Hi Sharon,
That's terrific that you trained with MR and his sons. It sounds like
a great experience. I'm sure you had much to talk about, even with
the language barrier. Scott Connor hit us with a small whip during
his recent seminar at Fighthouse, while we were doing our static
pushups. It was a short whip and I don't think it had the steel core
like the larger Cossack whips. So I didn't expect it to hurt very
much. Needless to say, I was suprised! But it took my mind off the
difficulty of the exercise.
*Vsego nailuchshego* (best wishes),
Rachel


--- In systema_group@yahoogroups.com, "Sharon Friedman"
<ransuru@y...> wrote:
>
> Hello everyone.
>
> Last month I attended a systema seminar with MR and his sons and
val
> riazanov in the UK. It was a two day seminar and covered the basics
> of systema. It was a great experience to finally meet and train
with
> them and all the participants were good people as I expected. MR
and
> I talked about the army and using mostly pantomime discussed
shooting
> and the usual army talk. We are both experienced snipers (though I
do
> not compare my experience to his) and it was good to experience a
> lesson where I agreed with every principle entirely. From time to
> time he asked me to demonstrate how a professional does it and I am
> glad that too went well.
> One fun bit was with the Cossack whip they used to teach and heal
> with. I have one myself now and it got a few funny looks in the air
> port on the way back home.
>
> Vals website: http://www.russiansystema.org.uk/
>
> Yours, Sharon.
>