Very easy to understand. Easier said than done for any beginner of course. I saw great mutual respect in that demonstration. Love that kind of energy. Great video.
I've been on Martins strikes seminar. Alameda, San Francisco. That was cool. My liver never received so many punches :) But it was good experience (well controlled and safe). I learned some things!
Great video Martin.Can you give me some pointers for understanding what you mean by "removing the muscle group he is working on"? Do you mean hit him where he is holding tension? Or, do you mean where you should strike in order to just have him change his structure and shift his tension meanwhile taking advantage of this transition to take him out? Or something else? Thanks very much!
This is nice clip. I really like this concept of causing the muscles to relax by hitting them in a structured way. Just like massage! When you prod, slap, hit etc tense musclature they instantly relax. One of the things I must 'work' on is not putting all into one strike. Instead fostering the notion of a collection of strikes etc...Really I feel that those with no martial arts background are better equipped to understand Systema...They don't carry 'bad' or 'not that useful' habits.
True, bad habits can be worse than no training what so ever. If you look, these guys don't put anything into their stikes. That's because, just like breaking a brick you want to strike with the relaxed power of your rotating/dropping bodymass as leverage to create an impact that occurs across the smallest time interval possible, so that the vibration of the strike is almosty entirely sent into the opponent with a minimal amount sent back to the attacker via traditional muscle powered follow-thru
+robert taylor For me it has, on multiple occasions. I boxed for a while after studying Systema. The guys I went against, as well as the coaches, would bug me for tips and lessons after class and after sparring matches, it served me well (especially strike absorption techniques, but that's another topic).
Hey if you have been seriously studying it, I think it would take 5 years + It's a life long practise. Like Tai chi. If you have kick boxing or MMA training, this can make you better.
Yes but you must not take everything literally, alot of online systema videos are much deeper than what they seem. I would not reccomend taking on Systema without a instructor qualified by the kadochnikov headmaster or Vasiliev
Yes. I do like a lot of systema techniques and structure breaking is a fave but you must keep in mind that this is an intermediate concept which means you have to train it regularly and with proper technique or you won't be able to utilize it to full effect. Systema requires that you have a partner and that you both are willing to take a bit of pain to more effectively understand the techniques on a deeper level.
Yes. I've done Chinese, Japanese and Thai martial arts since childhood. I see martial arts as a cake, BJJ, muay thai, it's all in the cake. The cherry on the top and in the middle is systema. You can apply it on the top of whatever martial art you learn or vice versa. It's amazing!
robert taylor If you look at your muscles like a block of Jell-O if you take your fingers fist etc and punch straight you will have greater resistance than punching at an angle that goes against how your muscles were made.
