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Many people from around the world have inquired as to how they can become certified to teach Guided Chaos or Close Combat (each has its own criteria). Close Combat certification will have very specific criteria, much of which you can train on your own. It would entail mastering the material on our Kill the Enemy and Police & Military Tactics DVD as a base. We will be posting specific criteria soon. Guided Chaos is another story. Just knowing the exercises and drills intellectually won't cut it. GC has a real "feel" that a person has to work out for themselves through exhaustive self-discovery and experimentation. As such, we just can't churn out "graduates" of a GC course in a given time frame and call them Black Belts. Except in extraordinary circumstances, it would require more or less "classroom time" in New York. Some people "get it" very quickly while others can take daily classes for years and never achieve fundamental sensitivity. There are some extremely dedicated individuals out there who train exclusively from our book and videos and have regular training groups. In these instances where their skills have developed enormously, it may require very little additional input from John to gain their official certification. But don't ask us how long it will take you to be certified because we don't know--it all depends on how you're wired and has virtually no connection to any prior training you may have. Some advanced tai chi practitioners (or other internal artists) may have been led down the wrong path in their training and be less apt to demonstrate sensitivity and adaptability than a total beginner. In any case, we simply won't allow Guided Chaos to become mass produced or franchised into a fast-food McDojo system of self-defense. When you're talking about safeguarding lives, you can't hand out responsibility for teaching others irresponsibly. Regardless, John has to evaluate your skills in person, which again means coming to New York. The only way you can get ranking or certification is through John Perkins or one of his master level students (but again, approved by John). Once you've attained a black belt, you'd have to test with John yearly to keep your certification to teach Guided Chaos officially (lots of people "teach" Guided Chaos on their own but we can't certify them 'cause you never know what they're putting out there: their best guess or synthesized garbage). We will be adding more information to this page soon. REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTIFICATION AND PROMOTION Because of the rapidly increasing popularity of Guided Chaos and in order to maintain the highest standards, we have instituted the following pre-requisites for earning rank. We do this to insure that the art will never degenerate into a worthless mass-marketed MacDojo system. Effective immediately, in order to be promoted, you are required to have completed 10 one-hour private lessons consisting of 5 with grandmaster Perkins and 5 with any of the Guided Chaos master level students (Tim Carron, Tom Barnett, Al Ridenhour and Michael Watson). Note that this does not guarantee promotion within Guided Chaos (John Perkins makes the final determination) but it is a prerequisite. For Close Combat only, completion of a 10 lesson series is the only requirement for certification in addition to understanding, demonstrating, and the ability to teach the system and all its drills. The Close Combat curriculum will be spelled out shortly, but for now, it consists mainly of all the material on the Kill The Enemy DVD, some on Companion Part 1, and some on Police & Military Tactics as well as some additional subjects. To become a Guided Chaos Instructor requires a special evaluation by John Perkins apart from simply earning black belt. Private lesson fees More info: Guided Chaos FAQs |
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