Hello,
Sadly, the instructor of Systema Chicago, Arkadiy Stepankovskiy, is no
longer with us. I thought the school was going to try to continue, but
I guess they couldn't keep it up. I don't believe there is a Systema
school in Chicago anymore. I know that Dima Trumanov is very
experienced and I expected him to take Arkadiy's place as instructor.
You might try contacting him through the forum at
russianmartialart.com, send him a private message and ask if he knows
of a study group in the area that you could join. Also, one of our
former students at Fighthouse, Christopher Robinson, moved to Chicago
and might be interested in practicing Systema. But I don't know how to
get in touch with him, he travels a lot and might be hard to pin down.
If you cannot find an instructor or a study group, I would suggest you
start one of your own. Arkadiy had a number of students and it's likely
that they are still practicing somewhere, if they don't have a formal
group, I'm sure you could find some like-minded people to get together
and train. Worst-case scenario, buy some DVDs, get a friend, and try
practicing some of the exercises on your own. Better to have a veteran
student for some real-time guidance, but if you can't find one, you can
still learn a lot from the DVDs and a willing friend or two.
Good luck and *vsego nailuchshego* (best wishes),
Rachel

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> Good morning to everyone,
> Interesting in learning if anyone is aware of any Systema training
in
> Chicago area.
>
> Simeon
>