Understanding Defense – Attack. A tip from Vladimir Vasiliev The power of Systema is in natural movements. We develop the power of natural movements when we train and start to understand ourselves. Natural movements remove unwanted emotions such as aggression, pride and fear. The fighter then becomes calm and composed, he would just be doing [...]
On Form, Structure and Posture. This may be a question of semantics, but in the practice of Systema, I have noticed these terms used interchangeably, both by instructors and practitioners alike. I will share a little of my understanding of these three terms and their application to Systema, and Martial Arts in general. – [...]
What is Short Work? Practical and real for confrontations, Short Work is one of the most appealing and challenging in Systema application. It is not to be confused with work at close distance, in fact it has very little to do with distance. To clarify, we recently asked Systema founders to define Short Work. This [...]
