Below is a list of articles with the most recent ones listed first.
Systema Training
by Scott McQueen Published: July 21, 2009
Allow me to offer a brief insight into the way Systema has changed or affected the lives of practitioners in Japan. Japan's cultural and societal heritage is treasured by most citizens in Japan. Societal behavior norms have developed, in part, as way for 127.77 million people to live together in close confines with minimal conflict or overt intrusion. Even though there are many culturally disenfranchised youth in Japan today, they are still limited by what can be referred to as societal norms. […]
Systema Training
by Michael Muckin Published: July 21, 2009
I am writing this as a note of thanks for the gift of Systema Breathing. It may have saved my life and the lives of others. Here's the story:I was on a freeway in California - just a few miles from my home, traveling at about 65 MPH (105 Kph). Suddenly, a car three lanes away - at the last possible moment - tried to cut across those lanes and exit the freeway from there. This means cutting across two other lanes of traffic while traveling at a high speed - it sounds crazy, but drivers in California do this all the time. […]
Systema Training
by Scott Meredith Published: March 17, 2009
The new best-selling book The Survivors Club : the Secrets and Science that Could Save Your Life by Ben Sherwood does not mention Ryabko-Vasiliev Systema even once. It's not about martial arts. And it isn't published by Systema Headquarters. But never mind all that - It's going to be one of the most compelling, motivating, and informative books you ever read about Systema or martial arts. If you do read it, that is. I'm betting that by the end of this piece, you'll be running out to get it. […]
Systema Training
by Sergey Makarenko Published: July 04, 2008
Summer. Canada. Forest lake. RMA Systema Camp. First night. Cabin plywood walls reverberate every breath of ten bodies. My alternative plan was Cancun, five star resort, warm waves and swim-up bar... There is no way I am getting into that freezing lake tomorrow... Inhale, up, exhale, down... Morning warm up... Yeah, right! Between two sleeping bags it was warm enough. Two hundred six, two hundred seven... Get off my back, your turn. Forget it! I am never getting out of this lake, it feels so... right... […]