Author: demo-user

Theme for this cycle: Movement and Flow Area of Focus: Movement Class Objective(s): 1. We’re going to continue the constant foot movement, from last week, and continue to work with that against various attacks 2. Using your movement to get close to your attacker and then affect his structure 3. If we have enough students, Read More …

Theme for this cycle: Movement and Flow Area of Focus: Relaxation Class Objective(s) – these are the same as Tuesday’s – they seemed to work there, and I don’t see a reason why they should change for this: 1. Non-stop movement – no resets while working 2. Breathing must be constant and in sync with Read More …

Theme for this cycle: Movement and Flow Area of Focus: Breathing Class Objective(s): 1. Non-stop movement – no resets while working 2. Breathing must be constant and in sync with movement 3. You’ll understand “breathing your attacker in” 4. You’ll have a better understanding of “staying connected with” your attacker 5. Flow is important and Read More …

Theme for this cycle: Takedowns on the Move Area of Focus: Review/Validation Class Objective(s): 1. Validate/determine what we know and how well we know it Breathing Exercises: 1. Tonight, the work is the exercise Joint Mobility Exercises: 1. N/A Work Specific Strengthening Exercises: 1. N/A Drills: 1. 1 on 1 – work through the following Read More …

Theme for this cycle: Takedowns on the Move Area of Focus: Review/Validation Class Objective(s): 1. Review the material we’ve covered this cycle 1. Takedowns in response to 1. knife attacks 2. strikes 3. headlocks 2. Add some speed to the attacks Breathing Exercises: 1. Triangle Push-ups 2. Dragon Lunges 3. A-Frames Joint Mobility Exercises: Work Read More …

Theme for this cycle: Takedowns on the Move Area of Focus: Integration Class Objective(s): 1. More Integration – working with knife attacks, disarming, takedowns, control on the ground 2. We will also be dealing with striking attacks (punches) Breathing Exercises: 1. Push-ups – normal and 20 count 2. Squats – normal and 20 count 3. Read More …

Theme for this cycle: Takedowns on the Move Area of Focus: Integration Class Objective(s): 1. This week the classes are going to be more dynamic than the first two weeks of the cycle 2. We’re going to work on taking people down in response to an attack and “finishing them” on the ground Breathing Exercises: Read More …

For many children, their biggest fear is not knife-wielding bad guys jumping them in dark alleys; it’s bullies attacking them in unfriendly school hallways.  I’ve been teaching children how to successfully navigate their way to and from classes without being bullied for decades — and my main tool is Systema. Physical Bullying Systema is the Read More …

How do you know how well you are doing?  You look around. We are social animals who take many of our cues from the people around us. We all look to our teachers aspirationally while we look to our classmates competitively. Consider this: 10,000. This is a number. This is a big number, you may say. Why Read More …

Theme for this cycle: Takedowns on the Move Area of Focus: Form/Posture Class Objective(s): Successful takedowns require you to break your opponent’s form.  Tonight we’re going to work on strategies for detecting when we’re reinforcing our opponent’s form disrupting form even when they’re fighting it maintaining our form to maximize their pain and suffering (this Read More …