Josh Sanford
Level 4 Valued Member
Hello comrades,
I have been reading this forum for quite some time but this is my first thread to post here.
I was curious in what others here know about Systema as I am curious of its effectiveness. I would assume it's considered a soft-style martial art since they really focus on staying relaxed, so I don't know that this would fall in line with Strongfirst's philosophies. I read a lot that the Russian military uses it as part of their hand-to-hand combat system, along with combat Sambo. I recall reading in one of Pavel's books that some units, I believe his included, were trained in a hard-style form of karate.
Does anyone have experience in Systema or know much about it?
I thought this would be an interesting topic for discussion.
Thanks in advance for all replies!
- Josh
I have been reading this forum for quite some time but this is my first thread to post here.
I was curious in what others here know about Systema as I am curious of its effectiveness. I would assume it's considered a soft-style martial art since they really focus on staying relaxed, so I don't know that this would fall in line with Strongfirst's philosophies. I read a lot that the Russian military uses it as part of their hand-to-hand combat system, along with combat Sambo. I recall reading in one of Pavel's books that some units, I believe his included, were trained in a hard-style form of karate.
Does anyone have experience in Systema or know much about it?
I thought this would be an interesting topic for discussion.
Thanks in advance for all replies!
- Josh