Hi, Confined spaces is one of my favorite Systema topics. I think the drills against the wall are pretty well covered in the DVDs. Someone on the official...
Just wanted to introduce myself. I am a long time Tai Chi student with about 1 year Systema / ROSS training. New Jersey/ New York area. I am still very new to...
Hi Chuck, Welcome to the group. I guess you train with Alex Wilkie. It seems to me that Tai Chi and Systema have some similar principles so you probably have a...
Just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Bill Kobbs, and I am a former student of various asian styles including aikido, goju ryu, mantis style kung fu, and...
Apologies for not responsing sooner, Bill, work has kept me busy. Thanks very much for your introductory post. Very nice introduction, and I'm glad to hear you...
Greetings, Since this seems to be the thread of the moment and my intro is relevent, i just thought I would post mine along with Bills interesting intro. I am...
Hi all, just wanted to introduce myself. Sorry I didn't do it right away. My name is Rob. I have just graduated from uni and have a keen interest in systema. I...
Hello Rob and Mike, Just wanted to take a moment to welcome you both to my Yahoo group. I have to confess I haven't been around much lately because of my ...
Hello, I want to share a few recollections from Emmanuel's seminar at Fighthouse earlier this month. This was my first time training with Emmanuel. What a...
Sunday As mentioned, this review is kind of the opposite of the above in that I don't have a good sense of the chronology of the drills nor specific details...
Hi, I wanted to bring your attention to a new article in our Files section, "Teaching the knife", by one of our group members. It outlines various knife...
Hello, It's been ages, but I did want to complete my post about Scott Connor's October 2005 stick seminars at Fighthouse. Here is Part II. I had a delayed...
Fantastic report Rachel! About being 'burdened' by the stick, I believe what you are describing is referred to as 'weapon fixation', where the weapon causes a...
Hi, That's an excellent analysis, thanks Rob. One one hand, you don't want to let the hand holding the weapon remain useless, so the weapon does nothing more...
Hi, It was more than a month ago, but I still wanted to share a few thoughts from Jim King's visit to Fighthouse in early March. Work and school prevented me...
Hello, Here are some notes from Vlad's recent knife seminars at Fighthouse on June 3-4. As always, a big thank-you to Vlad for coming all the way from Canada...
fantastic post, rachael! sorry i haven@t been around for a while, but the move to japan really complicated things. i can only check up my emails at internet...
Hi Rob, Thanks for the ideas about the pulse work! Yes, I think that if my heartbeat was elevated, it would probably be easier to sense it. After doing Vlad's...
I tried ask about buying a copy of the systema guidebook the other day, only to be told that it was out of print! Does anyone have a copy of the guide book...
Hi Rob, You may give these folks a try as they may have some copies of the guidebook still in stock: http://www.budovideos.com/shop/customer/product.php? ...
Yes, Adam's suggestion is a good one. A few affiliate schools may still have copies, if budovideos doesn't have any, check under "other schools" on the...
I bought this book at our school after class on Saturday. I finished reading it on Tuesday right before our next class. I knew the book would be helpful to my...
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...
Hi, One of the guys in our Portland, OR study group used to train Systema in Chicago with Ray Pohl, who's a certified instructor and has hosted seminars with...
Hi Rachel, I started to reply to this but my computer's quick trigger finger may have sent it off before I completed it. In any event, you wrote a great review...
Hi Ken, I'm so glad you're OK. I know Vlad would be glad to read of your experiences, have you submitted anything to the Let Every Breath Web site? Also of...
Hi Rachel, Good to hear from you. I would've sent you a PM but my old account on the RMA Forum stopped working after I tried to update my profile with my...
Rachel and Ken - spasibo za pomosch (thank you for your help) Dima wroute to me that "north side" group is still running (same location and times) so I am...
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