Real World Self-Defense and Internal Martial Arts

08/24/2025

08/22/2025

💡 Do you know a 𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲?

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📅 Tuesday, Aug. 26
⏰ 7–8 PM
💬 Ask-Me-Anything with self-defense experts
https://www.lifeforceselfdefense.com/collegesafety

Got questions or worries about your teen heading off to school? Join us for an open, interactive session where we’ll talk about real-world safety, boundaries, and confidence—and answer anything on your mind.

You’ll walk away calmer, clearer, and more prepared to support your teen's safety in college and beyond.

08/05/2023

https://www.mykeeper.com/events/JohnPerkins/

View John's Tribute to Share a Memory and Photos.

07/05/2023

John's Memorial Service Info:

Thank you for your continued outpouring of support and patience. The details for John's memorial service are as follows:

Sunday, August 6, 1:00 p.m. - 4 p.m. EST
The Nyack Seaport
21 Burd Street
Nyack, NY 10960
https://nyackseaport.com/
Light refreshments (coffee, water, cookies) will be available.
The service will be live-streamed so that guests may attend virtually.

Meanwhile, for John's students, we wanted to open up a forum to reconnect, share stories, lean on each other and grieve together, and train if we feel like it. Call it a "combat shiva"!

To that end, Saturday and Sundays between now and August 5, starting at 11:00 a.m., we will gather at John's last classroom. Location and parking details are below.

This will be informal, come and go as you please. We will have light refreshments but all are welcome to bring food to share throughout the day and evening.

Classroom is in the white building to the left (as seen from the street) of the
Sloatsburg United Methodist Church
93 Orange Turnpike
Sloatsburg, NY 10974
Parking is in the municipal lot south of the church on the opposite side of the street: https://maps.app.goo.gl/3RGz3r6JC3R2Xc1eA

Any issues please contact Tina 914-297-8878

07/05/2023

https://guidedchaos.kartra.com/page/InMemorium

From the beginning of his life, John’s mind worked differently. The smallest suggestion or challenge sparked infinite efforts and directions of seeking and solving. John’s inner life and imagination were unique and his efforts to share them with the world served to enrich, illuminate and save th...

07/05/2023

John Perkins "In Memorium":
https://guidedchaos.kartra.com/page/InMemorium

If you have any solo personal photos of John you'd like to share with the world for this memorial page, please email to mattkovsky@guidedchaoscombativesDOTcom (replace DOT with a period ".")

Also, so many of you have posted moving and heartwarming testimonials about John on facebook but, as we all know, facebook posts get pushed way down after just a short period of time by newer posts and get lost. We'd like to add these to the "In Memorium" page to stand as a testament to John for all time, so if you are so inclined, please forward those also to mattkovsky@guidedchaoscombativesDOTcom and we will post them as time permits...

We are still putting together the details for the Memorial so please standby and keep checking here and in the GC Newsletters.

Thank you all...

05/06/2023

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03/22/2023

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03/08/2023

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