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a long period of dedicated training at the 4th degree level, GM Perkins
has promoted Kevin Harrell and Joe Martarano to 5th degree Guided Chaos
Master. Join us in congratulating them on their well-deserved efforts!
Master Martarano has his own Guided Chaos certified school in Kingston NY. "The Zen Gorilla Self-defense Training Center" is open Sunday 7-9pm; Wednesday 7:30pm - 9:30pm; Thursday Open Training 7:30pm - 9:30). Fees are
$25/class (Drop in); Economy Monthly $65 (2 classes/week); Golden
Membership $100 (2 classes week plus special privileges). Adults only. Location: 348 Broadway, Kingston, New York. Info: (845) 430-9227 cluborganizer@hotmail[DOT]com
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| Kevin already had an impressive resume and now he can add one more accomplishment! Kev is available for private lessons (contact us for more info).
- Retired ATSAC, Federal Air Marshals Service (FAMS)
- Former ASAC, Office of Inspector General (OIG)- Investigations, USDA
- Former Lead Protection/Security Agent for the US Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, domestic and internationally.
- Detailed to the FBI Investigative Team for the 2002 Winter Olympics Games in Salt Lake City, Utah.
- Worked on the FBI Investigation into the 9/11, World Trade Center Bombing.
- Former investigative and undercover Special Agent with OIG-I, USDA.
- Former Technical Equipment Instructor for OIG-I.
- Former Master At Arms, US Navy Reserve, Force Protection Unit for the Trident Submarine Fleet
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| PREVAIL!
GUIDED CHAOS INTERNAL FIGHTING DYNAMICS SEMINAR,
OCT. 18-19 AT UNITY MARTIAL ARTS ACADEMY, UK
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| CALLING ALL INTERNAL STYLISTS...
Are you battle ready?
Can you fight for your life--Right Now?
Is something missing from your current training?
Learn ruthless Internal fighting Principles and put teeth in your tai chi, bagua, hsing-i and other internal training. |
| WHO IS THIS SEMINAR FOR?
• You've trained hard, yet you feel something's missing...
...or you've been in a serious fight and couldn't escape and somehow, in the face of real violence, everything became chaos. You felt weak, slow, unbalanced and all the push hands practice or techniques that were so easy to execute in class...disintegrated. Maybe you were seriously hurt. And then it hits you:
• You’re a dedicated Tai Chi “push-hands” player who, after 20 years, suddenly realizes four things:
1) That you're no closer to finding the true meaning and martial application of tai chi principles such as silk reeling, leading, following, borrowing, folding, receiving, turning, collecting, empty-solid, yin-yang, peng ching, etc. then when you started.
2) That you’re no closer to understanding or performing mystical feats of “Chi” then when you started.
3) That endless microscopic examination of proper form is preventing you from seeing the bigger picture: that practicing patterned techniques and forms doesn't make you formless, spontaneous or adaptive to the chaos of REAL violence. In fact, it cripples your ability to apply internal principles to true fighting and life and death combat.
4) As far as you can tell--Combat Tai Chi for self defense no longer exists. |
| “Change the way you move, change the way
you think,
change the way you fight…” |
| | INTERNAL FIGHTING DYNAMICS SEMINAR TOPICS:
Fundamentals of Internal Combat
Principles Review
Body Unity
Energy Sensitivity
Unity Flow
Isolating Balance
Internal Striking
Collapsing Sphere
Ghosting |
| JUST TWO OF MANY INTERNAL STYLISTS ENDORSING GUIDED CHAOS:
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"John Perkins has mastered the real world application of Combat Tai Chi"
---Dr.
Drew Miller, Coordinator of Degerberg Martial Arts Academy, Chicago
Illinois, former senior student of Tai Chi Master Wayson Liao |
| "I have been a
baguazhang and tai chi practitioner for about 16 years and I have
studied high stress combatives based on the WWII combato and defendo
system. You do the best job of anyone I have seen putting this stuff
together in a usable package."
---Bill Goble |
| "John Perkins is the only master I have found that has created a proven
methodology that actually teaches you how to develop for yourself the combative
attributes mentioned in the various internal martial arts."
--John C. J. Chen, 4th Degree Black Belt Wu-Tan
system, Tai Chi Chuan, Bagua, Praying
Mantis instructor. Expert in the Royal Bodyguard
System from Taiwan – Baji Chuan. Ba'z Tai Chi & Kung Fu
Studio Philadelphia, PA
More Endorsements More about "Combat" tai chi
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| | "I work out with any one
I can. I let them view my GC DVDs and tell them where they can buy the
Attackproof book. Some have black belts in many systems. I am not a
teacher, I just want people to practice with, I am just a new person in
this, but being in real fights and working as a door man, there is great
value in what GM Perkins developed.
I had a person over to
watch some of the In the Eye of the Storm DVDs. He watched and first
thing out of his mouth was "Why do you have to go slow to go
fast?...Open hand strikes--that's how girls fight...This look's like tai
chi--that's for old people...This isn't for me." I said "Ok fine by
me". He asked "Do you really like this stuff?" I said "I love this stuff
but you have to stay with the principles of the system that are in the
book". Then he starts with "What if I do this, what if I do that?" "Well
go ahead" I said, then he asked "What do you want me to do?" "Any thing
you want" I replied. When we were finished, he asked "Where can I buy
the book?"
--Art Reynolds |
| | 1st rough cut has been completed. 6 hours of
footage shot on Day 3 of the 2014 Boot Camp has been boiled down to
about 180 minutes. Release date will be late August approx.
What would be the difference between the Attackproof Companion Part 1 and the GCC DVDs? A lot of the material is the same, a lot has been updated and revised plus new material like the 5 different Drop Steps explained.
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the specific reason for the GCC DVD is to consolidate the subject of
GCC (as detailed in "How to Fight For Your Life") into one volume for
those without the time or interest (yet) to learn the more advanced,
esoteric mother art of Guided Chaos but still want to know how to save
themselves from violence; also to make it easier for those who might
want to study for and get GCC Instructor certified. |
| | After a great 14 year run, Attack Proof is going out of print.
One of the best-selling and best-reviewed martial arts books of all time, Attack Proof hit the shelves in 2000 and immediately started making friends and enemies. Still controversial in 2014, you can really get a sense of where people's minds are at, how closed or open-minded they are and how much Kool-aide they've been drinking by reading all the reviews on Amazon (especially for the 1st edition). There are only a few copies left on Amazon and after that, it's gone forever. But don't worry.
Our plan is to self-publish an updated, better-than-ever 3rd edition and call it what we originally planned 15 years ago: "In the Eye of the Storm". Look for updates in future Newsletters.
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| | We are considering doing an Anti-Abduction Seminar in the Myrtle Beach SC area around October-November.
We are also exploring doing seminars in San Francisco, Cincinnati and possibly Kansas City later this year. If interested in any of the above, let us know asap! |
| GREAT FORUM AND EMAIL QUESTIONS...
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| STUDENT FORUM POST:
"Contact flow is where you get to apply all the principles and techniques in GC . However, sometimes I find myself overwhelmed by the sheer number of techniques available for use and to defend against. To help make it easier to train, I've broken it down into 3 broad strategies.
The first strategy is striking using all tools such as hands, feet, elbows, knees etc. The second strategy is to take his balance using push, pull, throws, takedowns, etc. The third strategy is to use manipulating techniques such as grabs, over/underhooks, traps, rips, gouges, joint locks, chokes, head twists etc. You pick a strategy to attack with, while your partner chooses a different strategy which you will have to defend against, eg : striking vs taking balance. After each round, both will pick a different strategy for the next round. Of course the ultimate goal is to use all 3 strategies at once. But isolating them while training makes it easier to utilise the attacks and defence."
ANOTHER STUDENT'S RESPONSE:
"Just my opinion, if you think about what you are going to do it's to late.Example for me this week: I was working out with a guy who wrestled all his life, got to a high level in college. He dove for my front leg, I grabbed his head and gave it a twist which he slipped out of, he had a coach that would fish hook and try and control his head. He than took me off balance and dumped me hard on my back were he controlled my hip... feeling that pressure I rolled out and started to use my leg's as weapons. That being said, a hard blow to the side of his head I feel would have stopped this. But I didn't want to hurt him--we are training. I know since I was able to grab his neck and throat I could have cracked him on the side of his head and hurt him. I had a plan-- was too busy thinking instead of feeling."
MATT KOVSKY RESPONSE:
We do all kinds of Flow variations in class including pulse/no pulse, kick/no kick, 1 arm vs. 2, eyes closed, multiple attackers, on the wobble board vs. off, break out to dummy hitting...on and on but always be sure to follow the principles. Be careful about training locks and grabs however as they generally run counter to GC strategy of penetrating and killing rather than controlling. Locks should be incidental and ballistic in nature and virtually never follow a grappling methodology. At higher levels you can make anything work but until you're at least a 3rd degree, locks, grabs and such usually make you tighter and less sensitive and ruin your development.
LUCIANO'S RESPONSE (our newest GC instructor):
"I participated on the last day of the Bootcamp in Elmsford
(groundfighting was the "dish of the day"). And after I attended some
Contact Flow extra classes with John Perkins and Al Ridenhour.
Contact
Flow with John was like struggling against a "ghost fish" (an inside
joke), literally. Al did something with his "loose" arms and fingers
that always unbalanced me without pushing. And I don´t remember feeling
any collision/clash of forces or resistance from them.
Since that awesome experiences with both masters, I started to review and change how to train GC and all its drills.
Today,
for me, Contact Flow is not a type of slow fight or sparring, but
another great paired drill to improve sensory sensitivity, balance,
looseness, coordination, body unity and combative adaptability. Any thinking about strikes, maneuvers, techniques and counters and
offensives strategies will "pollute" free-form movement, putting limits into
GC practice...and delaying our reflexes.
Instead of looking
for ways to win against traditional and sportive styles, it is better
to be prepared for violent fighters (imagine a no-holds barred
contender without rules) and criminal gang with weapons and real bad
intent.
Recently I´m trying to improve my stepping in
conjunction with hands and sticking more with other parts of my body
other than my wrists and forearms (biceps, triceps, shoulder, scapulaes,
etc.). Like you guys, I also want to have more offensive and defensive
options. So, I will share a suggestion: watch again how John, Tim,
Al, Matt, Ari, Michael and Joe do Contact Flow."
ARI KANDEL RESPONSE
It's a funny thing Luciano, a couple weeks ago a few of us were discussing whether you would be able to use what you learned while you were here to break down the very few barriers that were hindering your full potential. It can be very difficult for a "long distance" learner, especially one with so much high level skill in martial arts. Well, if your motion and mindset sincerely reflect what you just wrote, we have our answer. You're going to do great things!
I'd advise you to study Luciano's words carefully. the other response above is saying basically the same thing but through anecdotes rather than explanations.
I'm glad whatever training you have done in GC and contact flow seems to be helping you. However, I have to ask: Have you ever actually worked with a GC instructor and asked questions of him/her?
In the beginning, we all want to bend and adapt things to our established world view, because that's where we're comfortable. We might even think we've "innovated" or "improved" something by making it fit more neatly into our preconceived ideas. However, what we've really done is change the thing beyond recognition and blind ourselves to whatever the actual thing had to teach us in the first place.
The GC exercises and principles can help anyone to improve in most any physical endeavor. However, by not understanding or accepting the fundamental GC concept, you reduce your ability to ever reach anywhere close to your full potential.
There are no techniques. There is no demarcation between striking, grappling, off-balancing, or any of the other artificial categories that some martial artists use to limit and solidify the study of combative movement. There are no different "types" of "fighters." There are merely human beings, and GC is a very direct roadmap to mastering human motion and physiology, understanding it on a deep level that allows you to flow with it, manipulate it and exploit it from within. Any attempt to package, label, categorize beyond "human body," "motion" and "gravity" can set you on the path of self-limitation and delusion.
So I'd say, keep on keeping on, but try to break down your self-imposed limitations (as Luciano is in the process of doing--as are all of us) rather than build them up. And try to work with and ask questions of a GC instructor when you are able.
Good luck!!!
MATT KOVSKY RESPONSE
Ari gives superb advice. You don't want to be limiting yourself within the "technique box". Note rather that the CF variations I listed all involve challenges to the principles. I was an apprentice JKD instructor before GC and the challenge to learn and dissolve techniques from 5 different arts (more like 10 now) only made adaptation and improvisation more elusive.
CONTACT FLOW QUESTION
"When I am doing the freehand work or sticky hands am I always trying to flank my opponent? Also I find after doing your free-hands for two years that I use circles everywhere--body, arms waist, etc. It seems a natural movement. Is this a key to understanding one secret to free-hands? Linear movements seem to loose some power."
ANSWER
Great questions.
When doing Contact Flow you are always visualizing trying to penetrate and kill the enemy and/or tear him limb from limb. Now of course you're not trying to hurt your training partner and Contact Flow is just a drill. But this sort of mindset should inform all of your movements even though in Contact Flow you're going very slow and using perhaps 1 ounce of pressure (these may increase when you become more advanced). So yes, you're trying to constantly move in directly or at an angle (unless you're running away of course--often your best option in real life).
GC is an aggressive art and you rarely move backwards or sideways.
Circular motion is a key GC principle (vaguely similar to "Silk Reeling" in tai chi--google it) where you fluidly flow from one movement to the next without pause, chambering, windup or tension. Note this is fundamental to the GC solo drills Washing the Body, Polishing the Sphere and the Psycho Chimp. That said, another key principle is "Finding the straight line in the circle" and this involves tightening your circles (like a spinning figure skater increasing their rotation rate by bringing in their arms). This creates strikes that appear straight and efficient but they still have no beginning and no end because they fluidly emerge from and return to the spontaneous flow. This of course augments their power over simple, staccato, linear strikes because fluidity and body unity work synergistically with gravity, Dropping Energy, Plyometrics and pronounced "slingshot" and ricocheting effects.
Hope this helps.
POLISHING THE SPHERE?
"When polishing the sphere with my hands, will the attacking and defending positions look different?? Let's say I'm defending and my palms are facing and polishing the sphere but let's say I'm attacking with a chop going left to right with my right hand, wouldn't my fingers be polishing and not the edge of my hand??"
ANSWER
Good question. The drill is meant to get you to use full Body Unity in fluid circular movements in a completely free-form manner while remaining on balance. The "sphere" visualization helps you to do that while using real weapons when "polishing" (palms, rips, chops, hammer fists, elbows, feet knees, etc.) so you would align your hands the way you might actually use them. So if you're using chops, yes the fingertips would be touching the perimeter of the sphere but the chop edge would be where you'd be placing your attention and visualizing penetrating people, cutting them in half or tearing them to pieces. Since we don't really block as a rule in GC (we hit and evade simultaneously, hence "Unavailable yet Unavoidable") don't think of Polishing as a "defensive" drill--it's a free-form striking exercise (like its cousin the Psycho Chimp) hence the "shape" of its movements.
For "defensive" ("Unavailable") training, work on Washing the Body where you are actually attacking and avoiding yourself simultaneously. You can then combine Washing and Polishing into one completely free-form solo fighting drill.
--Matt K
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"This Ain't Your Daddy's Iron Palm Bag!"
GUIDED CHAOS™ BRANDED SLAMBAGS
Develop accurate, crushing, hand power for strikes and gouges
"As
soon as I began using it, I was HOOKED! ...I have long practiced
grasping/striking activities against heavy bags and using different hand
grips - round balls, piston push grips, etc. However, the Slam bag
supersedes ALL of these in my opinion. It does it ALL and more. Just
passing it from left to right hands and clawing it - either sideways or
pancake style helps create strength and coordination...I even surprised
myself at how overwhelmed I was as soon as I started using it." --David H. Smith, Student of Professor Bradley Steiner
Instead
of "toughening" your hands with a typical iron palm bag and possibly
developing painful arthritis as well as thick, ugly, useless callouses, why
not turn your hand strikes into "smart bombs" so that all your chops,
punches, gouges, rips and tears explode with devastating crushing power
and dead-on, free-form timing and accuracy! (The most overlooked
qualities in hand weapon development). The Guided Chaos method of strike
training using Dropping Force greatly improves hand strength, timing,
balance, and sudden impact power while simultaneously developing your
tissue and tendon strength without creating ugly and useless "makiwara"
callouses. Get
your tough, tan, double-stitched cowhide SLAMBAG with the GC logo
hot-branded on both sides and start hitting like a jackhammer.
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"GUIDED CHAOS IS THE GREASE THAT MAKES ALL YOUR OTHER TRAINING WORK BETTER."
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"Brilliant Self Defence System.
I cannot get enough of it."
"The only
Combat System Doug now trains in directly as of 2014 is Guided Chaos
Combatives and Guided Chaos Adaptive Defense. His teacher
is the European and Chief Instructor for the UK Michael James from Unity
Martial Arts Academy."
"Doug
is of the honest opinion that GC Combatives and GC Adaptive Defense is
the most practical form of real world self protection he has studied to
date."
---Sifu Doug Clark, Instructor Level Technician of Ving Tsun and Practitioner of Tai Ji Quan www.functionalcombatsystems.com |
| | ENDORSEMENTS:
Blitz magazine article on Guided Chaos Australia Seminar:
"Let me start by saying I thought I'd seen all that the world of 'reality-based self defence' had to offer, so for the easily bored out there, I'll cut to the chase. What I witnessed on the weekend of 26 and 27 March is the closest thing I've come across that resembles a modern-day, reality-based martial art and not just another 'combatives system'. Does it work? Hell, yeah! I got my arse well and truly kicked and at times felt like I was in the middle of a Jason Bourne fight scene."
--Clive Girdham, former Senshido and Geoff Thompson instructor
[Excerpted from the exclusive review of the Guided Chaos Australia Seminar in the Aug. print edition of BLITZ MAGAZINE: Australia's #1 Martial Arts magazine volume 25, issue 6
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| "Guided Chaos is the only training in my 15 plus years of Corrections that translates into real world application, period."
"Guided
Chaos is the only thing that has worked for me in real life situations.
Unless you are 6'3" and 285 lbs of muscle, most of the Defensive
Tactics stuff (ok all of the Defensive Tactics stuff) will get you hurt.
And even if you are that big and strong, there is always someone
bigger and stronger and there may be a lot of them. Nothing like dealing
with one guy and it turns into a free for all with all his buddies.
This is where you literally need to 'adapt or die' and Guided Chaos is
the only training in my 15 plus years of Corrections that translates
into real world application, period."
---Bob Miller, Corrections Officer at the largest facility in Oregon |
| "If I had to pick only one martial arts system in the world it would be Guided Chaos..."--Dr. Robert L. O'Block founder and publisher of the American College of Forensic Examiners International, American Board for Certification in Homeland Security
"...through watching videos put out by attackproof.com, and by reading Attackproof, the book, I have learned real survival skills. These skills have been learned...at an exponentially higher practical yield-per-hour training rate than any other martial art classes or seminar I've ever attended, or ever even heard rumor of."
--Matthew Shoener, Police Officer, Scranton, PA
"The Companion Video Part One is stupendous! A godsend of detail for out-of-state practitioners."
--Mark from Chicago
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