·      This may be the most detailed and extensive GC Matrix vid you’ve ever seen -- which is ironic because it’s 99% cane-based, yet clearly uses all the GC principles. It will provide you with hundreds of hours of solo practice possibilities.

·      Having a regular hook cane and thinking you’re going to hook people with it as self-defense is ridiculous.

·      You will primarily be using the knob, tip and body of the cane as striking, shoving, stabbing and leverage tools – essentially the entire cane.

·      When seated, you have to create a little bit of space with body movement to make your cane defense work. If you allow perps to get right on top of you, it’s a big problem.

·      You will have to watch the entire video to see the amazing range of strikes available but in a nutshell, you will be applying the same GC “Anywhere Striking” principle used for empty hand, to the cane.

·      You will also be using push/pull, suspend and release principles.

·      If you learn all the movement options in this video, the enemy will probably never get a firm grip with both hands on the cane but if he does, you use his wrestling fixation to kick him or even release the cane and hit with your hands.

·      The devastation comes from easily and rapidly transitioning in a microsecond between stabbing, slashing, slamming, axing, yanking, shoving, reverse gripping, all while simultaneously changing direction (up, down, sideways, in, out), changing grip and swapping head and tip strikes and even sliding “pool cue” strikes.

·      The versatility of all this is demonstrated by John doing all of it against 2 attackers simultaneously – all while seated.

·      “Don’t be limited by just doing baseball bat strikes.”

·      John then does a fantastic, extended section where he coaches a student through many possible striking options. Don’t miss!

·      While you’re moving through all these variations, always be sure to protect yourself, using the positioning of your forearms and elbows.

·      All the “leverage” moves in this video really amplify and exemplify the push/pull/sensitivity principles of Guided Chaos.

·      Just to repeat basic GC Awareness tenets: if they have a knife and all they want is your money, give it to them.

·      John then does a section using the cane standing against 2 knife-wielding attackers. It gets even more ugly for them.

·      If you swing the cane in big showy circles around your body and head like in some arts, the enemy can easily jump in and kill you.

·      To reiterate: if it’s an assassination (they get in close with a hidden knife then stab you at close range), you’re done. But if they brandish a knife, that’s where your cane defense can save your life.

·      If they show you the knife without the “ask” for money first, you must hit first.

·      John brings up the GC “Split-Brain Writing” drill to emphasize the need for being able to do several different things at once with both hands [see the Combat Conditioning and Companion Part 2 long-form vids].

·      In the last section, John shows some “Park Bench” defenses using your own knife or a pen (no cane).

NOTE: these last 2 short sections were shot on a very hot day with no A/C so the fan noise is very loud.