Rolling around on the hardwood during a workshop with Vladimir, I had a realization that made doing Systema much easier. As we traded attacks, I felt nothing to apply force to, to break or choke. Vladimir once commented on another martial system as being based all on levers. He then waved his body and said,”where’s Read More …
We get drop-in students all the time, some who train in other arts, but most who have trained in Systema to one degree or another. All Systema instructors have our own way of presenting the art so variation in approach is expected. In addition, schools tend to gravitate toward drills, scenarios and moves they are Read More …
I’ve been teaching Systema for decades and see it over and over, a reaction that goes virtually un-noticed and un-acknowledged. It’s an innate reflex that does you in every time, and it’s completely overlooked in the conventional view of response to threat –“fight or flight.” Every martial art tradition, save one, starts training with techniques, Read More …
