1. RelaxThe best breathing is relaxed.Tension restricts your breathing and other movements.To feel the force you should be relaxed.The force flows better through a relaxed body.Unnecessary tension is wasting your energy – relax makes you more effective.Being relaxed and breathing properly helps you to cope with stress, fear, panic, pain.You feel happier when relaxed! 2. Inhale through the nose & … Read More

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How to apply relax to shoulder strike? Tibi’s Systema MMA shoulder strike tested by UFC fighter Bradly Scott. Systema short work is a new liquid quality, which allowed many ‘new weird stuff’… It’s an inch strike with any part of the body. Read more in blog:Does McGregor practice Russian Systema?

”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