Systema

Система

Focus	Hybrid
Country of origin	Russia
Parenthood	Unverifiable
Olympic sport	No

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Systema (Система, literally meaning The System) is a Russian martial art.^[1] Training includes, but is not limited to: hand-to-hand combat, grappling, knife fighting, and firearms training. Training involves drills and sparring without set kata. In Systema, the body has to be free of tensions, filled with endurance, flexibility, effortless movement, and explosive potential; the "spirit" or psychological state has to be calm, free of anger, irritation, fear, self-pity, delusion, and pride.^[2]

Systema focuses on breathing, relaxation, and fluidity of movement, as well as utilizing an attacker's momentum against him and controlling the six body levers (elbows, neck, knees, waist, ankles, and shoulders) through pressure point application, striking, and weapon applications. As a discipline, it is becoming more and more popular among police and security forces and it is taught by several practitioners inside and outside Russia. ^[3] There are two schools of systema, Systema Kadochnikova, Systema Ryabko.

Media coverage

It has gathered interest as coverage of it has increased. This coverage seldom specifies which version of Systema is being discussed. Some examples are:

• Budo International (February 2003)
• in 2004, Systema's top exponent in Dunbeath^[4]
• Journal of Asian Martial Arts (2005)
• Filming of Mikhail Ryabko and Vladimir Vasiliev at the United Nations Headquarters for a Discovery Channel program on 25 October 2007
• in 2008, CTV Travel's Go Warrior: Russia (season 1)^[5]
• in 2011, Black Belt magazine:^{[6][7][8][9][10][11][12]}
• in 2013, Martial Arts Illustrated (April and May)

Use in fiction

• Systema is used by the protagonist of the 2002 Japanese manga Akumetsu.^[13]
• A mix of tradecraft and parkour practiced by Tito, one of the protagonists of the 2007 novel Spook Country by William Gibson^[14]
• Systema is used by Marie Rose in the 2013 video game Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate.^[15][16]
• Systema was used by South Korean actor Gong Yoo for his first action role in the 2013 film The Suspect.^[17]
• Systema was part of the combat training that the protagonist Jane Doe from 2015 American TV series Blindspot received in the United States Navy SEALs.
• Systema is used by protagonist Kim Je-Ha in the 2016 Korean television series The K2.^[18]
• Systema is used by supporting character Hong Jae-Yeol in korean manhwa, "Lookism" by Park Tae-Jun.
• Is used by Kolin in the 2016 video game Street Fighter V.^[19][20]

References

External links

• Aikido Journal about Systema
• Systema Spetsnaz Organization