attackproof.com
These folks have an interesting approach to self defense in that rather training techniques they train attributes from tai chi and close quarter combat. They have integrated sensitivity training very similar to our randori utilizing all forms of attacks and evasions ....Very interesting and useful .... and I think complimentary to our form of randori.....Check their newsletter out and perhaps you may find it useful. I have attended their seminars over the past 2 years and plan on going to their knife,gun and stick seminar in July....they have a new book coming out soon called attackproof.....you can find them at
attackproof.com
Just returned from NYC visiting family and while I was there I got away on saturday to attend the seminar on knife ,gun and stick hosted by John Perkins and his organization "Guided Chaos". The seminar started with John Perkins sharing some of his experiences with forensics and homicide investigations and how they relate to the crime sceen and self defense. It was clear that from what he said many victims of crime were cooperating when they should have been fighting for their life. This was particularly true when the criminal once they got your money or car keys were now interested in taking you to another location.This according to John Perkins is bad news because what will happen there is more than likely not going to be anything that is close to letting you go but rather an opportunity for the criminal to have his way by raping, torture and killing his victim.His advice is to cooperate and give the criminal all he wants money ,car keys your coat...but if the is intererested in going elsewhere fight and run...this may be the only chance you get.
We then did warm ups doing some close quarter combative excercises which was then followed with gun and then knife hold up situations where the criminal's intent was to bring you to another location.I have attended krav maga seminars dealing with the similar situations and I must say the simplicity of Perkin's approach was wonderful and effective. While other systems depend on where the gun or knife is placed to determine which technique to use Perkin's reactive response was consistent to follow the principles of getting off the line, taking over uke's center and creating a kusushi, maintaining the control of the weapon and disarming the weapon. The principles were consistent for the knife and gun with slight nuances of course when dealing with a knife vs gun...
We then went to using the cane as a weapon against the knife . Using very short and dynamic swipes while maintaing your center and not overcommiting your body we were able to easily thwart eh knife weilding attacker from acheiving any damage on us...Overall this was an excellent and very instructional seminar which I would encourage folks to look into ....Following principles and not memorizing techniques....If anyone wants to review any of what I learned I would be more than happy to share with you my experience after class....
I have just ordered the book from Amazon. I did a quick search and our local bookshop only has the older edition, so I'm prepared to wait a few weeks for it.