![]() | John Perkins has been called America’s foremost self-protection expert by the Trends Research Institute. He has been training and teaching martial arts and self-defense for nearly 50 years. Perkins has taught hand-to-hand tactics to Marine Combat units, Marine Scout Sniper units, and Military counter drug forces. He also has instructed law enforcement personnel from the New York City Police Department, New York State Police, and the New York City Transit Police.
In the Eye of the Storm is jam-packed with a tremendously detailed exploration into Contact Flow, the free-form energy drill that integrates all aspects of Guided Chaos training into a completely adaptive fighting system. Master Perkins and Lt. Col. Ridenhour take you through what amounts to almost a private lesson as they instruct various students one-on-one in the subtleties of the art. Rather than showing rigid techniques on the order of "this is what you do against this, and this is what you do against that" they show you how to develop your own ability to change, create and modify your defense moment-by-moment to deal with violence the way it is--not the way we would like it to be. DISC 1 Intro to Contact Flow: The 5 Main Principles of Guided Chaos Fixed "Animal" Forms vs. Free Human Motion Looseness Balance Taking Balance Balance, Kicking, & Over-commitment Body Unity Sensitivity How To Ruin Your Sensitivity: Lazy Man's "Keech" Applying the Principles While Changing Range Always Move Behind a Guard/Always Bring a Weapon On-Line Always Form Weapons The Spike In the Sponge Shadowing & Molding The Closer You Get, The Looser You Get Sliding & Skimming Energy DISC 2 When Blocking Is a Waste: The 3 Part Insurance Policy Folding Energy Weaseling Energy Tool Replacement One-ness Hitting Blocking Is a Waste of Time: Make Them Miss Why We Flow Slow Loading the Spring Grabbing & Over-commitment Suspend & Release Pulsing: Directing & Exploiting Responses Leg Pulsing Vibrating Energy Multi-hitting Multi-hitting As a Function of Sensitivity & Balance Applying the Sphere of Influence Against Larger Attackers Using Box-stepping, Long-stepping & Drop-kicking Close Combat to KCD: Taking Space On Larger Opponents DISC 3 Training Lethal Blows with Dropping Power Using Soft & Hard Energy While Avoiding Double-weightedness 99% Yin, 1% Yang Ride the Lightning Useful Visualizations to Aid Sensitivity Multiple Attackers How Do You Begin Contact Flow? With Chaos Studies In Contrast: Boxing/Grappling vs. KCD Some Contact Flow Analyses Specific Contact Flow Variations "Super-slow" Flow Fixed-step Flow Balance Flows "Stalker" Flow The "Melee" Flow "Set Up Attack" Flows Timed/High Speed Leg Flows Back-to-back Striking Intervals Hyper-sensitivity Flows The Pinnacle: Master's Flow with Commentary |