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SELF-DEFENSE HAS NO RULES...BUT THE UFC DOES!    The UFC has strict rules to protect the lives and careers of its competitors. To those of you who think you can withstand an eye gouge, groin crush, etc., check out this youtube compilation of accidental eye pokes and groin kicks. Again, most of these were "accidents"--and yet they STILL incapacitated their victims, even though they were all professional athletes. Imagine if these "illegal moves" were done with FULL INTENSITY and INTENT. That's just ONE of the differences between Sport fighting and real self-defense. But the PRIMARY difference between just "dirty-fighting", ordinary WWII Close Combat and Guided Chaos training is that we provide you with the means to defend against dirty fighting. This requires a revolutionary, free-form Sensitivity regimen that you might get after a lifetime of tai chi practice, if ever. UFC Rules 1-18 define illegal moves (that we train all the time) ...and their counters. UFC Fouls ban the following actions: 1.   Butting with the head. 2.   Eye gouging of any kind. 3.   Biting. 4.   Hair pulling. 5.   Fish hooking. 6.   Groin attacks of any kind. 7.   Putting a finger into any orifice or into any cut or       laceration on an opponent. 8.   Small joint manipulation. 9.   Striking to the spine or the back of the head. 10. Striking downward using the point of the elbow. 11. Throat strikes of any kind, including, without limitation,       grabbing the trachea. 12. Clawing, pinching or twisting the flesh. 13. Grabbing the clavicle. 14. Kicking the head of a grounded opponent. 15. Kneeing the head of a grounded opponent. 16. Stomping a grounded opponent. 17. Kicking to the kidney with the heel. 18. Spiking an opponent to the canvas on his head or neck. Engaging in any unsportsmanlike conduct that causes injury to an opponent. Want to weigh in? Add your comments on our Forum or Facebook pages

BALANCE AND COMBAT CONSCIOUSNESS  In our studies of Guided Chaos we must be intimately aware of how the simple idea of physical balance and it's development can expand both our environmental awareness and our own "inner" balance...This can be likened to when we are babies adjusting to our world..The more stable "balanced" we feel the more we can explore our immediate surroundings, acquire items, move with more confidence, affect the outer world etc...So the seemingly simple balance exercises of GC should not be glossed over by anyone on any level of understanding...As you grow with your balance your abilities will grow...Your own sense of "power" will also grow in proportion as well as your feeling of stability...Fear is a great motivator and the fear of falling is one of the basics...When we push and pull an opponent or keep ourselves from being pushed we maintain an advantageous position and have many more options of movement both responsive and initiative in nature...There is a tremendous amount of exploration I have done in this area with regard to GC and so much more to discover for each of us...I invite you to send me your own interpretation of the above idea and let's get some sort of conversation going...I depend on you searching yourself for some of these insights....I can write quite a bit on the subject but I want your feedback to see how each of you relates to this ....Thanks John Perkins ------------------- Having your mind free of distractions is the key to creativity in movement (you could say "spontaneity" instead of creativity). When your balance is challenged, the condition demands your attention and this draws your attention, keeping you from using your body spontaneously. In fact, not only is your concentration affected, but so are your options, since you can only move in directions that don't increase your imbalance.  I have been writing as though the decisions are being made consciously, but making conscious decisions in the movement is also a state of imbalance. Desire, fear, intention, distraction are all qualities of the mind. I tend to think that the eyes should be soft-focused and the mind should be soft-focused. In other words, the mind should be fully awake but not "grasping" anything to allow it to move freely in any direction. I don't know if you remember when you were in Austin for the seminar, you were playing with my friend Aaron, who is an Aikido instructor. You showed him a Mushin state and then you turned towards me and did it again so I could see your face. It looked like you were completely empty and ready to do anything with no restriction. It seems to me that you were in perfect balance on all levels in that moment--Shiva the God of Destruction incarnate. I think we typically think of balance in terms of our constant interaction with or, when threatened, struggle with gravity. But in a sense, balance applies just as much to a few other conditions like our bodies being in balance in relation to the location of body parts (as in having your arm twisted, organs compressed and especially our spine compromised). Like losing balance against gravity, conditions of body parts being out of balance with each other demand our attention--spinal misplacement being one that completely dominated when it occurs. In a similar way, emotional imbalance robs our freedom. Let your fear or desire rise and it steals your ability to act. That's why pulsing works. It threatens one of our partner’s forms of balance. Or moving only a tiny bit out of the way dynamically so our partner follows us and keeps thinking they are about to get us. We draw in their desire to create emotional imbalance so they lose the freedom to spontaneously do something else. Derick -------------------- John, Great insight on balance! My contribution to your request is perhaps a bit extreme but similar to other exercise we have done in the past, contact flow on one leg, or using single hand, eyes closed, on stairs etc... is that we should treat our balance drills as our only defense mechanism. If we were forced to elude attacks/strikes using only our balance and foot work, many of us would benefit from this as we would be forced to explore defense mechanisms other than what currently we rely too much on.  My examples of this would be having an injury extreme enough to not be able to strike, or not being able to withstand multiple strikes. By increasing our balance to an extreme level it will further enable us to have the capacity to stay in the fight. My most frustrating experiences in working out are with those with superior balance than myself; they simple make you powerless.  Traditional power punches, kicks, elbows and body movement become nothing more than a fruitless exercise in futility as there is literally NO POWER behind them  with out being grounded and having balance.  This is something that has to be the number one priority in my training; with increased balance I believe it will make me lighter on my hands and feet and give me the organ shattering power that you and the upper level practitioners possess.   Thanks Vinny -------------------- Hi John, Here’s my take on balance, probably a bit basic but you gotta start somewhere...... In NY I discovered that I generally tended to lean forward on the lift in the Ninja and Vacuum walks instead of lifting and falling on a plumb line over the foot.  Since I’ve been working on it a fair bit and on lifting can feel a direct push from the floor up the leg and into the body, I’d say 90% of the push and contact with the floor can be felt in the heel and the rest in the front of the foot, which gives a weird feeling of a balance point an inch or two just in front of the leg on the ridge of the instep. Weird because there’s no muscular control of it directly, at least I can’t feel any…just kind of an empty centre, if that makes sense?  I don’t know if this is correct, but previously I’ve never been able to identify a single center of balance in the foot at all as muscles were twitching all over the place just to hold the body’s position. Once in position over the forward root, the body can twist 180° right or left pretty easily and get into some fairly extreme twisting positions. I never really got into such positions before except in traditional stance training and actually never really saw the point (flexibility/leg strength/looks good??). Nor was there such a clear focus on the connection between one root point and the rest of the body. In the context of GC, this particularly seems to enable evasion and taking space and I can reference you and others getting way off the centre line easily while I was usually stuck to it… The Crazy Walk also seems to follow on nicely from this as the body twist allows you to put the other foot anywhere in about a 270° arc around the support leg. At this point I’m trying to work out how to move from one root point to the other as smoothly as many of the GC practitioners in NY. Drawing on your analogy, it’s a bit like a baby learning to walk…and that after more than 30 yrs in the game?!? Initially sinking into the rooted leg seems to get the other foot moving automatically, so I don’t have to ‘make’ the step, only direct it to where it needs to go. Once that foot's in position I drop into it, lift off it slightly and the other foot starts to move and a slow drop into it propels the leg until it comes to a root position and the process repeats…. Linking back to your point about fear of falling, there’s a transition point between the two root points moving, e.g. from right to left when it feels like you could fall - the supporting knee might shake a little as the hip adjusts. Riding through it and letting go of the right side to move left or vice versa seems fine though although it takes some time getting used to... Hope this makes some sense! It was a good exercise to sit down and put it in words. Thanks for starting this off, really interested to know what you and everyone else thinks… Paul --------------------  Great "listening" Paul, "Listening" refers to the ability to be in touch with the workings of the body and feeling on deep levels...As time goes on and you can "hear" your body's most subtle shifts and muscular vibrations  you will  also develop a more acute sense of the deliberate and subconscious shifts of your training partners and adversaries...The pure physical advantage of having superior balance will allow for a sense of timelessness as you move and train or fight....Thanks Paul for your sharing...Take care, John -------------------- Hey John, Thanks for getting this conversation going. I remember many years ago you saying: "Whoever has their balance, has the best chance of surviving a fight". Without balance all the weapons one has worked on developing for years will not be totally effective. A student of the fighting arts must learn that balance of the body will bring balance of mind, and vice versa. Speaking just of the body, a practitioner must learn to balance on their ankles, I see too many students balancing on their hips which is hardly balance at all. One thing about balance is that it can be practiced all through the day. Stand on one foot when ever you’re on the phone, riding the subway etc... Regarding combat consciousness, to me the master key is turning off one's internal dialog. Turning off internal dialog takes the emotion out of the situation, so as not to feel fear and freeze…when you are thinking you are reflecting, and when you are reflecting you will act a second too late. If you want to be aware, learn the art of not thinking. I have the students in New York practice this by seeing how many blocks they can walk without thinking. They report heightened awareness, hearing, seeing, and smelling. Being able to cut off your internal dialog is the master key to awareness and learning. All the best, Gary -------------------- John, This is a huge subject and you have kicked it off with some excellent ideas. For now, I am going to just write a little then hopefully write a little bit more several times, over a few weeks.   I want to start with the idea that a few different senses and additional internal processes give us the ability to remain physically balanced. I won't go into other types of balance, such as emotional balance, yet. Eyesight is important, but it can also cause problems because it can sometimes over ride the other inputs, like the inner ear and sense of touch and proprioception. That the eyes can fool us is demonstrated in a video which I have included a link to, below. I was looking for a video where a baby, perhaps six months old, is placed on a Plexiglas table. The baby can't really see the table, but should be able to feel the solid "ground". It doesn't matter though, in that video, which I saw many years ago, the baby starts to cry for fear of falling. Actually, it may have just been something in a text book, rather than a video, I don't remember for sure. In any case, the video that the below link goes to, is similar, and, in many ways more dramatic. The other side of this is seen when a person is dizzy or has vertigo. In this case the sensations in the body and/or the inner ear cause the eyes to track in a way that makes the room spin.     Here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBlwEp0lRpw   Here are some more thoughts about balance and its psychological effects.   Recently my understanding of the use of balance in Guided Chaos changed, hopefully in the right direction. What seems to have led to this change was gaining a better understanding in how to develop and use feather light touch for sensitivity, and also, gaining a better understanding of looseness, and how to use it. I had already developed my sensitivity to a degree, before attending the recent seminar in NY, however, I was still making some major mistakes. My lack of understanding and use of looseness was holding me back and has been for years. I believe that I have made a breakthrough in this area. Because we train to fight in close while touching the attacker(s), how you touch affects your use of balance. Being sufficiently loose is necessary for a number of things, including the ability to maintain a light touch while moving with another person in contact flow.     When doing the exercise with the dangling string and working with the instructors, especially Patrick, some of my misconceptions became obvious. I also improved my understanding of how to train better to remain loose and use an extremely light touch so that I can maintain my balance independently of the person(s) that I am in contact with. It is my understanding that once a person is highly skilled with this light touch they can use "errors" such as accepting more pressure from the opponent. However, those "errors" must be used properly to work to your advantage. I believe that I need to get much better with feather light touch and with looseness before I can use the "errors" effectively.   What I learned recently has changed both my multiple person practices but also all of my solo work, including the solo forms of tai chi chuan that I still practice. My movements are becoming looser, with a swinging feel to them and they are also becoming progressively less under my conscious control. I feel an increasing sense of freedom, which feels relaxing, energizing and pleasant. I have no idea if there is any literal truth to the Hindu concept of karma, but saying that I feel free of karma, when I move properly, seems like a good way to explain this, even if it is only a metaphor. That good feeling is beginning to carry over into my life in general.   It is my understanding that in Guided Chaos Self Defense, balance is used differently from the way it is used in most other methods of hand to hand fighting. This is true for both sport fighting and also those methods which are taught for self defense. Many other methods of self defense have been influenced by sport fighting, or, use balance less than optimally for self defense, for other reasons. In boxing, for example, the fighters do not need to stay as close to perfect balance, as in a good approach to self defense, because, when boxers fall down, whether by slipping, knockdown, or when they are thrown down (a foul), they are given the time and space to stand back up. They also do not need to recover as quickly from over committing as a result of moving or striking, because the striking is limited to punching with the knuckles of a gloved fist, from the waist up, on the front of the body and head. This, combined with the fact that they are not fighting for their lives, means that dodging and delivering of strikes is much slower in boxing than is typical of a self defense encounter. In addition, boxers spend much of their time at a distance where they cannot even hit each other, unless they shuffle in with their strike. When they are in close range they also tend to clinch, leaning on the opponent and using their balance like wrestlers, which is also very different from the use of balance in Guided Chaos. Close range is the most important range for self defense and where the striking can happen at a machine gun pace so one needs to be close to perfect balance at all times to be effective. Attempting to slow or stop the action by clinching is not a good self defense tactic for reasons too numerous to cover completely here.   To be clear, I'm not saying that top boxers have poor balance. They generally have very good balance, however, they use it differently than the way we learn to use balance in Guided Chaos. For example, In an effort to hit harder and move faster, most boxers throw their weight, and therefore their balance around. This results in them over committing to one direction and requires that they recover their balance often, sometimes after each strike or step. It seems to me that moving in this way can never lead to a feeling of security. Rather, it might lead to feeling the need to dominate or be dominated by others in nearly all situations. Of course this is speculation on my part.  Instead, moving in close to perfect balance, and, becoming even more balanced while striking, (I think the term used in Attack Proof is, "collecting one's balance") seems to lead to a different outlook. One feels supported by the natural world, safe, relaxed, but ready for the unexpected. [Editor's note: see "Containing the Over-travel" in our book 2nd edition.]   Although boxers typically use balance in a way that is less than optimal for self defense, the way most grapplers use balance for that purpose is even less effective. Once they are touching, both competitors are nearly always relying on their opponent to maintain balance. Boxers do this too, when they clinch. When both grapplers are standing and in contact, if one of them suddenly disappeared, then the other one would at the very least need to make a rapid adjustment to avoid moving at least one foot. In most cases a step would be needed and in some cases the remaining grappler would not be able to adjust or step quickly enough to avoid falling to the floor. The reason we do not see this happening more often is that neither grappler can disappear without telegraphing his or her intentions, because they are relying on the other one for balance. When they make even the slightest move it will be felt by the opponent, who will have time to adjust. The grappler who wants to disappear would need to gain his or her independent balance first. This is not so easy to do once you are relying on someone else to hold you up and that person is pushing and pulling on you.            Nearly all practitioners of tai chi chuan now make the same error that grapplers make, relying on the other to maintain balance. Most of them do not realize that anything more than a feather light touch automatically creates this fault. I think that this is probably a result of making push hands into a sport and also the fact that striking is rarely practiced.  Relying on the other person for balance makes it very easy for them to hit you. Even though the intention to disconnect and hit can be felt, hitting is so much easier to do than a throw or other takedown that being aware of the disconnect is not enough to easily stop it. From the feather light touch that is used in guided chaos, and supposed to be used in tai chi chuan, striking is even easier.             It seems to me that the type of balance used by most grapplers also leads to the need to dominate others in situations other than grappling. This mindset cannot lead to the feeling of security and independence necessary for serious growth and self actualization. It also seems to me that becoming comfortable with literally standing on one's own feet, as in guided chaos, can lead to greater freedom and independence in all facets of life. In my opinion this is necessary in order to actualize our full individual human potential.   EDITOR'S NOTE: Best DVDs for developing Dynamic Balance: Attackproof Companion Part 2 | Combat Conditioning

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"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

"Guided Chaos is the only training in my 15 plus years of Corrections that translates into real world application, period."
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"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.

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