[quote=MJ Dougherty;1701590]I don’t know about lineage, credentials and such like but I swapped a couple of emails with Peyton Quinn a while back, can’t really remember the contents right now. I think we were talking about firearms.
Point is, he was willing to chat about stuff and seemed very genuine. You might try shooting him a mail and asking a couple of polite questions. Based on my experience he’d probably be willing to answer.[/quote]
Interesting. I tried to contact him about training, and he didn’t respond to a number of emails, and when I finally got in touch with him, he was rude and dismissive to me.
Check out his website at RMCAT.com. I think that just looking at that site says quite a bit about his attention to detail and concern for business etiquette and proper marketing.
While we have never met in person, we have spoken at length over the years.
I remember his forum over at the old AOL boards; I posted there often. Like here, there was some tiresome political BS; but over all there was gold in them thar hills.
Why post something about Peyton when no one has met or trained with him ? I have been in MA for 40 years. A decade ago I was teaching self defense to grade 10 girls using a padded assailant for a final ‘confrontation’. I and my assistants were always the bad guys. We graduated over 6,000 students through the program.
Felt I needed to get some personal experience on the other side of the helmet so I went to Colorado to do Peyton’s course (2002 and 2008). The course is unique and very challenging. The techniques are simple (because if they weren’t they would not come naturally in a real adrenalized situation).
Peyton did his martial arts training many years ago and so he went through the very traditional approach. His karate influence was in Wado and he studied aikido. His practical experience came while working in the security field. That is how most 'experts ’ get their experience. My karate sensei Terry O’Neill of Liverpool, England has had years of street experience from security work, he is regarded as a world authority on street violence because of that experience.
It is obvious that Peyton found what worked for him (simple stuff, done well, under stress) and that became his system. He does not claim rank or school, just that his stuff works under real stress. He thinks that there is real benefit to be derived from delving deeper in the traditional martial arts.
Me too. three or four strikes with good dynamics delivered to the right target at the right time with a never give up attitude. That is what works-however I still train in depth in the traditional arts for interest and for personal growth.
Don’t criticize what you don’t know. Do some research. Spend a little cash on taking a chance with a new idea. You will always learn something.
Andy Holmes/Vancouver/Canada
Quinn has a good course, puts it across well and is a genuine character. I plan to go back for a third round this summer and take my step-son. Everyone needs to experience this type of training.