Systema-Martial Art-St. Louis County, Missouri

06/15/2025

04/20/2025

Knife Disarm training. These are exercises to learn and practice the dynamics of disarming in relation to position, timing, and manipulation of body mechanics. Done slowly with explanation of these dynamics. Again, "slow is smooth, smooth is fast" and if you can't do it slow, you sure can't do it fast at combat speed with unpredictable changes in variables.

04/20/2025

This is slow training to learn position, body mechanics, mobility, timing, sensitivity to movement and dynamics of disarming and to instruct details of principles for learning BEFORE, attempting to go at combat speed. As Navy Seals often say; "Slow is Smooth, Smooth is Fast." If you can't do it slow, you sure can't do it fast.

04/12/2025

Defending on ground from attack on ground.

03/31/2025

Learning to use feet to take down a person from standing position.
Next stage would be in motion with him resisting and countering.

03/31/2025

This is a way to train slowly and learn to apply basic principles of escaping from a ground fight. REMEMBER: If you can't do it slow, you can't do it fast. I believe a Navy Seal Training Motto is: "slow is smooth and smooth is fast. " Also, when you go at speed all the time, you tense up too much and this creates fear and makes it harder to learn by "feel" and by "seeing" what's happening. As you somatically create neural pathways, they become second nature and get programmed into you so you can move more freely with less tension and fear. Then under pressure, going fast, it just happens.

03/10/2025

Taking down a punching attacker.

03/10/2025

Limb trapping and counter striking. Part 2

03/06/2025

This way of training develops sensitivity, timing, softness and relaxation as well as somatic awareness and intuitive solutions to situations. We are practicing principles that lead to the" creation of techniques spontaneously" rather than thinking of technical counter for counter solutions to grabs, holds and strikes.

02/18/2025

I voted for more short stick work.

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12/23/2024

Great year of insightful meetings and information.

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