A FEW SUGGESTIONS:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvIoaWqRsik

Work on pushing without tensing up by using your breath as the wave
and by letting the movement come from your body as one unit but
relaxed so there is no attempt to keep a certain shape despite your
senses telling you it's a bad idea :)

Fall on your fists and let the movement pass onward.

Have a partner place his hands on your shoulders and close his eyes.
You need to strike him and if he feels you are moving before the
strike hits in, he slaps you in the face.

Smile, it relaxes the face and than the rest relaxes.

Remember that learning to take strikes and survive is more important
than learning to strike deep. They are connected of course.

Sharon
Systema Israel.
http://systemablog.blog.com/


--- In systema_group@yahoogroups.com, "rkxyz" <rklingberg@...> wrote:
>
> Well, I'm no expert (I have been training 4 years), but it sounds
> like you are doing good. That wet smacking noise is a good sign. But
> I'd try to get a hold of the Strikes video and see if you can pick up
> some pointers from that. Striking is intermediate to advanced work.
> It is better to have a qualified instructor guiding you, but I
> realize that's not always possible. The Strikes video will be
> helpful, if you haven't already seen it.
>
> Maybe some other group members will weigh in.
>
> *Vsego nailuchshego* (best wishes),
> Rachel
>
>
> --- In systema_group@yahoogroups.com, "recshooter" <recshooter@>
> wrote:
> >
> > My friend and I were messing around with trying to figure out the
> > Systema striking method. I know it doesn't come in a couple of
> days
> > or anything like that. We were basically just playing around trying
> > to figure out how in the world you punch and at the same time are
> > relaxed. Out of nowhere I think I "got it" by accident. I punched
> > him in the stomach and it felt like my fist went in all the way up
> to
> > my wrist. He said it felt like the punch, "went through to the
> > spine." The sound it made connectiong was different also. It is
> > hard to explain what the sound was, kind of a wet smack. It
> sounded
> > very different than usual. My friend had his abs really tightened
> (I
> > know that's the wrong way to take it) and the punch went through
> like
> > a knife through butter. LOL I think it scared us both pretty bad!
> > If this is the right way to do it I would suppose it worked becuase
> I
> > quit "trying" and just did it. It is really frustrating to try and
> > get back in the right frame of mind to repeat it! I think we've
> > learned not to try that without some sort of pad or something. We
> may
> > be too careful but we really don't know what we are doing. Better
> > safe than sorry. Are we on the right path here to proper striking?
> > Or at least taking a baby step in the right direction?
> >
>