Systema Russian Martial Art Systema Headquarters Training and Sparring

[HughSlaman]

Vlad is smooth at close range. Completely in control, he lets his fists fly, and they find their openings with precision.

[williamjpiano]

Nice shit, love Vlad's wicked moves

[takemasu45]

To stop all the BS:

- You cannot compare any martial art to another

- Being better at a martial art is fully dependent on one's personal ability

- Every martial art is fine, if you practice it for long enough

- Skill depends on many factors, including life experience, fighting experience, state of mind, other sports' influences, physical form, etc.

- Street fighting is it's own martial art, and not a martial art. Street fighting is inevitably unpredictable.

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[ninetriple3]

Great vid, I wish more people on this website could see more like this. Its shows 2 or 3 'properly' trained Systemas instead of just Riazanov whaling on some noob. You guys are poetry in motion, love it.

[zeeuz1976]

Excelente movilidad y fluidez.

[aliim8]

well this looks allot like wing chun? :O

[Trinieffects]

Good vid vladimir.Big fan.But vladimir i like systema hardcore and militray style.Jwan andthoses fellas kindad imsey but trained though not like you cuz u know systema military style.Vladimir u should also show how to attack and take down fighters.Keep up the good waork like gun disarming, knife defence, knife fighting and throwing,improvied weapons and holds releases and attacks and defence in confined spaces.OK.great work!

[kingvic97]

would love to see this live like their trying to kill each other

[infectionsman]

nut kick in the end is such a lol!

[DimebagVision]

I would like to see a full speed and full contact sparring session between Vladimir and his students, then again, I don't want to see anybody with separated shoulders, broken legs and ruptured spines =D

[CNCTEMATIC]

Friend of mine just got back to Melbourne after 6 months training with Vlad 5 days a week. He is transformed, physically, mentally and skills-wise.

One thing he said he couldn't get over was how hard Vlad would hit the twins in training! I've seen vids of them take punishment like nothing else - they're bullet-proof!

[kalvinss]

Fluidity, flexibility, form and freedom of movement are all important factors in combat, life and mind.

[bangermccrusher]

superfoot53 Im a systema practicioner but I like to train in other MA schools as well. I've trained with judo guys, muay thai practicioners, boxers, Bjj guys, karate, TKD, kenpo, hapkido, etc. and systema has worked for me very well against trained opponents

[TheKandjar]

@bangermccrusher Hey Big Boy me again :)

did you ever try Kali?

[fenriz218]

Systema is a phenomenon and I'm sure that in a few years, we'll hear plenty more about the RMA.

Even hear there are constantly new training groups forming - often without a "real" trainer but rather by learning from the videos and experimenting (which is possible because of the lack of stances / katas etc).

In that sense Systema is a progressive MA that develops with the individual practicioner.

Personally, took me 20 years to find the right MA for me - and that's Systema.

[superfoot53]

Systema is good for self defense against untrained persons, but against a skilled fighter, who throw explosive strikes, with good body movements, good recoiled etc., I don't see it where it is superior. I noticed your videos don't show you guys sparing with someone with some who really really knows how to really strike fast. The kick attacked in this video is lousy, you guys don't keep the guards high.

Some of your stuffs look good, but your style is just another art form, not mush superior.

[unattributed]

I still think it's more of a methodology than an art itself. There is a lack of technique which makes it formless, unpredictable and adaptable to most any situation.

[deketeme]

i'd say it depends on the skill of the the ones fighting. it's not really 2 styles who clash but 2 fighters. also this vid is a slow sparring game. with some what hard punches. and I think it is your mistake to judge before understanding what they do.

[skWindwalker]

Many good fighters come to experience systema, from different martial arts schools...but the result is always the same. Once they get hit for real, thats it, they're simply shocked due to the fact that they've never experienced a real strike.

I did ju-jitsu for 2 years before systema, and we went full-force....but thats nothing compared to systema strikes/kicks/etc....simply because you can't see them (theres no tension), and that really has an effect on psychology.

[zasvedogovore]

I do understand your view, but you still miss one training of systema to be sure. Higher level of programe works far more quicker. Also, strikes are powerful. I know this looks a bit odd to you. Systema is not superior, it is free style combat, uniting dozens of techniques to obtain fast programe for civil defense during warfare. Cheers

[Wraithofvolsunga]

Against a trained opponent, Systema has a unique way of absorbing impact.

[mrghea]

Very Bujinkan-like

[ironman949]

dayumm russian strong like bull

[JohnChivez]

at 0:45 what? Didn't catch that.

[CommonJ]

Probably hit his eye.

[zasvedogovore]

head`n shoulder lock for fist

[zasvedogovore]

+elbow strike

[spacelad]

This looks fun ^^

[fergal1980]

good shit would love to train with vlad

[DoBo777]

Super !!! Systema in practise..

[AznFkDawg]

haha vlad pwnt his student like 5 times

[adubyad]

Awsome vid, I love watching the students swing at Vladamir to no avail

[DoBo777]

Very Good !!!

[catfeet2]

top work, great flow work, spot on! nice clip lads..

[boonbeast]

Fantastic flow.

[amgalanbator]

BEAUTIFUL

[aaronk0813]

Systema is the real deal from my own experience in karate, systema is more hands on and alot less ego i mean i can't speak all of the martial arts just from my own and without the bullshit just more hardcore techinques, i appreicate that good job, ofcourse the last second of the clip of the getting kicked in the balls ouch! don't hate when that happens.

[Cornampoo]

You cannot compair a sport with a fighting-system, that's just my opinion.

[Lan5in6]

@Cornampoo you're wrong if the sport is mma loser

[InfiniteHR]

@Lan5in6 every fighting with rules is sport... however brutal is

[ginjaninja1988]

@Lan5in6 MMA will not prepare you for the street. Facing someone in real life is far different from facing someone in the cage. In MMA u dont learn weapon defenses, how to use weapons and going to the ground and using BJJ WILL get u killed. I don't care what the Gracies say being on the ground when there are possible attackers all around u is dangerous. Systema cuts the bullshit of sports fighting and has been used and developed in war for centuries; rather than in far removed sports gyms.

[frenchiman55]

@ginjaninja1988 I don't agree. I've done both systema and MMA, MMA is more effective for streets by giving you more options. I'll stay at a distance where systema doesn't even apply. I'll land leg kicks, superman punches, right into takedown, side control, and pound away. If your opponent has a weapon then then you're in a sea of trouble even with systema knowledge, unless you bring a weapon of your own. Only advantage of systema is vs multiple oponents or in very close combat.

[Dechthem]

@frenchiman55 true on the weapons part, but i'd say it depends on the figthers experience level. to say one system against another is just sad, i have as well done both and some other styles too. I have seen good figthers in just about every group I have been to. how ever one + for systema is the way it makes you think and develop your pontential and see new openings also the pain threshold goes up alot more compare to... lets say aikido, ninjutsu, jujutsu what have you.

[berniemac18]

@frenchiman55 : mma+sport (in the same club as boxing or judo)

systema=survival, im not looking 4 the omaplata, im looking to scratch. spit, bite, even grab his nuts if I have to. its about survival, not trying to look like GSP. go aherads and throw a superman punch or try tp slide in a gulitine choke, now here comes one of my boys out of nowhere with a broken bottle, now what mma man?

ive done both mma and systema ( 6 yrs+ 2 seminars on knife defence and fighting)

go to more classes

[JORDHOLMEN]

@Cornampoo dude mauy thai is not a sport . its a fucking combat system used in war and used to this day by armys so dont tell me this krav maga bullshit about all martial arts being sports and your art being some kind of super human combat system designed to kill. time to wake up fast as fuck.

[Clluthu]

@JORDHOLMEN that would be muay boran. Muay thai is a sport much like boxing, judo, etc.

[rancho68]

@Cornampoo

I totally agree man you are absolutely correct.

[ShivaHK]

I know something from the slow motion

to learn how to make one fall~~~Thx.

[recshooter]

Nice

[brucefetter]

Sweetness