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LOS ANGELES SEMINAR REVIEW

"I also attended the seminar in L.A. on Feb. 26/27. I have to say it was the best self-defense training I've ever had.  These guys are the real deal. They are also super friendly.   When I walked in the place, I was about 30 minutes early. I introduced myself to Al Ridenhour because he was the closest one to me.  He stood up immediately and respectfully shook my hand and made me feel welcome.  He introduced me to John Perkins who is also a very nice gentleman.  "You're amongst friends now," is the quote I'll probably always remember from this seminar.  That feels good coming from people who could incapacitate me or even kill me so easily.  And yes they beat you up a little bit just to show you the strikes are serious. The first day we learned some drills on how to loosen your body, and improve your balance.  We learned a lot of close quarters combat techniques, and dropping energy.  We also learned the fright reaction and some drills on reacting to sudden violence when you're minding your own business. The second day we learned more about drills for loosening the body, more balance, and contact flow.  Basically it brings the book to action.  Stuff in there I didn't understand now came clear.  We learned how to incorporate all the things we learned the first day and apply it towards a training partner.  This is the contact flow.  You keep it really slow at first and get the feel for it.  They make you switch partners so you constantly learn more and more cause everybody's different.  The instructors come work with you one on one for a few minutes and help you improve on whatever you need.  They showed us some ground fighting principles and drills toward the end of day 2. I also should mention that the drills really do work out your knees, tendons, and ligaments.  My knees were hurting a little from all the vacuum walks and everything else that requires you to bend your knees slightly and keep your balance on one leg. The best part of this whole seminar for me was actually just AFTER they dismissed us and everyone was standing around talking.  Michael, [Michael Watson, 6th degree master--who is also going to the Oz Seminar], gave me some one on one time and some key fighting tips.  If you don't know Michael, he's freakin' huge and strong and a very high level master of GC.  He could tell I still had several questions at the end of the seminar, and wanted to make sure I went away knowing some useful, real world stuff. The tips he gave me were:   --BEND YOUR KNEES (because this immediately improves your balance and keeps you stable), --DON'T STAND IN FRONT OF THE BULL (the bull is your opponent who is probably bigger and stronger than you, and you need to be unavailable to his strikes), --KEEP YOUR GUARD UP (keeping your arms and elbows up and between whatever is coming at you will protect your head and neck), --DON'T GIVE YOUR HEAD (keep this target away from the bull), --MOVE (moving in close and to the side or to the rear of your opponent at angles will keep you from getting hit with full power shots), --BE INTENT (whatever you do, do it with intent.  Which means hit hard, hit fast, hit first) --REACT AND DISAPPEAR (don't wait around for the cops, don't check to see if your opponent is alright, leave immediately as if your life depended on it). Thank you very much Michael.  Thank you for letting me practice my dropping energy on a live target with power. Joe, thank you for taking me aside and showing me some faster tempo contact flow, and letting me hit you with nearly full power. You are a beast! Killeen, thank you for not killing me or biting my neck. Haha.  Your technique is truly magnificent and I felt every bit of pain that comes from it. John, thank you for showing me how devastating this stuff is.  I want to hit and kick with dead accurate precision and power like you someday." --Joey Bailey

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