Talk:Ryabko's Systema
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[edit] Distinct arts
This is distinct from Kadochnikov's Systema. For discussion, please see Talk:Systema
[edit] Some other articles of note
- A martial art for real life -- Athena Tsavliris, Town Crier - December 2004
- Fight Club, Russian style (subscription-only) -- Rob Shaw - Saturday, October 16, 2004, Page M1 - The Globe and Mail
- Russian Systema Flow Training: A progressive alternative to stimulus-response training -- Kevin Secours, Journal of Asian Martial Arts - (Vol. 13, No. 4 – 2004)
- You can order individual issues at http://www.goviamedia.com/
- School of Hard Knocks -- Big Issue magazine, March 2004
- Working "The System" -- Jennifer Alders, The Chicaco Sports Review Nov 2003.
- Systema: Principles of the Russian Martial Art -- James Williams, http://www.aikidojournal.com
- Interview with Mikhail Ryabko -- Stanley Pranin, http://www.aikidojournal.com
- The A–Teams -- Shane Mooney, Maxim March 2001
- Russian Martial Art - An Ancient System Revived -- by Eric T. Curlee - American Survival Guide, January 1997.
- The System: Brutal Russian Martial Art -- Black Belt Magazine - October 1995, Vol. 33, #10
[edit] Four fundamentals
> Systema has four fundamentals: Breathing, Relaxation, Posture, & Movement.
I think this perception varies widely. It's not talked about directly. -- Sy / (talk) 11:36, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
I went ahead and removed this reference because it felt out of place where it was. I'm not sure that it goes anywhere. It's not talked about directly.. and the stories I've heard are all something like "well there are these four things..". I think they're easily picked up by any serious student. Hmm.. maybe some new section branching off of training could talk about specific themes in training, and then this would go very well there .. talking about posture (in various positions, weight-bearing), the importance of relaxation over tension (for breathing, moving, doing work, striking etc..) the obvious and inobvious values of movement (dodging, staying fluid, the floating/flying center of gravity concepts maybe?) and breathing of course (breathe or die, breathe appropriate to the situation - don't overbreathe/underbreathe, breathing with movement, breathing relaxed). There's a bunch of stuff which could be discussed.. but.. it's not very encyclopedic! I personally lack the broad knowledge to do a compare/contrast with other ideas, which is one way this stuff could be discussed. -- Sy / (talk) 20:53, 4 May 2006 (UTC)