”The hard and stiff will be broken. The soft and supple will prevail.” Lao Tzu What’s different about Conor McGregor? In a time, when most MMA fighters believe that hard tension guarantees a destructive strike, he does the opposite – he relaxes and uses a flowing body… Conor McGregor “Spaghetti Arms” Old fashion ‘hard’ stylists are probably laughing at his weird … Read More

Humans have been living and hunting similar to a pack of wolves for millions of years.We are not hunting a few for thousands of years.Could we have lost it?No, we just forgot to use it.Good Martial Art teaches you how to wake up your instincts,  to learn to use it, and control it (don’t be under control of instincts).

I’m about to explain the ‘principle of uniform pressure’. But first, I need to talk about something else first. The centre of buoyancy (CoB) is the average mass of an object. Whereas the centre of gravity (CoG) is the average effect gravity has on the object. So if I were to attach a bunch of styrofoam to my chest, my CoG … Read More

More specifically, Short Work is the result of the opponents’ tension and relaxation. In a confrontation, your attacker is either tense and you need to see where or you can force him to tense up wherever you need him to. Then you bounce your strikes and movements off his tension. This allows you to deliver multiple strikes all in one … Read More

The expression or application of human creative skill and imagination. Law of energy efficiency: “Use as little force as possible” leads a Martial Artist to flow smoothly & move lightly like dancers (of course that Martial Artists need to be sharper, more dynamic & are probably in a different state of mind.). Then, the Martial Artist create movements spontaneously as a proper artist. In the fight, a Martial Artist often … Read More

There are two kinds of self-defence:1) First teaches you to be more aggressive & violent – it feeds your dark side,2) The other makes you calm & teaches you to control your anger, ability to harmonise – they support your humanity. Which one is more effective?Somebody says: anger & ‘seeing red’ gives you unbelievable power, tenses up your body & … Read More

The body knows what to do to survive.The mind is much slower than the body’s instincts and the mind makes a lot of mistakes.It’s not good if the mind overrides the instinct.However, you need the mind to defend, because instincts know just to survive.Therefore, the instinct* is leading the movement, use the mind to modify the instinct, according to the … Read More

In the Russian language, a word система (systema) means ‘the system’. As an open-minded mover, I have to work with every aspect of movements which working systematically. Therefore I’ve already added to my Systema aspects with which is working Chinese Wing Chun Kung fu and Filipino Escrima. I’ve added the flow and elegance of Dance… And now (after the retreat with Sifu Sam Chin, … Read More

We should be relaxed, but not soft. The soft body is attracted just by the earth, however, we are made up also from fire; and fire flows to the sky. So, a vital are pulled by gravitational force down & by fire upwards. The fire also automatically brings you to a balanced position, so if somebody pushes you, you flow immediately back like a fire. … Read More

I still remember how my grandma uses to push me in the swing. She used to swing me for hours… She was tireless, now I understand why: because she had a feeling for when to push me at the right moment – in harmony with kinetic energy – efficiently – with a tiny amount of energy… Her touch was so soft.. … Read More