I would translate but i dont know how to put subtitles on to this... The main point is view the punch like hitting a nail with a hammer, in terms of your only tence the arm and flick just before the impact with the nail and relax after, ur not stiffening up your whole muscle when the hammer is all the way back just before the blow... right!? So apply the same physics to striking a punch, as its a much more efficient method... Hope this helps, its just brief! :)
basic translation.. his main pin there is use the momentum of wrist and forearm, fist is relaxed prior to contact and snaps when jsut about to hit the wrist uses a snappy motion as well, and follow through, this allows for all of the momentum from the wrist to be transferred into the opposing body
Im not proficient enough in Russian to understand what he is saying but what I think I understand from this is that he is relaxing his arm and using the dead weight and gravity to add power and hardens his fist at the last minute . If this is wrong please explain, I'm interested in Systema and learning the basics such as this would be helpful.
@CrypticGamingInc the concept is right. it is like "flow like water" relaxed blows that use little effort, but you use force at last second to increase the power ever so slightly.. it is easy analogy, when you hit a nail with hammer you do not want to tense entire body or you could cause hurt in yourself, or bend nail. same concept, use relaxed arm to hit nail hard at last second to have control and power.
@CrypticGamingInc Correct. The strikes in russian martial art (systema) are "whip-like" in nature. I'm sure you know how a whip works but the added benefit of relaxing your unused muscle groups when you strike is also beneficial to you for various health reasons. There is a great clip by kevin secours (excellent instuctor) right here on the tube called "kaizentao strikes with kevin secours" showing how to properly punch. It's short but very helpful.
Wow.. Ryobka looks great here but like a complete Charlatan here at this youtube video id... (replace the code after the v=.... in your youtube url) =/ :
Being somebody who has been learning this style longer than a year and a half, I can 100% tell you that if you get in a street fight with Ryabko, you will die
I have one guy at my Systema class. He looks a bit scrawny and if you looked at him you'd think he is broke, hungry all the time and couldn't move to save his life. But he did over 15 years of full-contact karate and could handle himself very well. But he said that Systema is much more suitable to the street application. That means a fair bit coming from a fairly accomplished practitioner. Just goes to show that looks deceive.
Man if u saw him walking on the street u would not expect that from him. I dont mean to be mean but he isn't exacly the type of guy who I would have thought would be a Russian Hand-To-Hand fighting expert lol. But that is amazing.
Generally not the WC 1 inch punch. Its a heavy handed strike similar to hsing-i. WC one uses torque from the waist and legs. This is about dropping a dead weight. BTW one is not better than the other. They are different and can apply to different circumstances.
One area to note is his hammering in the beginning. What is attempting present is the transfer of energy. Its a great tool to represent this.
@gekiryudojo you obviously did but are far too smart to elaborate. Good thing though you're here or else we would be wondering what this was all about.
He teaches how to punch with short relaxed hits to accumulate greater damage , example is then you hit nail with hammer (you dont hit it with your fist strongly clenched and you are not using hips)
@1942STALKER i think the video speaks for itself, i learnt something similar when i did muay thai a while ago. you don't actually tense your fist until your just about to hit your opponent, so it becomes like a whip lash. so your basically keeping your fists loose and at the last moment you squeeze your fist. the positions on the body he is hitting or the pressure points he is aiming at is a whole different story lol
@1942STALKER his main pin there is use the momentum of wrist and forearm, fist is relaxed prior to contact and snaps when jsut about to hit the wrist uses a snappy motion as well, and follow through, this allows for all of the momentum from the wrist to be transferred into the opposing body
hmmm... your hand's relaxed all the time till the moment you touch the aim. At that moment you tense it. That's it/ The only thing you ned now is some good time for practice) WBR
@1942STALKER I don't speak Russian, but it would seem that the hammer is only a means to demonstrate the wrist movement when in motion for a punch; and to represent a relaxed fist up till the very last moment you tense,just as you would do if you where to be hitting a nail with a hammer. The hammer hitting the stick indicates the precision of force applied to that area, as opposed to a full of attempt at a haymaker.
where can i learn systema? Russia only? or are there some other PROFFESIONAL schools around the world?
btw i THINK that it is incredibly good but it isnt enough to beat martial arts masters... im huge Bruce Lee fan and oh god, i cant imagine him getting beaten up even by Systema masters
I think that Ryabko is in Russia but Vasiliev is in Canada.
About Bruce Lee... yes, he is one of the greatest, but he is not THE BEST martial artist (such a person does not exist). Can Bruce Lee beat them or can they beat him? Who knows? And who cares?
Hit like ball on chain(think in head also this). Body is relaxed. Upon impact- slight tension in fist. Relax Again. Can do with hand no tension. Move like ape(strike like chimp/gorilla) Swaying ones ams and on impact shudder/shake.. Add jumping and swinging shoulders.
@mekenyo The thing is, that the wrist is tensed, while the arm maintains relaxed, this creates a more heavier effect, imagine a rock on a rope. What do you think has the most power, if you hit a guy with a rock that's stuck on a stick, or if you swing a rock on a rope?
Ryabko absolutely kills me!!!! That short fat man is the most unassuming Martial Artist Master ever. Humble, and yet quite the smart ass. And who couldn't love those shirts, shorts, and sandal combos he wears?
Hi, I'm a beginer at Systema, but I'm Swedish and I don't speak Russian. It would help me a lot if someone could upload a subtiteled version of this video, Mikhail Ryabko seems to be a great teacher, and i want to take part of his words as well.
@mrjensi its pretty easy to see wut he's saying. relax your arm and drop your first into them like a hammer. let the energy wave through ur arm and finish at ur knuckles. but use a hammer striking motion.
I don't know shit about Russians (language), but somehow, I understand what he means.. Well not fully understand the whole conversation, but I get it..
A good teacher, can teach their students without language barrier, his action speaks louder than words.. Much respect for this guy from Indonesia..
This is not systema punching. It is punching implemented by Systema. Systema did not invent this style of striking, but adopted it from traditional martial arts. It greatly resembles a tai chi punch with more of a whipping motion.
@BioBrokun you mean like visualization that there is a hammer in your hand, thus hitting him without thinking about the power, or the hammer is to get the technique and the power comes from the wrist?
@QUntouchable both, like just in the air not actually striking anything, pretend ur trying to hammer a nail into a board or something, that motion from your elbow and wrist is what gives it the power, as my friend said when he demopnstrated it to us (keep in mind he was hitting our chest right between the pecs) "it's like you are using a hammer to hammer a nail into their chin" or in the case of where ever you're striking them, what ever is 7 inches or so above the spot you are striking xD
@H2CK3R Not exactly. I also train Systema and the reason why Systema punching is so hard is the complete relaxation of your arms and the special breathing method. It might sound strange, but a relaxed punch led by your breath, not by your muscles, can be way stronger than a punch with full strength and extreme tension ;-)
@Kansasforlife A real key to power is relaxation. The muscles doesn't move well when tensed. I get what you mean about coordination with the breath. you're generating power from the core which happens in concert with the breath. Since breath mechanism involves your core muscle - this makes biomechanical sense.
@megardin: unless you like getting dizzy at first and then to be knocked tha fuck out then you should keep your body curcuit intact by shaking your body. ;)
I never saw a tech like that! It's interesting, but I didn't get in what situations I should apply this. From what stance and distance (extended or semi-extend elbow) this punch is most effective? I would apreciate if anyone could answer me.
Look at other Systema punching videos, we don't use stances and here Mikhiel is teaching the physical basics of how to punch. Systema teached to punch with elbow fully bent, not quite at 90 degrees... look some of his and Vlad's other punching vids
@christzouve Good advice - he appears here to be striking along the lung meridian, which will cause the knees to buckle given enough force. I have a similar striking method that I've dropped people with - not that I claim that much knowledge of Systema - so it coule be really different.
@kevinchris I would NOT tell Mr. Ryabko that he is straight, I have heard stories of people going up to him with that attitude and ending up with broken ribs because they thought they could take a hit. Look at what he is doing there, the concept is the same as a hammer, you simply keep the shoulder loose and use the elbow as a counterweight to your locked forearm and fist, when it drops the inertia produces a lot of force.
Great demonstration of the punch but the other person is also showing how to take the hit, don't just stand there and try and weather the blow, move with it to lesson the impact.
Mike Tyson's trainer Cus used to tell Mike This when he was young. Thats why Tyson was so good in his young days. He moved with the puches so he would never be hurt. When he abandoned this principle he took a lot more shots and felt the pain...this is when he went downhill. So this video must be the truth...Go Look at Tyson in the 80's!
Pretty cool demonstration and must admit some of the body reflexes can be useful in life threatening situations; which includes some of the breathing, body relaxation, as-well as a few strikes I've seen and felt for myself. However from real fight experience and danger I've dealt with several times, I've found simple is best, muscle memory, fast and powerful man-stopping strikes and takedowns. Stopping an adrenalin pumped strong, fast man is something relaxation cant achieve
The one-inch punch in kung fu in slo-mo reveals that the whiplash comes from the hip and then the shoulder. Systema :S I havent figured it out yet. The greatest part about ryabko is that he looks like the last person on the planet who could defend himself, but he probably knows to kill you in more than a few ways.
Very common for Spez-units - most of those people look completly harmless. Look at Vladimir Vasiliev: friendly, next-door guy, who wouldn't harm a fly - unless he got it in for you, of course ... :)
Makes sense though - in reality, I couldn't imagine a lumbering hulk like, say, Dolph Lundgren in a real special operation.
Like in real life: the big loudmouths are usually not the problem - the small quiet ones are usually the vicious ones ... :)
have you practice in systema before? If not, go try it. I tried it for the simple reason that I believed it was some bullshit. Lesson learned. Full believer in its teachings now. It's easy for people to critize over the net - I did - then, I tried it. Find a true teacher of it.... hard to find but they are out there...
These guys are some of the most humble individuals you will find in the world. At the same time, they can end you in less than a heartbeat. There are many people out there who teach who should not be teaching. They only teach half of the whole. Another thing, Systema, unlike Traditional M.A. is not concerned (as concerned) with your money. There are no belts... and since I have done Kenpo, I know all you have to do there is buy your way to a black belt. Come as you are and learn.
He doesn't look like a professional, but if there's one thing that can be said about Systema, it plays on your strengths. Most Systema practioneers don't look like solid blocks of muscle and bone. Some are thin and some look like Ryabko. Admittedly, some DO look like they're built of bricks, and those are the ones that are the scariest motherfuckers alive. >.<
@Arammik and the second best thing about him is, that he punched the guys that almost fell down under his hits, looking like he was just knocking the door.
@Arammik the analogy is about how punching in systema is particularly like swinging a hammer.. look into the physics and muscular dynamics of a hammer swing.. its not much different from a 1" punch. the main difference being the arm acctually comes into the mainplay and is not just an instrument used by the momentum of the hips.
They should use punching bags for the demos not people.
I wonder how his theories would stand against a scientific measurements and comparison with other strikers.
It is true though that for a given body position, surrounding constrains and a target there is optimal way of hitting that target. The question is would the impact be enough to achieve the goal.
1) One needs to teach one's hand what it feels like to hit a human being, who pivots from the ground up, has hard spots, soft spots - a very complicated structure. unlike a punching bag, which is uniform, soft-medium, and pivots from the top.
2) one also needs to teach one's mind and body what it feels like to get hit by another's hand (not gloves) or feet.
PS I know systema striking training can look brutal, but you don't get hit until you are ready for it, and learning how to take hits is actually incredibly empowering.
That is a good comment, but a dead weight punching bag is not like a person. It has its place in training, but even most boxers (the ones who know what they are talking about) will tell you that hitting a mitt is different than hitting a bag and both are essential to practice. Each one teaches you something slightly different about the general skill that is striking.
I don't know the answer to that. I will say this though, they hit hard. If you have ever been hit by somebody who is really good at the one inch punch it feels a bit like that. The power comes from a wave motion, they use their arm like a whip. At least thats how it felt to me.
Also, there is a good amount of body power in there. Hip rotation + whip maby? If the one inch punch analogy doesn't help you can always find a systema instructor. They are always more than happy to hit you to demonstrate. At your own risk ;)
in actuality u need a real person to practice the punches so you can get feedback, and the punches dont involve brute force. its the knowledge of how to punch. I have been punched slow motion by a systema master, i thought i was gonna die. Looked at a replay on my video camera, the punch looked like a little kid would hit, but i felt it.
this is true. the same happened when I broke my first brick. After trying hard unsuccessfuly many times with full strength. Only when I relaxed my hand and fist and gave a full-sway penetrating strike, it split apart as a snax cracker and I didn't even feel any resistance.
xisiasaki kanis lathos , to moderno box den exi sxesi me tin arxaia elliniki pigmaxia. To box ine apo tin M. Bretania. Episis to kata poso to monterno pankratio ine to idio me to arxaio ine ena allo thema.
I agree this is how I have been shown but Mikhail seems only to be demonstrating the use of his arm here if he was to put everything in the guys wouldn't be able to take the punch.
I agree there's nothing new under the sun. Still the dropping punch of boxing has nothing to do with this - in boxing, what's dropped is bodyweight. In this demonstration only the weight of the arm is used.
Other users said it is Xing Yi or Kenpo punching. Could it be that it is good biomechanics, plain and simple? How can any art place a "registered trademark" over human movement???
i wonder is systema an authentic martial art rooted in russian culture or is it just put together by a bodyguard who studied various other martial arts n formulated his own thesis
Systema is not a martial art, it's actually a combatsystem which have roots as far back as 900 A.D. It's a combatsystem used by many specialforces, but mainly the russian Spetznas. The Systema principles is possible to add to any martial art :)
I think so. No documented proof of it's origin being culturally ancient from what I can find. It's probably the child of many techniques/systems learned from various East Asian martial arts and concentrated into a very scientific(so so Rusky) control of body mechanics taught with Russian methods for Russian combatants(initially I suppose). I really dig this art.
I doubt it was learned from eastern arts. Euro and Eurasian countries and all over the world had very in-depth and advanced martial arts. It's just that Europe, russia etc. embraced ranged weapons like firearms much earlier, so martial techniques faded from use so much of that knowledge was lost.
But east asia is not the only area of the world with martial arts, nor the origin of all others, just the most well known because they held onto it as a primary form of combat longer.
not too sure about these "miraculous" martials arts that can cause extreme damage without any force and virtually any "agression"...i'm not hatin' tho...
for instance, wing chun, wich is a very simple martial art that focus on effectiveness at all cost, truly ain't all that relax like systema...dunno man...
Nothing "miraculous" about Systema. Training without aggression helps in order to achieve EFFICIENCY, getting the jod done with minimum effort. After efficiency (which is NOT relaxation, but selective tension) a practitioner trains for EFFECTIVENESS, through hard methods. If you only emphasize effectiveness, some practitioners may develop good technique intuitively. The rest will have bad technique no matter how hard they try and will either get frustrated and give up or get injured.
It requires a constant reflexion on the prospect of death each day in the morning
until you no longer fear death.
Then when you fight you can clear your mind and relax, It is important to feel you have the right and you are in the right or you will not win.
Some people would say I am mad but I say I don,t get in fights because I have the confidence and street sense to see violence before it happens and ride over it.
in this vid he is only hitting the breast. if he were to hit the sternum hard, it would be fatal. It would stop the hard easily. there's an oriental martial art that is very famous for its one hit kills to the sternum but systema is probably better because, since it uses a reliable force of momentum and speed and less power, more people can learn it for self defense and effectively use it without years of training.
Good n nice analogy
Silatologist 1 month ago
I would translate but i dont know how to put subtitles on to this... The main point is view the punch like hitting a nail with a hammer, in terms of your only tence the arm and flick just before the impact with the nail and relax after, ur not stiffening up your whole muscle when the hammer is all the way back just before the blow... right!? So apply the same physics to striking a punch, as its a much more efficient method... Hope this helps, its just brief! :)
Sovi3tskiy 2 months ago 7
@Sovi3tskiy im practicing martial art since i was 16,and this is really interesting
MrOstheman 1 month ago
lol there's a guy with safety goggles on
banpreso 4 months ago 7
He has huge fists
YouKilledTheirDreams 4 months ago
basic translation.. his main pin there is use the momentum of wrist and forearm, fist is relaxed prior to contact and snaps when jsut about to hit the wrist uses a snappy motion as well, and follow through, this allows for all of the momentum from the wrist to be transferred into the opposing body
decoyla 4 months ago 8
Im not proficient enough in Russian to understand what he is saying but what I think I understand from this is that he is relaxing his arm and using the dead weight and gravity to add power and hardens his fist at the last minute . If this is wrong please explain, I'm interested in Systema and learning the basics such as this would be helpful.
CrypticGamingInc 6 months ago
@CrypticGamingInc the concept is right. it is like "flow like water" relaxed blows that use little effort, but you use force at last second to increase the power ever so slightly.. it is easy analogy, when you hit a nail with hammer you do not want to tense entire body or you could cause hurt in yourself, or bend nail. same concept, use relaxed arm to hit nail hard at last second to have control and power.
WaagooshTheRedFox 6 months ago
@CrypticGamingInc Correct. The strikes in russian martial art (systema) are "whip-like" in nature. I'm sure you know how a whip works but the added benefit of relaxing your unused muscle groups when you strike is also beneficial to you for various health reasons. There is a great clip by kevin secours (excellent instuctor) right here on the tube called "kaizentao strikes with kevin secours" showing how to properly punch. It's short but very helpful.
creepychris11 5 months ago
wow i think i know how to punch like this guy :o its hard to explain though
iHaveNRG 6 months ago
@iHaveNRG The point when you really undestand something is when you can explain it.
TheXtraRage 6 months ago
Methinks Mikahil likes to hurt people.
Nautilus1972 7 months ago
Wow.. Ryobka looks great here but like a complete Charlatan here at this youtube video id... (replace the code after the v=.... in your youtube url) =/ :
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jumal47 7 months ago
most Rusky's are nice people they just got bad press during the cold war.
leeking007 7 months ago 99
@leeking007 russain are nice ppl! on all my vacane i got elot of fun whit the russian. i hate one thing on russian the love the watermelons to ;)
i dont know why ppl tell ohh russian ppl are bad ppl...
dos vydana (i dont writed like this i tink) :)
LordTraxus 6 months ago
@LordTraxus correct
Bellvvether 6 months ago
@leeking007 Russians are not good and not bad they are Russians
SlavaSvarogu 5 months ago 16
the other guy explain it in Greek!
greekgohan 8 months ago
Being somebody who has been learning this style longer than a year and a half, I can 100% tell you that if you get in a street fight with Ryabko, you will die
SniperKingz 8 months ago 8
He seems to be a very good teacher too. I dont even speak Russian; Yet I understand what he mean.
BlackSunElite 8 months ago
I have one guy at my Systema class. He looks a bit scrawny and if you looked at him you'd think he is broke, hungry all the time and couldn't move to save his life. But he did over 15 years of full-contact karate and could handle himself very well. But he said that Systema is much more suitable to the street application. That means a fair bit coming from a fairly accomplished practitioner. Just goes to show that looks deceive.
Spetsnazovets 8 months ago
Man if u saw him walking on the street u would not expect that from him. I dont mean to be mean but he isn't exacly the type of guy who I would have thought would be a Russian Hand-To-Hand fighting expert lol. But that is amazing.
RandomGuyThing2 8 months ago
Dang, Ryabko is pure power. I can't imagine all the countless hours he has spent training. A master of his art.
tridgit91 9 months ago
the translation is in greek
GREEKfanatic 10 months ago
Generally not the WC 1 inch punch. Its a heavy handed strike similar to hsing-i. WC one uses torque from the waist and legs. This is about dropping a dead weight. BTW one is not better than the other. They are different and can apply to different circumstances.
One area to note is his hammering in the beginning. What is attempting present is the transfer of energy. Its a great tool to represent this.
dspyrido 10 months ago
@dspyrido you didn't get it at all
gekiryudojo 10 months ago
@gekiryudojo you obviously did but are far too smart to elaborate. Good thing though you're here or else we would be wondering what this was all about.
dspyrido 10 months ago
can someone put the subtitles on
1942STALKER 11 months ago 133
@1942STALKER
He teaches how to punch with short relaxed hits to accumulate greater damage , example is then you hit nail with hammer (you dont hit it with your fist strongly clenched and you are not using hips)
midiankai 7 months ago
@1942STALKER on spanish please :D
mcdelta99 6 months ago
@1942STALKER i think the video speaks for itself, i learnt something similar when i did muay thai a while ago. you don't actually tense your fist until your just about to hit your opponent, so it becomes like a whip lash. so your basically keeping your fists loose and at the last moment you squeeze your fist. the positions on the body he is hitting or the pressure points he is aiming at is a whole different story lol
NextGenRev 5 months ago
@1942STALKER his main pin there is use the momentum of wrist and forearm, fist is relaxed prior to contact and snaps when jsut about to hit the wrist uses a snappy motion as well, and follow through, this allows for all of the momentum from the wrist to be transferred into the opposing body
decoyla 4 months ago
@1942STALKER
hmmm... your hand's relaxed all the time till the moment you touch the aim. At that moment you tense it. That's it/ The only thing you ned now is some good time for practice) WBR
CaustixStudio 3 months ago
@1942STALKER I don't speak Russian, but it would seem that the hammer is only a means to demonstrate the wrist movement when in motion for a punch; and to represent a relaxed fist up till the very last moment you tense,just as you would do if you where to be hitting a nail with a hammer. The hammer hitting the stick indicates the precision of force applied to that area, as opposed to a full of attempt at a haymaker.
ulykpain 2 months ago
Can someone make this with subtitles?
SPOREthomas 1 year ago
where can i learn systema? Russia only? or are there some other PROFFESIONAL schools around the world?
btw i THINK that it is incredibly good but it isnt enough to beat martial arts masters... im huge Bruce Lee fan and oh god, i cant imagine him getting beaten up even by Systema masters
KurosakiIchigooo 1 year ago
@KurosakiIchigooo
I think that Ryabko is in Russia but Vasiliev is in Canada.
About Bruce Lee... yes, he is one of the greatest, but he is not THE BEST martial artist (such a person does not exist). Can Bruce Lee beat them or can they beat him? Who knows? And who cares?
abdjms 11 months ago 3
@abdjms it be an awesome fight hahaha, and I know You'd like to see that
XIIIX 11 months ago
@abdjms Damn straight. Good martial artists are good martial artists.
Trying to decide which is "best" is a childish idea, one which merely distracts us from the most important thing - what they have to teach.
Clown7916 11 months ago
@kevinchris Why don't you go ahead and tell him that he and the Systema are fake?
abdjms 1 year ago
Hit like ball on chain(think in head also this). Body is relaxed. Upon impact- slight tension in fist. Relax Again. Can do with hand no tension. Move like ape(strike like chimp/gorilla) Swaying ones ams and on impact shudder/shake.. Add jumping and swinging shoulders.
pangolin9 1 year ago
@pangolin9 the idea is same with wing chun's one inch punch
bibihang 11 months ago
@bibihang no its not hes saying dont punhc with muscle but punch with the force "arm" the hammer thing explains it
zOrgutiS 10 months ago
reading the comment with most thumbsup; Is this punch, he's showing, really comparable with the one inch punch?
grassy24 1 year ago
Le Systema (russe : Cистема) terme signifiant « système » est un art martial russe utilisé par certains groupes des forces spéciales russes.
forumculturel 1 year ago
Hi, Where it's posible to learn that? thank's
AMAZHIGHenlima 1 year ago
He reminds me of my Shihan... The guy didn't have to work to hard at hurting you, which is funny cause I was a much bigger guy then he.
bushido814 1 year ago
the soft vs the hard.. that's good :-)
Terryltk 1 year ago
Just heard about this guy for the first time today. Very skilled for a man of his stature.
LD25Delta9 1 year ago
i would like this guy to get jumped by 20 people see what happens
all u see is him leaving with a joly smile and 20 broken men on the ground
gow i would love to see those guy get there ass kicked
TheOriginalSourBanan 1 year ago
he get the same face as fedor
arnoldhofman1 1 year ago 4
@arnoldhofman1 yes :))))))))
dimicar1 1 year ago
he said momentum?
1992steffan 1 year ago
what's the key in it? the "whip" effect of the fist or? how to do it right?
mekenyo 1 year ago
@mekenyo The thing is, that the wrist is tensed, while the arm maintains relaxed, this creates a more heavier effect, imagine a rock on a rope. What do you think has the most power, if you hit a guy with a rock that's stuck on a stick, or if you swing a rock on a rope?
fittslickarna 1 year ago
is this fake ?
i mean ..so little strenght..can`t be real..
sunburningstare 1 year ago
could it be that his forearms are just heavier than those of most ppl so that the hammer analogy actually works? :P
1234Colt 1 year ago
Nice Visual explanation with the hammer,full respect.
101tenkan 1 year ago
Is it using internal power? Like taichi for example?
emanresu81 1 year ago
Ryabko absolutely kills me!!!! That short fat man is the most unassuming Martial Artist Master ever. Humble, and yet quite the smart ass. And who couldn't love those shirts, shorts, and sandal combos he wears?
dabidosan 1 year ago 3
@dabidosan He's in Athens, enjoying some sun on his fat belly :D
toreswe 1 year ago
Im interested in systema, Does anyone know of any good online instruction videos? English would be nice...
m0nkey1eader 1 year ago
Hi, I'm a beginer at Systema, but I'm Swedish and I don't speak Russian. It would help me a lot if someone could upload a subtiteled version of this video, Mikhail Ryabko seems to be a great teacher, and i want to take part of his words as well.
Thanks.
mrjensi 1 year ago 2
@mrjensi its pretty easy to see wut he's saying. relax your arm and drop your first into them like a hammer. let the energy wave through ur arm and finish at ur knuckles. but use a hammer striking motion.
vespaman101 1 year ago
I don't know shit about Russians (language), but somehow, I understand what he means.. Well not fully understand the whole conversation, but I get it..
A good teacher, can teach their students without language barrier, his action speaks louder than words.. Much respect for this guy from Indonesia..
1245TA 1 year ago 3
In Soviet Russia, Systema practices YOU!!
Fupper16 1 year ago
@Fupper16 I have heard this same joke 30 times today. Is this the only joke about Russia?
Shoe4U2b 1 year ago
@Shoe4U2b
joke? Russia 1000 years or more succesfuly defend mother land,if we takl about Russian millitary things,nothig is joke
SlavaSvarogu 1 year ago
Wow, no tension anywhere, and it indeed seems to strike like that hammer!.. from the master himself -
Kynnar 1 year ago
It shows how it should feel when you land the punch you stupid Americans
ktfoent 1 year ago
I wish I knew this stuff... It could help me so much. Plus I'm fully Russian so I'll understand the instructors well.
punkpilot182 1 year ago
i want to learn it.
BigDaddyMacc 1 year ago
This is not systema punching. It is punching implemented by Systema. Systema did not invent this style of striking, but adopted it from traditional martial arts. It greatly resembles a tai chi punch with more of a whipping motion.
maksim55669 1 year ago
w2hat is he saying!!??
hotelcalifornia789 1 year ago
Wenn jemand weiß, wo man in Hamburg Systema erlernen kann...bitte meldet euch bei mir!
Fruggli 1 year ago
genius, it's all in the wrist
QUntouchable 1 year ago
@QUntouchable exactly he's saying its like ur trying to strike ur opponent with a hammer but ur fist is also hitting them
BioBrokun 1 year ago
@BioBrokun you mean like visualization that there is a hammer in your hand, thus hitting him without thinking about the power, or the hammer is to get the technique and the power comes from the wrist?
QUntouchable 1 year ago
@QUntouchable both, like just in the air not actually striking anything, pretend ur trying to hammer a nail into a board or something, that motion from your elbow and wrist is what gives it the power, as my friend said when he demopnstrated it to us (keep in mind he was hitting our chest right between the pecs) "it's like you are using a hammer to hammer a nail into their chin" or in the case of where ever you're striking them, what ever is 7 inches or so above the spot you are striking xD
BioBrokun 1 year ago
can someone translate this in English ?
TimeGod12 1 year ago
the reason why the hit is so hard because of the whip effect :)
H2CK3R 1 year ago
@H2CK3R Not exactly. I also train Systema and the reason why Systema punching is so hard is the complete relaxation of your arms and the special breathing method. It might sound strange, but a relaxed punch led by your breath, not by your muscles, can be way stronger than a punch with full strength and extreme tension ;-)
Kansasforlife 1 year ago
@Kansasforlife A real key to power is relaxation. The muscles doesn't move well when tensed. I get what you mean about coordination with the breath. you're generating power from the core which happens in concert with the breath. Since breath mechanism involves your core muscle - this makes biomechanical sense.
ncub8 1 year ago
@ncub8 Exactly :-)
Kansasforlife 1 year ago
what is the purpose of shaking body movement after the punch ?
megardin 1 year ago
@megardin: unless you like getting dizzy at first and then to be knocked tha fuck out then you should keep your body curcuit intact by shaking your body. ;)
rAFiCoRe 1 year ago
Damn, that guy in the green shirt is gonna have like heart trauma or something, he is just pounding his chest over and over.
elevat0r123 1 year ago
our systema class went through this today. i was hit in the stomach and chest....i wasnt sure what to expect...lol...not a fun experience.
URMUSICISGAY 1 year ago
He looks like a fat american tourist, but he knows what he is doing.
An0niempje 1 year ago
Actually, he seems like a nice guy...
Coolandstressing 1 year ago 83
@Coolandstressing There are no bad people among masters =]
Sonofmu 9 months ago
@Coolandstressing family guy :D
drakolax 8 months ago
translate please
Fishpigg 1 year ago
Is some instructor of Systema en Buenos Aires - Argentina? I want to learn.
neurossis 1 year ago
this is amazing glad i watched this
MrFreeman420 1 year ago 2
thats pretty cool
amandabunny17 2 years ago
I never saw a tech like that! It's interesting, but I didn't get in what situations I should apply this. From what stance and distance (extended or semi-extend elbow) this punch is most effective? I would apreciate if anyone could answer me.
Kazuo1234 2 years ago
@Kazuo1234
Look at other Systema punching videos, we don't use stances and here Mikhiel is teaching the physical basics of how to punch. Systema teached to punch with elbow fully bent, not quite at 90 degrees... look some of his and Vlad's other punching vids
fingrs2fite 1 year ago
for those who dont speak russian or greek he also says never hit in the place of heart... just mention it for safety
christzouve 2 years ago 82
@christzouve Good advice - he appears here to be striking along the lung meridian, which will cause the knees to buckle given enough force. I have a similar striking method that I've dropped people with - not that I claim that much knowledge of Systema - so it coule be really different.
ncub8 1 year ago
@christzouve Why? Cause you could kill the person. This is all bogus!! Its fake.
kevinchris 1 year ago
@kevinchris yeah propably but you wouldnt bet your life to proove something like this would you?
christzouve 1 year ago
@kevinchris I would NOT tell Mr. Ryabko that he is straight, I have heard stories of people going up to him with that attitude and ending up with broken ribs because they thought they could take a hit. Look at what he is doing there, the concept is the same as a hammer, you simply keep the shoulder loose and use the elbow as a counterweight to your locked forearm and fist, when it drops the inertia produces a lot of force.
leonheart00 9 months ago
@leonheart00 I have no idea but when I put fake before it changed the word to "Straight"
leonheart00 9 months ago
@christzouve
thanks for explanation
finestfresh 11 months ago
Great demonstration of the punch but the other person is also showing how to take the hit, don't just stand there and try and weather the blow, move with it to lesson the impact.
Isosyth 2 years ago 6
@Isosyth
Mike Tyson's trainer Cus used to tell Mike This when he was young. Thats why Tyson was so good in his young days. He moved with the puches so he would never be hurt. When he abandoned this principle he took a lot more shots and felt the pain...this is when he went downhill. So this video must be the truth...Go Look at Tyson in the 80's!
MikeTysonEatsKids 2 years ago 4
He loves punching people with those big hands they don't mess about
djassimilator 2 years ago 4
wow thnx now i now how he puches. it is just like an hammer, short but powerfull hits.
ArtisD3ath 2 years ago
Nobody is better than Michail Ryabko with his punching technics!
SuperAlmaz1 2 years ago 4
Pretty cool demonstration and must admit some of the body reflexes can be useful in life threatening situations; which includes some of the breathing, body relaxation, as-well as a few strikes I've seen and felt for myself. However from real fight experience and danger I've dealt with several times, I've found simple is best, muscle memory, fast and powerful man-stopping strikes and takedowns. Stopping an adrenalin pumped strong, fast man is something relaxation cant achieve
WildB0i 2 years ago
The one-inch punch in kung fu in slo-mo reveals that the whiplash comes from the hip and then the shoulder. Systema :S I havent figured it out yet. The greatest part about ryabko is that he looks like the last person on the planet who could defend himself, but he probably knows to kill you in more than a few ways.
Arammik 2 years ago 66
Very common for Spez-units - most of those people look completly harmless. Look at Vladimir Vasiliev: friendly, next-door guy, who wouldn't harm a fly - unless he got it in for you, of course ... :)
Makes sense though - in reality, I couldn't imagine a lumbering hulk like, say, Dolph Lundgren in a real special operation.
Like in real life: the big loudmouths are usually not the problem - the small quiet ones are usually the vicious ones ... :)
fenriz218 2 years ago 6
a single punch would be enough :P
JammerRO 2 years ago
@Arammik
have you practice in systema before? If not, go try it. I tried it for the simple reason that I believed it was some bullshit. Lesson learned. Full believer in its teachings now. It's easy for people to critize over the net - I did - then, I tried it. Find a true teacher of it.... hard to find but they are out there...
miasma1616 1 year ago
@miasma1616
Yup, you're right. The only way is to try it out. But I wasnt criticizing.. I said ryabko must be knowing how to kill you in more than a few ways :D
Arammik 1 year ago
@Arammik
These guys are some of the most humble individuals you will find in the world. At the same time, they can end you in less than a heartbeat. There are many people out there who teach who should not be teaching. They only teach half of the whole. Another thing, Systema, unlike Traditional M.A. is not concerned (as concerned) with your money. There are no belts... and since I have done Kenpo, I know all you have to do there is buy your way to a black belt. Come as you are and learn.
miasma1616 1 year ago
@Arammik
He doesn't look like a professional, but if there's one thing that can be said about Systema, it plays on your strengths. Most Systema practioneers don't look like solid blocks of muscle and bone. Some are thin and some look like Ryabko. Admittedly, some DO look like they're built of bricks, and those are the ones that are the scariest motherfuckers alive. >.<
TheLogicStick 1 year ago
@Arammik and the second best thing about him is, that he punched the guys that almost fell down under his hits, looking like he was just knocking the door.
Kokosiak1 1 year ago
@Arammik last person in the world in deed hahahahaha
xarissof 1 year ago
@Arammik the analogy is about how punching in systema is particularly like swinging a hammer.. look into the physics and muscular dynamics of a hammer swing.. its not much different from a 1" punch. the main difference being the arm acctually comes into the mainplay and is not just an instrument used by the momentum of the hips.
PUNKROCKINTHISSHIT 1 year ago
@Arammik Did you ever think that maybe there is no secret. The only "secret" is that it's bullshit. It's fake.
kevinchris 1 year ago
They should use punching bags for the demos not people.
I wonder how his theories would stand against a scientific measurements and comparison with other strikers.
It is true though that for a given body position, surrounding constrains and a target there is optimal way of hitting that target. The question is would the impact be enough to achieve the goal.
gespilk 2 years ago
they use people to get them use to hitting other humans and to teach people how to take a punch.
TheClowngang 2 years ago
1) One needs to teach one's hand what it feels like to hit a human being, who pivots from the ground up, has hard spots, soft spots - a very complicated structure. unlike a punching bag, which is uniform, soft-medium, and pivots from the top.
2) one also needs to teach one's mind and body what it feels like to get hit by another's hand (not gloves) or feet.
jonoderidder 2 years ago
PS I know systema striking training can look brutal, but you don't get hit until you are ready for it, and learning how to take hits is actually incredibly empowering.
jonoderidder 2 years ago
That is a good comment, but a dead weight punching bag is not like a person. It has its place in training, but even most boxers (the ones who know what they are talking about) will tell you that hitting a mitt is different than hitting a bag and both are essential to practice. Each one teaches you something slightly different about the general skill that is striking.
gmanry 2 years ago
I don't know the answer to that. I will say this though, they hit hard. If you have ever been hit by somebody who is really good at the one inch punch it feels a bit like that. The power comes from a wave motion, they use their arm like a whip. At least thats how it felt to me.
Wolfwood7149 2 years ago
Also, there is a good amount of body power in there. Hip rotation + whip maby? If the one inch punch analogy doesn't help you can always find a systema instructor. They are always more than happy to hit you to demonstrate. At your own risk ;)
Wolfwood7149 2 years ago 4
in actuality u need a real person to practice the punches so you can get feedback, and the punches dont involve brute force. its the knowledge of how to punch. I have been punched slow motion by a systema master, i thought i was gonna die. Looked at a replay on my video camera, the punch looked like a little kid would hit, but i felt it.
koshkudro 2 years ago 3
this is true. the same happened when I broke my first brick. After trying hard unsuccessfuly many times with full strength. Only when I relaxed my hand and fist and gave a full-sway penetrating strike, it split apart as a snax cracker and I didn't even feel any resistance.
NonEvernoThing 2 years ago 3
xisiasaki kanis lathos , to moderno box den exi sxesi me tin arxaia elliniki pigmaxia. To box ine apo tin M. Bretania. Episis to kata poso to monterno pankratio ine to idio me to arxaio ine ena allo thema.
megasayajinsongoku 2 years ago
gia to pagratio to iksera re maga alla kai gia tin pugmaxia den to ksera,na mou peis to pagratio ta exei ola mesa.
MetatroN197924 2 years ago
no the whole body is used not just the weight of the arm relax breathing strike tension release
honetane 2 years ago
I agree this is how I have been shown but Mikhail seems only to be demonstrating the use of his arm here if he was to put everything in the guys wouldn't be able to take the punch.
captaincavemaaaannn 2 years ago
I was shown only to move the arm when i hit somting but not to have any tension in the arm.
TheClowngang 2 years ago
I agree there's nothing new under the sun. Still the dropping punch of boxing has nothing to do with this - in boxing, what's dropped is bodyweight. In this demonstration only the weight of the arm is used.
spyrokat 2 years ago 4
@spyrokat they use a lot of pressure points so no force is required,but if u apply force on this points...very bad russsians...
ivanovsd 1 year ago
this is RyuKyu Kempo (Okinawan) Punching
teryugi 2 years ago
Other users said it is Xing Yi or Kenpo punching. Could it be that it is good biomechanics, plain and simple? How can any art place a "registered trademark" over human movement???
spyrokat 2 years ago 40
Lol, then how is it "Systema Punching" >.>
MartialArts4Ever 2 years ago
Duh, how about because the TEACHING METHOD used is typically found in Russian Martial Art???
spyrokat 2 years ago 14
I would say this is what is known as 'clubbing' in boxing ;-)
CarNikolaj 2 years ago
i wonder is systema an authentic martial art rooted in russian culture or is it just put together by a bodyguard who studied various other martial arts n formulated his own thesis
SoundwaveSuperior373 2 years ago
Systema is not a martial art, it's actually a combatsystem which have roots as far back as 900 A.D. It's a combatsystem used by many specialforces, but mainly the russian Spetznas. The Systema principles is possible to add to any martial art :)
KargothTheDark 2 years ago 2
its rooted in the russian military/culture.
mrtampenski 2 years ago 2
@SoundwaveSuperior373
I think so. No documented proof of it's origin being culturally ancient from what I can find. It's probably the child of many techniques/systems learned from various East Asian martial arts and concentrated into a very scientific(so so Rusky) control of body mechanics taught with Russian methods for Russian combatants(initially I suppose). I really dig this art.
blueprophet9 1 year ago
@blueprophet9
Yeah, I haven't come across something I've been impressed with in years. In fact, I'm considering relocating to someplace with a training center.
azvideoguy 1 year ago
I doubt it was learned from eastern arts. Euro and Eurasian countries and all over the world had very in-depth and advanced martial arts. It's just that Europe, russia etc. embraced ranged weapons like firearms much earlier, so martial techniques faded from use so much of that knowledge was lost.
But east asia is not the only area of the world with martial arts, nor the origin of all others, just the most well known because they held onto it as a primary form of combat longer.
ultenth 1 year ago
This is similar to what Chinese martial art stylist call the Dead Hand.
kevjo66 2 years ago
Is there bilinguals who could tell me what he is saying?
cheers
MrFantastic5000 2 years ago
actually he emphasizes that the arm has to be RELAXED and the tension comes only in the very last moment - the moment you hit the target.
(only this way you hit not with power but with weight of your arm, which much more powerful and pailnful as you can see)
malakoon 2 years ago
Ryabko looks like a teddy bear, but he can kill you in the time it takes you to blink.
strsumpker 3 years ago 13
проводил тренеровки у нас в ОМОН"е,
в прямом контакте, валит на раз!
tropka88 3 years ago
что то не верится, физическая форма мягко говоря не очень
onyxds88 2 years ago
not too sure about these "miraculous" martials arts that can cause extreme damage without any force and virtually any "agression"...i'm not hatin' tho...
for instance, wing chun, wich is a very simple martial art that focus on effectiveness at all cost, truly ain't all that relax like systema...dunno man...
GospelOner 3 years ago 2
Nothing "miraculous" about Systema. Training without aggression helps in order to achieve EFFICIENCY, getting the jod done with minimum effort. After efficiency (which is NOT relaxation, but selective tension) a practitioner trains for EFFECTIVENESS, through hard methods. If you only emphasize effectiveness, some practitioners may develop good technique intuitively. The rest will have bad technique no matter how hard they try and will either get frustrated and give up or get injured.
spyrokat 3 years ago
the systema strikes work wen ur relaxed right?
but hw can u b relaxed in a real fight?
serialno78666 3 years ago
It is not about being relaxed, it is about getting rid of excessive tension.
spyrokat 3 years ago
Only a few people can relax in a fight.
It requires a constant reflexion on the prospect of death each day in the morning
until you no longer fear death.
Then when you fight you can clear your mind and relax, It is important to feel you have the right and you are in the right or you will not win.
Some people would say I am mad but I say I don,t get in fights because I have the confidence and street sense to see violence before it happens and ride over it.
fight like a surfer rides waves
robjbray 2 years ago 10
interesting.. and thanx 4 ur view... ru buddist?
serialno78666 2 years ago
absoulutely true, and its simmiliar to the concept of bushido, warrior must accept the aspect of his own death, then you will be undefeatable.
bezerka 2 years ago
This is exactly the way I learned wing chun.
It is a little selective not every one can do it.
robjbray 2 years ago
i did wing chun for 3 years before i did systema, and wing chun is complete garbage in comparison.
XIPM3 2 years ago 4
me too but not for three years more like a year
TheClowngang 2 years ago
check out our videos on systema explained by Russian expert Val Riazanov
marketingice 3 years ago
and he tells the truth you can really hear the punch going into the floor awesome
sry for the bad english :)
koljan9 3 years ago
i didn't get the point of his demo
giftraum 3 years ago
So, it's like dropping a hammer, with a whipping motion...not pushing it.
Then again, the guy's very stout with a lot of body mass...
blajing 3 years ago
interesting, thanks for the explanation
giftraum 3 years ago
to put it short: hit with RELAXED arm, give tension just in the very last moment
malakoon 2 years ago 2
ye we have a relaxed arm aswell, but the moment we hit we pinch our fist sort of, but yea you are right ;).
7Rohu7 2 years ago
No tension. Treat it like a golf swing, you want to swing through.
TylerTheBlade 2 years ago
he looks like a russian version of my chinese sifu.
XIPM3 3 years ago
what happens when a pro like that guy uses his strongest punch to his students?
would it be fatal?
I just wanna know from people who do/know about this.
broodm 3 years ago
in this vid he is only hitting the breast. if he were to hit the sternum hard, it would be fatal. It would stop the hard easily. there's an oriental martial art that is very famous for its one hit kills to the sternum but systema is probably better because, since it uses a reliable force of momentum and speed and less power, more people can learn it for self defense and effectively use it without years of training.
ninjasownpirates 3 years ago