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LEARN FROM A VETERAN OF OVER 100 DOCUMENTED,
BRUTALLY VIOLENT, LIFE-AND-DEATH CONFRONTATIONS
WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOESN'T. |
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HISTORY |
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Guided Chaos founder John Perkins (right) performing the free-form Guided Chaos energy drill Contact Flow with Attackproof partner and Iraq War veteran Lt. Col. Al Ridenhour. Al was an instructor in unarmed combat for his unit and for the battalion's Scout Sniper platoon.
What's up with that name--"Attackproof"?
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Because
he was so scrawny as a child (extreme as this is going to sound), John Perkins
was trained to be a warrior from the age of 5 by his West Virginian
coal-miner father. Coy Perkins Sr., who was part Cherokee, taught John
how to use a knife, tomahawk, stick and spear, as well as Native
American style combat wrestling.
From the age of nine, John
trained in the hand-to-hand Close Quarters Combat methods used in
W.W.II. by his veteran uncles. John's father and uncles were extremely
powerful men. His father could punch a hole in a Philco refrigerator
and his uncle Elbert could lift the front end of an eight cylinder
Buick. Even as a child, a disturbing problem was pounded into John's
brain: how do you deal with people possessing such fearsome physical
strength?
After travelling from dojo to dojo looking for a teacher who could fight under real-life conditions, Perkins came across Master Ik Jo Kang.
Master Kang not only could fight but also had the ability to kick a
hole in a brand new Everlast heavy bag. By the age of twenty-five
Perkins had learned the combat aspects of Tae Kwon Do and Hapkido with
Master Ik Jo Kang. He also studied handgun and knife training as taught
to the Republic of Korea Army during the Vietnam era.
During
this time Perkins was introduced by the Coordinator of the Degerburg
Martial Arts Academy in Chicago to temple-trained Tai Chi Master, Waysun Liao.
Master Liao demonstrated incredible ability using Tai Chi for combat.
This profound experience reinforced Perkins' own findings on the use of
internal vs. external (purely muscular) energy.
From the ages of
sixteen to eighteen, Perkins trained with U.S. Marshall Thomas
Loughnan, the fastest man in the world with a Colt 1911. Loughnan
taught Perkins how to shoot under combat conditions before entering the
police academy. John became a police cadet at the age of eighteen; this
was the beginning of his law enforcement career, which lasted
twenty-two years.
As a young policeman in the early 1970's,
John's beat included some of the worst neighborhoods in the New York
metropolitan area where he routinely worked backup units responding to
the most violent crimes "in progress." He eventually was involved in
over 700 arrests at least 100 of which were brutally violent arrest
scenarios where people routinely ended up in the hospital or morgue.
While
still a Police Officer, Perkins engaged in illegal pit-fighting on the
docks of Newark and New Orleans as a test of his own ability after his
father's death. These savage forerunners of today's No Holds Barred
competitions truly had no rules.
Under Dr. Peter Pizzola
(current director of the NYPD Crime Lab), Perkins went on to work in
the Yonkers, New York Crime Lab where he became an expert in
blood-spatter pattern analysis. Perkins is recognized by Dr. Pizzola as
an expert on the dynamics of violence.
But during all those
years, the same disturbing problem he saw as a child was now being
rammed home by the absolute forensic reality of all his personal and
professional experiences. The problem was this:
If all REAL
violence is chaos (and all his homicide analyses proved this), then WHY
was all the formalized training available to cops, soldiers and
civilians based on PATTERNED techniques? What's more, HOW could these
choreographed responses even hope to adapt to morphing attacks from a
stronger attacker?
Back in 1965, Perkins began experimenting
with the concept of free associative fighting principles, combining
Native American and Close Combat systems. In 1971 he began to create
the rudiments of what would eventually become a new art by adding core
combat aspects of Tai Chi and later, elements of the ancient Greek
combat art of Eleftheri Pali (“ruthless combat”).
Finally in
1978, Perkins broke away from all classical systems and created Ki
Chuan Do and the principles of Guided Chaos. By abandoning all
patterned technique training in favor of methods that promote
spontaneity, creativity and adaptability, Perkins generated a
tremendous amount of controversy among strict classicists but a lot of
interest from security professionals.
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Throughout John Perkins’ career he has undertaken periodic bodyguard /
VIP protection projects. This has brought him across the globe into
some very precarious positions. Malcolm Forbes, Werner Erhardt, and
former Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Dayan are just a few of the
prominent people he has protected.
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has trained members and instructors of elite units of the NYPD, New
York State Police, members and instructors of Tactical Police units in
Westchester County and the City of Yonkers and New York City Transit
Police.
= Trained
Members and Instructors for various U.S. military elite units such as
the USMC Scout Sniper Unit, Military Joint Task Force / Counter Drug
Forces, U.S. Air Marshals, Air Force Special Operations and Army
Special Operations.
= Trained bodyguards who have protected a vast array of public and corporate figures including Pope John Paul II.
= Conducted self-defense training seminars for the Bayer, BMG, Pepsico and RCA corporations.
= Holds
the rank of Grand Master in Combat Martial Arts under the International
Combat Martial Arts Federation along with John McSweeny, Jeff Jarrett,
Master Visitacion, and Col. Rex Applegate.
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WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF THE "ATTACK PROOF" NAME? |
Little Known Fact:
Our original name for our book was "IN THE EYE OF THE STORM,"
but was rejected by our publisher, who came up with the more
provocative name "ATTACK PROOF." This doesn't exactly match our
philosophy of "Challenge No One" (stated in Chapter One of our book),
but our intent has always been to give the AVERAGE person the BEST
possible tools we know of for dealing with the violent monsters of this
world, based on real military and police experience.
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WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF THE GUIDED CHAOS SYMBOL? | 
John
Perkins began experimenting with free associative fighting principles
in 1965, combining Native American and Close Combat systems. In 1971 he
began to create the rudiments of what would eventually become a new
art. Finally in 1978, Perkins broke away from all classical systems and
created Ki Chuan Do, “the Way of the Spirit Fist” emphasizing the concept of sensing and controlling energy, rather than form.
In 1987 Perkins designed the Ki Chuan Do emblem, symbolizing the melding of the best of eastern and western fighting arts.
The two outer rings represent the eternal circle of life and the
principle of return. The jagged square is Native American, symbolizing
lightning, mountains and the pinnacle of achievement. The four pairs of
rectangles represent the four directions and the four elements, earth,
air, fire, and water. The Yin Yang symbol in the center, which embodies
the inter-relationship of all opposing forces in the universe, ties all
the symbols together.
Even
though the art has always been a synthesis of combat concepts from all
over the world, including Greek, Northern European, and especially
Native American, the name Ki Chuan Do was created during a time when
Asian martial arts were heavily influencing American fighting systems.
The reality though is that the art was "made in the U.S.A." in the
mysterious mountain village of Yonkers, New York--and not
in Asia, and so in 2006 the name was changed to finally reflect this
(although you will still hear it referred to by its students as
"Keech"--short for Ki Chuan Do).
| GRANDMASTER JOHN PERKINS |
| CREATOR OF GUIDED CHAOS |
  = Author of Attack Proof: The Ultimate Guide to Personal Protection. One of the best selling self-defense books in the world.
= 1978
formed Martial RealistsTM Association in response to the inadequacies
found in traditional martial arts for Police Officers in the field.
= Holds the rank of Grand Master of Ki Chuan Do
PUBLIC APPEARANCES
Appeared on SPYMASTER on THE LEARNING
CHANNEL, a reality TV series where candidates are trained, assessed and
eliminated to come up with a top "Spymaster." A team of Navy SEAL and
Delta Force professionals conduct the training and evaluation in
evasion, survival, spycraft and combat methods. John Perkins was
specifically contacted by the show to provide hand-to-hand combat
training for the contestants.
Featured on WNBC with Chuck Scarborough for in-flight anti-terrorist defensive techniques with bare hands and common objects.
CORPORATE TRAINING SEMINARS
On safety and self-protection when traveling for the Bayer, BMG, Pepsico and RCA corporations
BODYGUARD WORK
= Personal bodyguard to Malcolm Forbes
= Headed security team for Werner Erhard of EST to protect him from "The Pie Man."
= Protected various dignitaries such as former Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Dayan and various Soviet prisoners of conscience, and foreign and domestic dignitaries
SKILLS AND CERTIFICATIONS
= Began training in martial arts in 1956.
= Intensive training in Close Quarters Combat since 1960 with WWII Veterans.
= 1968-1970 Trained in Combat Pistol with US Marshall Thomas Loughnan who was
the fastest man in the world with a CoIt 45 1911 semi automatic.
= Has extensive experience in over 10 martial disciplines including: Native American
Freestyle Fighting, Close Combat, Combat Hapkido, Tae Kwon Do, Kung Fu,
Karate, Tai Chi Chuan, Eleftheri Pali, Judo, and Ju Jitsu.
POLICE AND FORENSIC EXPERIENCE
= 1969 Became a Police Cadet where he was assigned to the Intelligence Unit to
obtain information from various anti-government protest organizations in
Westchester and NYC.
= 1971 Worked as a Patrolman in high crime sections of Yonkers, NY.
= Worked mugging and anti-crime details.
= 1976 Began his study of the dynamics of violence at homicides at the Yonkers,
NY forensic laboratory.
= Worked directly on scores of homicide scenes.
= Reviewed thousands of cases of homicide, rape, and assault.
= A Forensic firearms expert.
= A forensic fingerprint enhancement expert.
= Expert in chemical and instrumental analysis.
= Expert crime scene photographer.
= Expert in crime scene blood spatter analysis.
= Presently consults in all above fields.
= Directly involved in over seven hundred arrests.
= Veteran of over one hundred serious violent armed encounters
PROFESSIONAL TRAINER
= Trained members and instructors of elite units of NYPD, New York State Police,
members and instructors of Tactical Police units in Westchester County and City
of Yonkers
= Trained Members and Instructors for various U.S. military elite units such as the
USMC Scout Sniper Unit, Air Force Special Operations, Army Special Operations.
= Trained bodyguards who have protected a vast array of public and corporate figures
including Pope John Paul II.
= Personal instructor to various corporate executives, television and movie stars including
Steven Baldwin.
= Created custom purpose training and seminar programs such as: Aerobic Warriors,
Executive Warrior Weekend, Bare Hands To Handguns, Stop Stalk, Be Your Own
Bodyguard Seminars, and No Officer Down.
| LT. COLONEL AL RIDENHOUR, USMC |
| 6th DEGREE MASTER OF GUIDED CHAOS |
 Although
he was an instructor in unarmed combat for his unit, Al Ridenhour knew
he had found the right self-defense system when people half his size
from John Perkins' school could strike him at will with "penetrating
force," yet remain elusive to his own strikes. Even though he'd
traveled the globe with the U.S. Marines and trained with a variety of
U.S. military and Asian martial arts instructors, Al's first thought
was "if this works for them, it'll work for me." He resolved then and
there to become a student of Perkins' unusual, free-flowing and highly
adaptive art.
Lt Colonel
Ridenhour has been with John Perkins since 1992 and risen to the rank
of 6th degree Master. As a veteran of the Persian Gulf War and
Operation Iraqi Freedom, Al has put his Ki Chuan Do training to use
everyday to stay alive--and where possible has passed that training on
to his troops.
A
tremendously compelling and articulate spokesman for the art, he has
become extremely sought after for seminars and personal instruction and
appeared on numerous radio and television programs.
• Veteran, Persian Gulf War-Operation Desert Storm
• Commanded infantry platoon
• Instructor in unarmed combat for his unit and for the battalion's Scout Sniper platoon
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Served as company commander, Intelligence Officer, Security
Manager, Assistant Operations Officer, and the Anti-Terrorism Force
Protection Officer for the II Marine Expeditionary Force in Iraq
• Worked with U.S. Customs Service and U.S. Border Patrol for the JTF-6 counter drug mission
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Has trained current and former members of US Marines, US Army Special
Forces, NYPD, US Air Force OSI and US Air Marshal Service
• Lectured on terrorism at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City.
• Training in martial arts since 1985
• Sixth-degree black belt Close Combat Karate TM
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Featured on NBC TV with Chuck Scarborough for in-flight anti-terrorist
defensive techniques with bare hands and common objects.
• Featured on Channel 12 News Long Island
• Member International Combat Martial Arts Federation (ICMAF).
Meet Lt. Col. Al up close and personal...
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