Hi to everyone,

I am a long time Korindo Aikido student and new to Systema. I am also
an infantry soldier and after training with a Systema student I think
I have a small observation. In Japan the warrior class who
specialized in the sword and spear rather than the bow wore heavy
rigid armor while their Russian counterparts wore light chain mail
Armour and used low stirrups to mount their charges. From that
cultural and technological difference evolved two styles that while
in Korindo the heavy armored warrior would have a hard time to rise
from the ground or even bend to the sides or squat in his heavy rigid
Armour and I have been there myself in bullet proof vests that weight
twenty seven KG (60 pounds). The Russian warrior who had more freedom
of movement and less weight on his back could drop to the ground and
rise again without having use the energy of the fall to get up again.
he could also bend to the sides from the waist without having to
consider the weight of his helmet and breast plate. Another change is
that the Russians could use the movements and sensitivities of the
torso to manipulate their environment which was void by the hard
Japanese Armour.

Many thanks for the lesson, Sharon Friedman.