October 25, 2009

PMABM Newsletter #12

I'm sure you'll appreciate this video.

I'm doing Contact Flow with my instructor Matt Kovsky, co-author of the book Attackproof, which is required reading for Level 3. Contact Flow is the staple exercise in Guided Chaos, which helps you train every aspect of five major principles for effective self-defense: Body Unity, Looseness, Sensitivity, Balance, and Economy of Movement.

Study this video closely (or as closely as you can with this low-resolution garbage). Other than enjoying seeing me get pummeled, what can you learn from it? What do you see me doing wrong? What do you see Matt doing right? I made a ton of mistakes and I've learned a whole lot from watching this video. I've also learned a lot from watching Matt and seeing many of the Guided Chaos principles effortlessly expressed in his movement.

(Due to privacy issues, I had to take down the video, so I have posted an official Guided Chaos video instead to show what Contact Flow is like.)

3 comments:

  1. Ben Nesbitt7:25 PM

    Fun! Reminds me of when I used to smack you around too, back in the day...

    what was that, you said? I was so defense-less to your attack that you broke my nose??? I don't remember that...

    at least, that's my story and I'm sticking to it... heh heh

    Ben

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  2. Hmm, I don't remember breaking your nose and having you bleed all over me either. Haha!

    Could be that when you tried to knock my jaw off of my skull, you loosened a few of my brain cells as well!

    Ah, those were the days...

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  3. So that's what happened to those brain cells... :p

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