Russian Systema Or Just When You Think You’ve Seen It All

Just wanted to share a little bit about Russian fighting concepts, better known as Systema.

Now, I want to be absolutely honest (and when am I not?) that I have been hearing more about Systema almost on a daily basis and I am just getting more familiar with it myself.

According to wikipedia, Systema is a Russian martial art. It is designed to be highly adaptive and practical, training using drills and sparring instead of set kata.

Systema focuses mainly on controlling the six body levers (elbows, neck, knees, waist, ankles, and shoulders) through pressure point application, striking and weapon applications.

Systema is often advertised as being a martial art employed by some Russian Special Forces (aka Spetsnaz) units

I will continue to do more research and simply leave you today with a clip featuring 4 of the most accomplished Systema instructors.

This stuff is amazing!

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5 Comments to Russian Systema Or Just When You Think You’ve Seen It All

Bob Patterson
February 13, 2010

I’ve seen Systema footage before – cool stuff. It’s a lot of preemptive attacks. I think Bruce Lee and JKD would call that single direct attack or intercept?

Tiger
February 13, 2010

Thanks, Bob.
This really is cool stuff.
You know, I think you got a point with Bruce Lee’s JKD (Way of The Intercepting Fist).
I’m also thinking that with preemptive attacks, a lot of training your reflexes
and being aware of your surroundings can make a real difference of getting
out of or even avoiding a threatening situation with the least possible harm.