ISSUE #272 GUIDED CHAOS NEWS     Endorsements THE ONLY LEGAL WEAPON YOU CAN CARRY ANYWHERE* ...AND THE NON-CLASSICAL, NO-BULLSH#T WAY TO USE IT By James Ludwig One evening, around 11:00pm, I was walking in San Francisco's Mission District after exiting the train station.  I emerged at 16th and Mission. For those not familiar, this corner is a lively spot, especially after 10:00pm.  Poor people, needy, desperate, enterprising; I moved alertly as I headed south on Mission back to my place. Then I saw in front of me a young, attractive woman, nicely dressed, slender, walking alone through the described elements, standing out like a sore thumb, radiating vulnerability and self-consciousness.  I could feel the locals feel her presence, observing her with interest,  so I strolled next to her and  asked if she would like me to escort her through the rough section.  She nodded, visibly relieved. We walked four blocks together.  Her name was Sabrina.  And then I directed her toward her destination on Valencia Street and went my own way.  And I found myself thinking of her today when I began watching the Guided Chaos DVD "Cane Vs. Knife." [Part 3 of the GC Weapons Series -ed.] Self-defense master John Perkins begins with a cogent introductory point:  the cane is the only weapon that you can openly carry with you anywhere. Stop and let that in, as it may not have much impact if you have never given much thought to self-defense.  It is a weapon that you can carry IN YOUR HAND EVERYWHERE. The value of this is extraordinary. One of the problems with guns and knives is that you HAVE TO PULL THEM OUT, and crime data shows that often there is no time for that.  In contrast, the cane is always in your hand, always ready to go.  Also, the cane has length which means that it provides valued DISTANCE between you and your attacker. These are powerful points, enough so that you'd think that nearly everyone (living in troubled U.S. urban areas) would want a cane.   A cane is a fantastically valuable weapon, inexpensive, and you don't have to be a 30 year martial genius to wield it well enough to dissuade attackers.  Indeed, street assailants may be morally compromised but at the same time they are "street smart;" given that stick you are carrying, maybe they will look for a different target! If what I've written has gotten your attention, then your next need would be to learn the basics of how to defend with a cane.  Enter "Cane Vs. Knife," perhaps better titled "Self-Defense with Canes," because the movements you will learn from this DVD will protect you in multiple scenarios, not just knife attacks.  And the style of teaching departs totally from stick work that you will find in traditional arts.  I could write forever on this subject, how traditional arts shroud the essence of self-defense in endless layers of extrinsic nonsense - costumes, rituals, out-of-date movements, and utterly unrealistic fighting scenarios. Let me indulge in just one illustration: in traditional arts like aikido, stick work is always done with a partner (in other words, two people with sticks,) in a highly choreographed style.  Suffice it to say that a real attacker will not choreograph his movements for you, so you are already in trouble. But it gets worse: how likely are you to have a stick-on-stick encounter with someone in a contemporary American city? But if you carry a cane and run into an attacker of whatever kind, your cane will represent you well, and Perkins explains how, in detail.  Starting with the bare essence of stick wisdom, stripped of dated and over-stylized moves, he lays out the basics of how to move intelligently.  You'll discover that it doesn't look much like the theatrics you see in action films, though the brute simplicity of it may at times be breathtaking. If you are a hard core martial artist, you will value the exercise of "running the gauntlet," which prepares you to use the cane against multiple skilled attackers.  But if you're a beginner you will benefit from just learning the basic technique called "spearing," a straight-ahead strike with considerable power that keeps your attacker at a distance.  And for those who are perpetually thinking about beginning to train in martial arts, there is another benefit beyond cane self-defense: practicing with your cane will yield the benefit of the "body intelligence" taught throughout Guided Chaos.  That is, you will begin to acquire fundamental aptitudes like relaxation, body unity, rooting skills, managing distance, and looseness. Reflecting back on Sabrina: Doesn’t she represent nearly all of us?  Certainly all women, smaller men who feel unsure of themselves, and most people over 50?  There are moments of anxiety as we encounter the elements of America’s troubled cities.  If you can relate, no need to wait until one of your joints lets you down.  Think about getting a cane. I just ordered mine! *James Ludwig trained extensively in aikido but abandoned the testing process at the first kyu level because it was hampering his martial development. Instead, Ludwig worked "off mat" with high ranking aikido and bagua artists in a free-form style, dumping conventional choreography and technique memorization. Subsequently he has also trained with practitioners of various arts/sports - BJJ, muay thai, boxing, wing chun. Ludwig has used the art of Guided Chaos to inform, validate, and organize his training practice and to maximize internal skills within the context of street-realistic self-defense. 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