Founders
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Mikhail Ryabko
Colonel of the Special Operations Unit with the Russian Military, former Chief Instructor of tactical training for the Emergency Response Team, former Advisor to the Supreme Judge of the Russian Federation. |
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Mikhail Ryabko was trained from the age of five and involved in combative training from the age of fifteen. He was a tactical commander of hostage-rescue teams, counter-terrorist operations, and armed criminal neutralization. Mikhail resides in Moscow, holds the rank of Colonel and was a Special Advisor to the Supreme Judge of the Russian Federation. He continues to train his many students as the Master Teacher of Systema. He has been in numerous military campaigns and holds many government medals and awards.
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Vladimir Vasiliev
Director and Chief Instructor of Systema Headquarters.
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Born in Russia, Vladimir received intense combative training and is the top student of Mikhail Ryabko. Vladimir has also received "The Order of Duty and Honor" and other medals and awards. Vladimir moved to Canada, and in 1993 founded the first school of Russian Martial Art outside Russia - Systema Headquarters. He has since personally trained and certified well over 500 qualified Russian Martial Art Systema instructors and over 200 schools in 30 countries worldwide, and has provided an Award-Winning instructional film collection.
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