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The Role of
Individual Experience and Personal Insight in Guided Chaos |
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By Yosef
Susskind, GC 4th Degree
In his ongoing campaign to “get our minds right,” Senior
Master Al continues to assert that a student’s individual experience, their
long path of personal development within the art, is every bit as valid as Al’s
own experience. Our moments of insight,
which we meet along that path, are every bit as valuable as the insights the
masters share with us.
It is certainly possible to misinterpret an experience and to
draw the wrong conclusions—when we stray from the principles, this outcome is a
given—but a proper understanding of the art’s fundamental principles acts as a
corrective lens, removing distortions and ambiguities that might lead us into
error. The principles of the art are “real”
insofar as they are faithful to the laws of physics and human physiology. As long as we adhere to the principles, our
inquiry remains rooted in reality, and our conclusions can be trusted to serve
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We are all flawed primates.
Al was not asserting that we can never be mistaken, and of course our
teachers do provide us with invaluable guidance along our way. Al’s point is that when we are not mistaken,
and our insights are true to the principles, they are no less valuable than if
they had been spoken by Grand Master John.
In light of Al’s assertion, it is no surprise that some of
our greatest training breakthroughs come from learning from fellow students. Working with a variety of advanced students
with diverse experiences and different body types is a great catalyst for one’s
development in the art. This is a
benefit that we who train at GC headquarters in NY take for granted.
It is always refreshing when students from GC training
groups in the U.S. and abroad make a pilgrimage to NY. Their enthusiasm and gratitude for our
teaching, and the amount of personal insight they glean from the experience,
reminds us just how lucky we are to train with our masters and fellow students
on a regular basis. Even if you have
devoted the time and money to train privately with a GC instructor, making the
trip to a large GC school will widen the range of your experience in the art,
and improve your game dramatically.
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I want to personally invite all practitioners of Guided Chaos
to join us at the Combative Movement Immersion Seminar from Nov 3rd
to Nov 5th at GC Headquarters in Elmsford NY. This will be the only seminar at the main school
in 2017, so I expect the turnout to be epic.
It will be a great opportunity, not only to learn from the masters, but
to experience moving with a variety of students with different abilities and
experiences. Each day will end with at
least two hours of one-on-one movement, refining specific facets of contact
flow and combative movement dynamics.
This year’s seminar is also a rare opportunity to network
with other practitioners of the art. We
strongly encourage students to visit each other’s schools, to be active on each
other’s martial-arts-related social media, and to collaborate on training
events. If you have a GC training group
and want to host a GC seminar, our instructors are always ready to help.
I hope to see you there!
[Yosef is available for private lessons. Contact us for info]
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COMBATIVE MOVEMENT
IMMERSION SEMINAR
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NOV. 3-5, 2017 AT THE ELMSFORD, NY GC HQ
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This three day seminar will develop in participants a deeper understanding of Guided Chaos’ unique Body Movement Dynamics, enabling you to create seamless, fluid power, where you need it--when you need it.
Topics include:
► Fighting in the "future"
► Isolation and Invisibility
► Getting and staying out of phase to confuse the enemy
► Removing stylization "traps"
► Creating Natural Movement and Becoming "Liquid"
► Never-seen-before "Ghost Training" Station
► Integrating critical Slambag drills into your Balance, Looseness and "Natural Movement" training
...and much, much more along with intensive Contact/Combat Flow variations work.
3 Day Seminar Fee: $600
Multi-day, Early order and LEO/Military discounts available.
SPACE IS LIMITED...ORDER EARLY
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...To purchase or get more info! |
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GUIDED CHAOS is the GREASE that makes
all your OTHER training work BETTER.
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"After experiencing Contact Flow hands-on with the experts, I consider it to be the 'piece de resistance' of martial arts."
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--Dr. Jan Bloem, one of Europe's leading authorities teaching special police and military special operation units, www.datmovement.nl |
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"Guided
Chaos should be required training for anyone interested in push hands
and the self-defense aspects of the internal arts."
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--Sifu Ken Gullette, certified as an instructor with the U.S.
Chen Family, connected directly to the
Chen Village tai chi school through Grandmaster Chen Xiaoxing. http://www.internalarts.typepad.com/ |
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