May 11, 200620 yr I have seen a few videos on Systema. It seems to be a style from Russia. Just wondering what you guys think of it.
May 12, 200620 yr It -looks- like complete hocus. But then again, a lot of people think what I do looks like hocus too. Whenever asked, someone who does the style is completely unable to explain how any of what is seen works. I can explain my stuff, and people say "Oh, that makes sense.". The people I have asked so far have tended to go off on cultish ramblings with no actual substance.As a result, I don't think highly of it because I cannot derive any idea of how it works from observation or by questioning practitioners. Every other art, I can watch or ask questions and get some idea of their operating principles. "Anything worth doing is worth doing badly." - Baleia
May 12, 200620 yr This is new to me. I have never heard of it. https://www.haysgym.com http://www.sunyis.com/ https://www.aikidoofnorthwestkansas.com
May 12, 200620 yr Author Go to https://www.youtube.com and type in systema you will get all kind of videos on it. I sure don't like to put down others arts, but it just looks so fake.
May 12, 200620 yr huh...the flow drills are cool. Similar to some of the things we did in Aiki Jujitsu. But the punching stuff seems kinda fake. I've seen people who could hit extremely hard from deceptive angles. But the person being hit couldn't take more than one or two hits. It's just dangerous. I wouldn't say it's something new. "It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenius."
May 15, 200620 yr https://www.russianmartialart.com "You know the best thing about pain? It let's you know you're not dead yet!"http://geshmacheyid.forumotion.com/f14-self-defense
June 1, 200620 yr I'm a little skeptical about it.... I've heard a few people say there are some things good about it, but this whip-punch stuff... even if you could generate enough power to hurt me, my jabs, crosses, hooks, uppercuts, etc will come in faster and probably still harder.
June 1, 200620 yr I've heard it is used by the Russian military as their method of physical combat. I've seen a few people practice this when I did BJJ (only for a short time though) and it seemed to have some effective techniques.Don't know much beyond that, though. .The best victory is when the opponent surrendersof its own accord before there are any actualhostilities...It is best to win without fighting.- Sun-tzu
June 1, 200620 yr Looks like they use redirection of the opponents momentum somewhat well, but their strikes are poorly executed. A great martial artist is one who is humble and respectful of others.
June 1, 200620 yr Yea, aikido uses a lot of redirection too. But I have never seen someone use aikido to disasrm anyone who could box or something like that. They end up dominated and destroyed.
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