local partners). Once a month though they'd be able to train with a wider variety of partners, get a second opinion on what they are doing, etc. Take care, Steve

CONTACT FLOW vs. COMBAT FLOW     BY LT COL AL RIDENHOUR   Read full article with photos here   See video #23 Adaptive Defense: Why Lethal Striking Alone is Not Enough to Save Your Life

Training, as stated in a previous newsletter, serves as the foundation for the development of all of the attributes of Guided Chaos [i.e., balance, looseness, sensitivity and body unity] that are necessary to develop the spontaneous adaptive movement to deal with the ever-changing chaotic nature of a real fight.  Through proper training we are able to develop the subconscious attributes of total freedom of action and creativity.  Two of the most critical exercises toward developing this are Contact Flow and Combat Flow.  Both are very similar in terms of movement but differ slightly in practice in that one is totally dedicated toward developing free flowing spontaneous movement while the other inserts the combative striking aspects of Guided Chaos Combatives as well as other tools into the movement at various speeds and levels of striking intensity.  What is Contact Flow? “Each time you touch someone there is information going back and forth between you and that person--sort of a subconscious communication. When you train you must work on becoming so sensitive that even in shades of gray you can distinguish between the specks of black and white. You must learn to ‘feel everything’ with every part of your body and not just your hands and understand what it means. This in turn will drive your actions and your Body Unity…” --Grand Master Perkins …Or words to that effect. Again, the better you are at applying the principles the more efficient and proficient you become at it.  Those who understand the subtle differences and how to use their physical attributes within their own bodies [Body Unity] will have an advantage over a more physically developed adversary.  Contact Flow is a free flowing exercise which as described in various newsletters and in Attack Proof is designed to train your mind and body on a subconscious level to develop the feel or “touch” if you will necessary for dealing with another person’s motion.  It is an exercise that allows your mind and body to develop an infinite number of sensations and body positions within the movement while dealing with another human being.    What Contact Flow is not! It is not a set of preordained patterned movements that only serve to “lock” your mind into one idea or type of movement (brain lock).  Nor is Contact Flow the “slap happy” standoff movement that some (as we have seen) have tried to imitate. It is close-in movement in which you move with another human being--in many cases within their most intimate personal comfort zone. In fact dare I say Contact Flow is a form of adaptive free flowing moving meditation that allows your brain and central nervous system or better yet neural muscular anatomy to develop a multitude of sensations on a subconscious level.   It is this lack of preordained movements and freedom of action during the exercise that enables people to develop the adaptive qualities necessary for dealing with the ever-changing nature of a real fight.  This is accomplished because your brain is now free to adapt and create on the fly rather than look for the patterned matching response to a given movement.   This is one of the main reasons (at least in my view) why many martial arts systems with “dogmatic” techniques (no matter how logically contrived) that appear to work in the dojo almost never work in a real street fight.  Unless you are fighting another martial artist who has trained basically the same way, you are doing no better than guessing when attempting to apply patterned movement to a chaotic situation. This is why structured, choreographed or sportive techniques with rules do not work in real fights. The limitations imposed on it make the techniques unsuitable in an environment where the movement dynamics are virtually limitless. A fight is no time for guesswork.  The Contact Flow exercise resolves some of this by reducing the amount of uncertainty by teaching you to deal with another person’s motion when in direct contact with them...   Read full article with photos on our website

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