HOW TO FIGHT FOR YOUR LIFE

The Guided Chaos Combatives Handbook

The simple, savage, easy-to-learn 1st Level of Guided Chaos that you can train (mostly) solo!

DO YOU HAVE THE TIME TO BECOME A SELF DEFENSE MASTER ?

Violent criminals aren't going to wait.

 

DO YOU HAVE THE BODY OF A UFC CHAMPION?

Then sport-based self-defense won't work for you.

 

But if you can devote 6 weeks to training simple, battle and street-proven methods, you can learn HOW TO FIGHT TO SAVE YOUR LIFE. The average person needs hard-core, devastating self-defense that doesn't require an Olympian's body and can be learned and mastered quickly. Guided Chaos COMBATIVES (GCC) is a self-contained system comprised of basic World War II - era strikes and strategies that were designed to be taught to our troops in mere hours before shipping out for jungle warfare in the Pacific against the Japanese who were all presumed to be karate and judo experts. Ex-cop John Perkins, who is a certified Grandmaster in Combat Martial Arts under the International Combat Martial Arts Federation, has taken these lethal and efficient methods and improved them further with advanced dynamic motion principles. GCC is designed to quickly maximize your ability to survive criminal violence. "How to Fight for Your Life" includes:

  • Scenario training that covers most types of violent attacks.
  • Why blocking is a waste of time.
  • The one type of kick you have to know that defends against all other kinds of kicks.
  • Universal defenses that work whether you're attacked from the right, left, high or low because you can never predict exactly how you'll be assaulted.
  • The only 2 effective pressure points there are and why the rest are nonsense.
  • Why the most popular fighting techniques you see on TV will get you killed.
  • The most important thing to do and NOT do if you're mugged.
  • The strikes that are proven to work in real life and death combat and those that don't
  • (If you're a competitive fighter you'll be surprised at the answer.)
  • Over 30 simple Street Smart Tips for avoiding violence, safeguarding your home and family and protecting yourself while traveling, driving and exercising.
  • The virtually foolproof 5-step Home Protection Plan.
  • And much, much more....


"John Perkins' combat methods [Guided Chaos] are the most efficient and devastating that I have experienced before, during and since the military."

--Ret. Lieutenant Dick Shea, original Navy SEAL team member

 

"John Perkins is an expert on the dynamics violence." 

--Dr. Peter Pizzola, Director, NYPD Crime Lab

 

5 STARS     "A fantastic guide to reality-based street combatives and real life self-defense advice."
Oct 6, 2010 by Joseph J. Truncale (Chicago, IL USA)

This review is from: HOW TO FIGHT FOR YOUR LIFE

This is one of the most practical books on street combat self-defense techniques and tactics. This book is based upon the "Guided Chaos Combatives" system developed by the John Perkins. Even though I had read the book "Attack-Proof" some time ago, I was not that impressed with it. However, after reading this book I became more enthusiastic with this simple but highly effective street combat system.

As a retired police officer I like the author's approach in emphasizing to avoid physical conflict as much as possible, but once your personal space is invaded and it is clear you are in danger of being attacked, you should immediately attack the most vulnerable areas of the attacker's body. There is excellent advice in this manual, like never allowing your attacker to take you to another location. Even though the book is only 129 pages, it covers an enormous amount of material. It first explains the "Guided Chaos Combatives" approach. It moves to the first principle which is awareness and emphasizes "challenge no one." The personal comfort zone is explained as well as the principle of "attack the attacker." Interestingly, I emphasize the same principle in my combatives system.

The text teaches how to use visualization, the principle of basic dropping. Jack Dempsey's book called this the falling step theory of how to deliver powerful knockout punches and it does work. This book calls it "drop striking."

Basic strikes and targets are explained, as well as numerous basic drills to increase your skill level and reactions. How to move using the box step while at the same time practicing strikes against training bags is emphasized. The only chapter I have some disagreement with is the "Legal Ramifications" section. As a retired police officer, martial artist and law enforcement trainer I do not agree with the advice on "NEVER TALK TO A POLICE OFFICER." If you were the victim and afraid for your life, and you defended yourself as the last resort, you have nothing to fear from explaining that to the police. Yes, it is true that police are suspicious people, and if you refuse to cooperate by explaining what happened, most officers will find that very suspicious. Yes, I advise getting an attorney but if you are a victim, why view the police as enemies.

Nevertheless, this book on the whole is excellent and I recommend it to anyone seeking a practical and effective street combative system.

5 STARS     “The Title Says It All

July 9, 2010 by M. Kaminski (Pueblo, CO USA)
This review is from: HOW TO FIGHT FOR YOUR LIFE

The precursor to the full-blown defense system of Guided Chaos, “How to Fight for Your Life” presents well-written, concise, life saving information. It is devoid of the superfluous sportive techniques found in many books of this genre. In fact, while written with the civilian in mind, the skills and techniques contained within are no nonsense and lethal; applicable for life and death combat and easily trump the grappling/MMA techniques being taught in today’s military. This book is well written with diagrams and pictures that aptly depict the information being presented. I would whole heartedly recommend this book to anyone looking to build a solid self-defense foundation followed by Attack Proof – 2nd Edition for follow-on training into the system of Guided Chaos.

 

5 STARS     “No Nonsense, No BS, Just Pure Self Defense

July 10, 2010 by D. Buxman (Pueblo, CO USA)

This review is from: HOW TO FIGHT FOR YOUR LIFE

How to Fight for Your Life covers a lot of ground in a short space. As any good self-defense book should, it all starts with Situational Awareness. If you are constantly plugged in to your Ipod or your Blackberry, just consider yourself another item on the Predator’s Menu Board. This book has excellent advice on avoiding confrontation and helping you to set up trigger points that will prepare you to defend yourself in a devastating, yet legal, manner once the line is crossed. The techniques described are well-illustrated with good photgraphs that demonstrate what you should and should not do when defending yourself. More importantly, the techniques are simple to practice and use. This isn’t an elaborate martial arts dance class. It is pure focused aggression. I would suggest Attack Proof, 2nd Edition as a good companion piece for those who want to further explore the information raised in this excellent book.

5 STARS     “Practical Self-defense for the Non-expert”

July 27, 2010 By Evan K. Yeung, Cincinnati Ohio.

This review is from: HOW TO FIGHT FOR YOUR LIFE

 

The AttackProof book from the Guided Chaos Combatives group is one of the best sources I’ve ever read about internal martial arts principles in true self-defense applications. Unfortunately, the book has one glaring fault. While experienced martial artists will recognize the value of the material in AttackProof, the average person who has no self-defense training will find that much of the information is so advanced that it would be difficult for them to use it in a real situation.

Enter “How to Fight For Your Life”, a distillation of the AttackProof book for those who have little experience with martial arts and self defense training, but want to learn practical skills to keep themselves safe. This book accomplishes that goal with easy to read prose, good illustrations, and simple strategies and methods that are easily understandable. Perhaps most importantly, the concepts in this book can easily be absorbed by the average person without learning complex forms or studying for years in a traditional martial arts studio. Even those with some martial arts background will find useful points for their own training for a real self defense situation. Intermediate to advanced martial artists may want to go for the AttackProof book, but for everyone else, “How To Fight For Your Life” will be a useful reference. This book will be mandatory reading for my girls when they hit their teenage years.

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