Be a Moving Target
Everyone knows that shooting a moving target is much harder than a fixed one. It requires additional efforts and skill. Something similar happens in...
How Hard Should Your Systema Training Be?
Your Goal
The goal of Systema training is to accumulate power and not tension. I believe that with each training session, while doing the same...
Systema Combative Body Massage
Any good massage is beneficial. The Systema combative body massage that we do in classes has its own unique and practical value. Done in...
Boxing, Sambo and Mud Fighting . . .
This incident took place when I was 14 years of age.
I grew up in Tver, a fairly tough industrial city, 2 hours North of...
Break Through Tension with A Systema Breathing Drill
We all know that breathing is our best tool to eliminate tension. We have done numerous great drills at Systema classes and seminars including aSystema...
Mikhail Ryabko’s Stick Tying Techniques
This happened over 20 years ago in Russia. My friends and I were at Mikhail Ryabko's class. The format of classes was such that...
Defend Disarm Control in Systema
This article discusses defend disarm control in Systema where defending and attacking are the same thing, where you must identify if the opponent is...
Mastering Systema: Striking Spirituality
I attended two days of the Mastering Systema seminar in Toronto, Ontario. It was a week long event, and I was there for the...
Tense Shoulders – The Bigger Picture
When I observe students in class, at seminars, or when I evaluate instructors through the Systema Video Program (SVP), I see one most common...
Systema Fist Walking Drills Help Improve Striking
Many factors prevent you from delivering strong and precise strikes. One of the main factors is the fear of hurting yourself, it maybe an...
Systema Drill To Overcome Fear of Contact
In the new SYSTEMA HAND to HAND film, there is a drill where the two opponents are approaching each other and evading contact. It...
The Skill of Taking Strikes in Systema
An interview with System's Vladimir Vasiliev discusses the practical (apparent) reason for taking strikes and the underlying (psychological) reason.
Student: We heard that you are currently working on...
Control Tension with Systema Conditioning
In Systema conditioning, we try to create all the exercises so that they lead us directly into the highest levels of fighting skill. Training...
Working Against Multiple Opponents in Martial Arts
Working against multiple opponents in martial arts is challenging both psychologically and physically.
In Systema, there are a number of simple things to understand and practice to...
Systema SpetsNaz No Contact Combat
The main secret of Systema SpetsNaz No Contact Combat is an ability to blend in with an opponent unnoticed.
The goal of any martial artist...
What to Expect When Training in the Russian Martial Art of Systema?
In his article Bratzo Barrena discusses what to expect when training in the Russian Martial Art of Systema, as most people who attend their...
