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ATTACKED WITH A MACHETE...
"I have been a student of John Perkins since October of 1996 and this
is my survival story. Several weeks prior to the confrontation I had
terminated one of my employees for stealing from me. I had warned him
on numerous occasions to stop but he continued to steal, finally I had
no other choice but to get rid of him.
He still continued stealing my customers even though he was no longer
employed. Several weeks had passed and he drove by me one day, flipped
me off, and told me to F--k myself. So I followed him into a parking
lot to remind him that he should not steal and that he should stay away
from my business. I did not follow him to fight, but after trying to
reason with this individual, the talking became arguing. This is when I
realized that my pleading with him was an exercise in futility.
As I turned my back to leave the scene, he retrieved a machete from his
vehicle at blinding speed and was coming at me. Remembering the John
Perkins Principle "Attack the Attacker" I quickly moved in on the
weapon and his body, attacking with both hands and knees. He was
holding the machete with two hands at about shoulder height and through
a series of strikes to the butt of the weapon and his hands, I was able
to get him to release one hand, however he was still able to raise the
machete above his head.
At this point I realized that this was going to be really bad if I did
not take some drastic measures to end the attack. It was literally do
or die, so I went for it. I was able to perform a neck manipulation by
putting one hand on the back of his head while the other simultaneously
struck and twisted his neck and chin. He immediately dropped the weapon
and spun away falling to the floor like a ton of bricks. I booted him
twice in the torso causing further damage. I then stopped attacking
him upon request of a man who identified himself as a city marshal.
I would have never thought that someone I had known for several years
would try to kill me. A machete is a very serious weapon, a person with
little strength can cut small trees in half almost effortlessly. All
of this happened in a split second, with no time to think, just react.
I am convinced that what made this a successful outcome for me was
being able to put myself ahead of this guy before he knew it. It was a
seamless series of reactions and body alignments that prevented him
from seriously cutting me and made my attack so successful. A witness
said that if I did not stop him with such force he would have cut me
up. His intent was obvious by the look on his face and he meant
business with that damn thing.
I later saw John Perkins and thanked him for sharing his knowledge with
me over the years. This training is beyond imagination, it is
indescribable, just when you think you have it understood, a new door
opens to another level of knowledge and training. John Perkins' talent
and training techniques must be experienced and felt to be understood,
words do not do it justice. The power behind these techniques is both
devastating and amazing. It almost looks fake, until you experience it.
I owe John and the others in this organization a serious debt of
gratitude for instructing me over the years. Admittedly I made a big
mistake by following this guy into a parking lot, fortunately I walked
away with nothing more than a cut on my pinkie. As for the Scumbag, he
was arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon, battery,
and menacing."
--Vin C. 2nd Degree KCD
ATTACKED IN THE ELEVATOR...
--submitted by Paul M., KCD 1st degree
"I'm a steel worker in New York City working the high
iron in Manhattan. I was being messed with early in
the morning by this man of about six foot two and
maybe 220-250 pounds. He thought he was being cute and
grabbed my wooden folding ruler I carry in my tool
belt. I was tired and weighted down with heavy tools
and a safety harness.
Now mind you it is about seven a.m. and there are
about twenty guys waiting for the elevator to take us
up to the seventeenth floor to start the day. He
opened up the ruler and started poking me with it, it
blew my mind that a forty year old man would be so
inclined to act this way, its scarey how ignorant
people can be.
As he poked me with the ruler it snapped in half. So
at that moment he was standing to the side of me and I
threw a low side kick to his knee. This all happend
very quickly but for some reason I pulled back on the
kick because I just thought it was over-kill and
cruel. I then just snatched what was left of my ruler
out of his hand.
He got pretty angry and snuck behind me and
immediately threw me into some sort of a choke hold.
Without hesitation or thought, I immediately loosened,
dropped and spun directly into him, striking him with
an open-hand kind of a round house type strike to the
side of his head. I then followed through with a right
palm strike but missed him because he was already
launched backwards to the ground about six feet from
me. He had no intentions of fighting any longer. I
felt my body knew just how much force to use. It was
as if I was on auto pilot and just acted, not so much
reacted. Also it shocked me that a guy my size could
send a guy twice my size (who also does the same hard work) flying off
his feet.
It all happend so quickly, but to be honest I didn't
even feel it when I struck him. The man had sheer terror in his face.
He then started apologizing and trying to make up for
what he had done. I just told him to stay away from
me. I honestly felt sorry for having to do what I did,
but I believe it was justifiable since he was going to
possibly choke me out. But anyway I just wanted to
thank John because without his class I wouldn't have
reacted the way I did.
So thank you and I just wanted to give a Ki Chuan Do
success story."
ATTACKED IN PRISON...
(submitted by Bob Miller, Corrections Officer, KCD 1st Degree)
"I know many out there reading this will still not believe what I'm
about to tell you. I totally understand-- I was you! I have many KCD
success stories as it relates to my job. I felt compelled to share this
one.
I'm a C/O (Prison Guard) and on Tuesdays and Wednesdays I'm assigned to
work a MRDD unit (Mentally Retarded Developmentally Disabled Unit for
the most part this is a pretty laid back place to work in relation to
the rest of the Institution. Most of the Inmates are medicated and easy
to manage. The state I work for has closed the State Hospitals because
of budget constraints and the clients need a place to stay so here you
go Department of Corrections. Last night at approximately 7:25 PM, an
Inmate approached the Officer's Station in the Unit where I'm assigned
to work and asked for a shower. Normally this is no big deal except
this gentleman was on Loss of Privileges status and is not allowed out
of his cell. There is a zero tolerance policy on this rule infraction;
but considering where I was and who he was I explained the rule and
told him go back to his cell and I would get him out for a shower after
Line Movement had secured. He walked about two steps from the Officer's
Station and yelled in a loud voice "This is a bunch of bullshit".
Problem is he did so in the presence of 60 other Inmates and we can't
have this for obvious reasons. So I called him to come back to where I
was.
I was standing in what I call a modified Jack Benny stance. He spun
around and balled his fists. He was not yet in my sphere of influence
so I using a little verbal judo and told him to face the wall. I
figured if I could get him restrained he and I would both be safer. He
complied and I placed him in wrist restraints. Now I don't know what it
is but in my 10 years experience as a C/O it seems like any time you
restrain a person they want to fight or yell or scream or all of the
above. This was the case with this individual.
I explained to him in a calm voice that he was not necessarily going to
go to segregation. I radioed for my Sgt. and some escorts and then I
removed him from the Unit. I escorted him outside the Unit and had him
face the wall and this is where he decided to get combative. Please
note this all happened in seconds. First he turned his head towards me
(a big no, no, we don't like to get spit on) and pushed away from the
wall. There was 4 other staff and I. while giving him orders to stop
and face the wall another staff member and I attempted to place him
back on the wall. He then turned towards me and attempted to kick me.
This is where all the Drills of Guided Chaos come into play. It was
because of my connection with his body (I had my left hand on him in a
standard escort hold) that I felt all his movement even the head turn.
It is because of Contact Flow that I felt and perceived his kick in my
subconscious that I was able to react the way I did.
I shot a spear hand right to his throat and once I made contact I
turned the strike into more of a push because I was not justified in
using lethal force in this situation (as a side note this is why we
train lethal but are prepared to bunt at any time). This totally
negated his kick, in fact I did not get kicked and pushed him back into
the wall. I then instinctively skimmed my right hand over his face and
grabbed some hair and placed him on the ground. Where the head goes the
body follows. He was placed in leg restraints and escorted to
segregation. He actually told my supervisors that I was kind and
professional and he over reacted.
This just goes to show that you must never rely on verbal skills alone;
you never know who you are dealing with. The main point I want to make
is this: I have studied other martial arts in depth since I was a kid.
None of them prepared me for the chaos of a real combative situation.
When you study Guided Chaos and train the drills it becomes part of you
and although the above situation was not life or death I just reacted
with no preplanned thought. The only reason I was able to do so is
because of Master Perkins and his system of martial combat. Thanks for
your time."
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