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"MY COMBAT GUN TRAINING WITH GRANDMASTER PERKINS"        By Ari Kandel, Guided Chao 4th degree "Just wanted to put out some notes about the handgun training I've done with John so far. . . .   The deeper we get into it, the more impressed I am by how unique and effective John's approach to teaching is. As far as I know, John is the only person out there teaching truly intuitive, experiential, subconsciously driven close quarters firearms combat. Some claim to attain "subconscious competence" after many thousands (millions?) of rounds of training, but John's methods result in the subconscious minds' teaching itself from the very beginning, just as in unarmed GC training. Also as in unarmed GC, one of the biggest obstacles to overcome in training is the conscious mind's tendency to want to take over, thus screwing everything up. The cool part though is that in an incident of sudden violence, the conscious mind may not have time to interfere, and your subconsciously trained skills will likely shine through. Another problem with conventional training methods is that they rely on "muscle memory," or the mastery of shooting consistently from prescribed positions at prescribed targets through repetition of standard drills. Even most of the "point shooting" being taught out there falls into this trap. The problem is that such skills are optimized for the very narrowly defined positions and situations replicated in the drills. The student learns how to shoot from one or a few positions to a few target positions in certain ways only. True adaptability is notably absent. In John's methods, positions (there is no prescribed position), targets, angles, distances, movements, etc. are intentionally varied and mixed up (often without the student's knowledge) from the very beginning, in order to force the student's subconscious to acquire attributes that are truly adaptable to any situation. Look at any security camera footage of real close quarters gunfights and you'll see that targets and positions move and change fluidly and unpredictably (here's an example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGmL0ki_W-Y), so only by learning to shoot and move subconsciously and adaptably will reliable skill be realized. Another difference between John's methods and much of the "point shooting" currently being taught is that John stresses decisive accuracy, including on moving targets while the shooter is moving. Many "point shooters" like to blaze away at large targets (e.g. full-sized silhouettes), considering ANY hit a "good hit." John's forensic experience as well as incidents he saw and/or participated in on the street showed that NOT every "hit" is a decisive hit, therefore he trains students to be able to put their rounds where they'll have maximum effect, even during dynamic movement against dynamically moving targets. During our training sessions, point shooting at full speed while moving against multiple moving targets (most of the time, seeing the targets only a split-second before shooting them, while turning), even my "misses" 90%+ of the time were still within the vital target zone on an attacker, even if they may have missed the small targets John wanted me to hit, at varied ranges. Mind you, I've taken fewer than 10 shooting lessons from John so far, so I'm sure there's a lot more cool stuff to come! That being said, combined with a few practice sessions on my own, these lessons already have me shooting better (faster, more accurately, more adaptably) than I thought would ever be possible for this kind of shooting (close quarters reactive point shooting with movement). I'm very much looking forward to more training, both live fire and other kinds of training that can be done only with Airsoft. Very glad I made the jump and began learning combat shooting from John. Side benefits include insights into other areas of GC training, as well as stronger hands!"   [WHY DO YOU NEED THIS KIND OF TRAINING? READ THE NEXT THREE PIECES...]

WOMAN SHOOTS, KILLS KNIFE WIELDING HOME INVADER  Horrific 911 call excerpts "I was in the shower and the lights cut out in my house, and a man came in with a hood, and he had a knife in his hand….He told me to be quiet. He told me to get out of the tub, and he tried to force me on(to) the bed,” the woman told the police dispatcher. The woman was able to retrieve a .22 caliber pistol that she kept in a nightstand near the bed. “I took my .22, and I shot him as much as I could.”

LESSONS LEARNED FROM A FOILED ABDUCTION   A Guided Chaos Student's Close Call

THE SETUP: "It was a normal Tuesday commute to work. I got off the bus and was walking along Lexington Avenue when a man in his late 20's, about 5'5" and about 150 lbs. caught me off guard and stopped me for directions. As many of you may know, I'm 5'0" and weigh about 108. He told me he couldn't speak English and he needed help looking for an address. In his hand, he had a piece of paper with an address on it. I looked at the paper and noticed the building he was looking for was right in front of us. I pointed to the building and told him, "It's right here". He looked blankly at me. At that point, I felt a warning in my gut and bladed myself from him. I began to walk away when he grabbed me by the arm and started screaming over and over, "Come with me! Come with me!"  He pulled me into him and I loosely went with his pull. I then Dropped into him with my elbow and he fell flat on the ground.  While he was on the ground, both he and I were stunned. I stood over him (not proud to say) waiting for him to get up so I could gouge his eyes out. What was I thinking? He could have had a knife or a gun! Adrenaline is a crazy thing! He ran away and I still stood in the middle of 23rd and Lexington wondering what the hell just happened. I got to work and I had such mixed feelings. Maybe he really couldn't speak English and needed directions and I dropped the poor guy to the ground! I felt horrible. Then I remembered the feeling I got in my gut while I unconsciously bladed myself from him. Never ignore your gut or the potential of what you can do under duress with the applications of this art. Thank you Master Perkins, the Masters, and all of the the other wonderful, skilled men and women I train with in the art."  --Jeanine LESSONS LEARNED: Many brutal rapes and murders start out the same way: A classic "interview' question to get your attention, followed by forcible abduction to Crime Scene #2 where the horror begins and escape is impossible. You need to fight back RIGHT NOW without a moment of second guessing.  Jeanine's GC training kicked in because instead of pulling against her larger attacker (Jeanine is 5'0") she flowed with his energy and drove her elbow into him (classic yin/yang sensitivity). This maneuver dropped him instantly. That's the good part, and thank heavens he ran off. But we need to examine what happened because Jeanine encountered additional risks that could have been avoided. These are all from Guided Chaos Combatives: 1) Always maintain a Personal Comfort Zone that no stranger (or hostile relation) is allowed to enter. You need to train yourself to break the hypnotic tunnel vision that occurs when your regular attention is hijacked by a criminal. This may consist of subtle psychological subterfuge (the"Interview") or overt shock. GCC Scenario Training covers this in depth. The instant Jeanine was addressed by the stranger, it would've been safer if she had moved off-line sideways, quickly scanned for accomplices, and either blown him off completely or maintained a 5 foot PCZ. The point of establishing the PCZ immediately is so that he must actually take a step towards you to close the gap to hit or grab you. It's probably lucky for the stranger because if Jeanine had done this and he suddenly entered her PCZ she would've ripped his eyes out at the get-go (we know her well!). 2) You fight to escape and survive, not to win a duel or fight for some contrived notion of retribution. This is the most important part. You never, ever know what the enemy is capable of. Any of you who've read Attack Proof know the story of "The Battered Kickboxer" who knocked her attacker to the ground but bent near him, only to be stabbed with a knife. You fight to escape, not to win or seek retribution. You can lay somebody out, only to have them turn over and pop you with a semi-automatic or be gang-attacked by their buddies. This point goes double for women who on average have a higher empathy factor than men. They may want to help their attacker after incapacitating him. As GM Perkins emphasizes: "Ladies, get over it! Hit and RUN!"

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