Hey, my name is Nico and I'm doing research on many types of martial arts and self-defense systems. I've never seen any footage of "Systema" or Russian martial arts training before. I'm going to look into it now. I have a question about your "slow sparring". Is it something you developed or something practiced traditionally in Russian martial arts? Also, are the any preconceived routines or is it purely random attacks and defenses?
My understanding of slow sparring is very similar to learning how to play a musical instrument or do anything requiring fairly complex motor skills. Searching around Google for "slow sparring", there seems to be a number of martial arts that practice this. My martial arts experience is pretty small and narrow though so I have no clue what a lot of other arts are doing these days. I've only ever trained in System for a few years (though I pick up tidbits from other arts by osmosis).
Here's a good article about slow sparring written by Arthur Sennot:
Also, this video clip comes to mind if you want to see a pretty good example of Systema work. If you want to be inundated with footage (varying from the good, the bad, the skeptical, the nonsensical, etc.), go to www.youtube.com and search for "systema":
There aren't any preconceived routines, though we will narrow the focus sometimes to just kicks, or just strikes, or grabs, etc. In our group, we will typically do a sequence of drills starting from a simple movement or observation type drill. As we progress, we increase the complexity of the drill (maybe add another person, or now the attacker can kick and strike instead of just kick, etc.) until we reach the point where we're just doing a slow and controlled all-out brawl (yes, there is a duality there :-P).
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Hey, my name is Nico and I'm doing research on many types of martial arts and self-defense systems. I've never seen any footage of "Systema" or Russian martial arts training before. I'm going to look into it now. I have a question about your "slow sparring". Is it something you developed or something practiced traditionally in Russian martial arts? Also, are the any preconceived routines or is it purely random attacks and defenses?
Interesting stuff! Thanks!
-Nico
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Hey Nico,
My understanding of slow sparring is very similar to learning how to play a musical instrument or do anything requiring fairly complex motor skills. Searching around Google for "slow sparring", there seems to be a number of martial arts that practice this. My martial arts experience is pretty small and narrow though so I have no clue what a lot of other arts are doing these days. I've only ever trained in System for a few years (though I pick up tidbits from other arts by osmosis).
Here's a good article about slow sparring written by Arthur Sennot:
Also, this video clip comes to mind if you want to see a pretty good example of Systema work. If you want to be inundated with footage (varying from the good, the bad, the skeptical, the nonsensical, etc.), go to www.youtube.com and search for "systema":
There aren't any preconceived routines, though we will narrow the focus sometimes to just kicks, or just strikes, or grabs, etc. In our group, we will typically do a sequence of drills starting from a simple movement or observation type drill. As we progress, we increase the complexity of the drill (maybe add another person, or now the attacker can kick and strike instead of just kick, etc.) until we reach the point where we're just doing a slow and controlled all-out brawl (yes, there is a duality there :-P).
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