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1. READER RESPONSE TO OUR LAST NEWSLETTER #264,
"HOW TO GET AS GOOD AS YOU CAN AS FAST AS YOU CAN:"
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"Hi: Just a quick note to say that this piece is damn well written, enough so to completely differentiate you from everyone else writing/teaching. It's unfortunate that many readers don't seem to get it, based upon the hostile comments I've seen online about GC, from those who consider themselves to be learned martial artists.
I spent years as the "bad boy" in the dojo, asking too many questions, convinced that there was a better, smarter, faster approach to self-defense learning. GC showed me I was right; whatever merits there are to conventional arts, there are holes in the learning methods conspicuous enough to require students who want to subordinate themselves, to wear costumes and shout in foreign languages, and to have faith in a gospel rather than take responsibility for their own learning. In contrast, GC is a thinking person's art, integrating the most important internal features AND realistic self-defense applications.
Your emerging principle of adaptability is really useful, though perhaps hard to grasp. Conventionalists remain enamored with gross displays of striking power, failing to see that once your power exceeds what it takes to KO an attacker, it is little more than a liability (ethically and legally.) Real power is found in the spontaneous ability to ADAPT to random stimuli, to flow, to replace yourself (from your feet) in space so as to neutralize size/conventional power. This understanding results in a training style so much more rewarding than memorizing bullshit techniques that don't work anyway!
Another way that guided chaos departs from all conventional arts is your open acknowledgement of one's fear response. Standard arts operate with the implicit assumption that there IS NO fear in a real attack which of course is nonsense. Thus students never confront their fear and spend a lot of time hiding from it. But fear is little more than "frozen chi," and GC teaches you to befriend your fear response and to convert it into a martial resource. There is more value to this approach (martially and humanly) than can possibly be expressed through words. [The "Fear Meditation Drill" and related exercises can be found on the Attackproof Companion Part 1 DVD or ON DEMAND Download --ed.]
I repeat: I have never seen another art that deals with this fundamental human matter straight on, converting a liability into an asset.
I could go on and on but don't want this to be too long, so one last thing: the value of the wobble board. You recommended it in "Attackproof" but my initial response was "yeah, yeah..." and I procrastinated for months. But when I finally made my board and started working on it I was amazed at the results. It's something that can't be verbalized because it has nothing to do with words or your mind. But it's as if through wobble board training your feet can achieve a Bachelor's degree, then a masters, and then a PHD. You develop not just hyper-balance but also this fantastic sensitivity in your feet (and ankles): toes, ball of feet, heels, inner foot, outer foot - all come alive and integrate with relaxed, unified body. [A complete program of dynamic balance drills can be found on the Attackproof Companion Part 2 and Combat Conditioning DVDs and also ON DEMAND Downloads. --ed.]
(I might disclose in this context that I am now 62. Ever wonder why you see old people stumbling around? The bad news is that changes happen in your brain as you age, changes which erode your natural balance. I started to experience this in my mid-fifties, stumbling here and there, and then I started the wobble board training. Now I have funky balance and a trained hyper-balance at the same time! What this means is that I lose my balance often, but just for a micro-second, and then through root sensitivity and body unity I instantly regain my balance. Believe me, this is a WONDERFUL experience. And it is a great example of intelligent training that provides value to your daily life, regardless of whether you ever have to defend yourself.)
The result is an increased ability to strike with cat-like power in any direction. Try doing the "Anywhere Striking" drill on the wobble board [found on the Attackproof Companion Part 1 DVD or ON DEMAND Download --ed.] and with time you'll see what I mean. I should say that though I had trained earnestly in martial arts for more than 20 years, I got a major jump in my ability from just two months of training on the board, for as little as 10 minutes a day.
Sorry if I've written too long here, but you can probably hear that I'm appreciative of what your work has contributed to my life. So thanks again and good luck in sharing this intelligence with the world!"
--James Ludwig
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GUIDED CHAOS COMBATIVES DVD and ON DEMAND DOWNLOAD:
"I just watched like 4 minutes of the new GCC video. WOW. I've been using and training GCC since 2000 and GC since 2003. You guys know my story:) I'm actually speechless. It's that good and has evolved that much! Just the little course correction, I watched on the GCC chop (saying hi) is a gold mine and could be a life saver when fractions of a second count. I'm very honored to be considered part of the GC family. I'm so impressed that you never stop refining and finding ways to make this art teachable to all kinds of people.
Love you guys, Bob"
[Bob Miller is a Corrections Officer at the largest facility in Oregon. He is also a GC 2nd degree and teaches locally in Oregon/Idaho. --ed]
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