Skeletal System in Martial Arts
The skeletal system plays a crucial role in martial arts, influencing a practitioner's movement, balance, power, and overall performance....
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Emmanuel Manolakakis
- Sep 10
- 3 min
Efficient Systema
Make your Systema efficient. Lets look at what efficient movement real is ... Efficient Movement Efficient movement refers to the ability...
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Emmanuel Manolakakis
- Aug 6
- 2 min
Martial Arts
Martial arts can bring numerous benefits to someone's life, both physically and mentally. Physical Fitness Martial arts training involves...
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Emmanuel Manolakakis
- Jul 12
- 2 min
Perseverance in Systema
Perseverance in Systema helps practitioners overcome challenges, setbacks, and obstacles along their training journey. Here's how I have...
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Emmanuel Manolakakis
- Jun 25
- 1 min
Training without Eyesight
Training without eyesight is one of my favour ways of working when I feel I'm anticipating too much and over thinking my movements. There...
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Emmanuel Manolakakis
- May 30
- 1 min
When Does Class Begin?
To best prepare for learning from a martial arts class you need to start 30-60 minutes before class start time. Getting you mind, body...
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Emmanuel Manolakakis
- May 16
- 2 min
Systema Randomness
One of the things I love about Systema’s training methodology is the is notion of Randomness. Moving in random patterns, exploring...
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Emmanuel Manolakakis
- Mar 30
- 1 min
Unfold Observations and Stretch ideas
To flourish and grow in a many-sided uncertain and ever changing world that surrounds us, I suggest that we have to make intuitive...
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Emmanuel Manolakakis
- Mar 29
- 1 min
Faith
Belief is common. Faith less so. Is it really enough to understand the teachings? Words are easily memorized and repeating is easily...
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Emmanuel Manolakakis
- Mar 14
- 1 min
Breath Deeper to go Deeper
Today, in most fitness programs taught around the world, deep breathing is practically ignored. This is a major mistake as, to me your...
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Emmanuel Manolakakis
- Mar 13
- 1 min
Your Psyche
Let’s talk about your ‘psyche’ and touch on some basic concepts to us to use when we are training. A starting points lets take ‘psyche’...
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Emmanuel Manolakakis
- Mar 12
- 1 min
Systema Strikes
Systema emphasizes fluidity, adaptability, and efficiency in self-defense situations. Lets have a look at delivering strikes and focus on...
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Emmanuel Manolakakis
- Feb 21
- 1 min
Training at FightClub
I am your teacher, and you are studying in my school. My aim is to bring to completion, unhindered, free from compulsive behavior,...
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Emmanuel Manolakakis
- Feb 18
- 1 min
Strong Systema Strikes
Practice to deliver a strong penetrating punch or strikes. The foundational knowledge about strikes … Type of strikes - single strike,...
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Emmanuel Manolakakis
- Feb 14
- 1 min
A Grateful Connection
Hey Manny, It was so great to see you again. It had been way too long. Thanks for your continued dedication as a thoughtful teacher. As a...
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Emmanuel Manolakakis
- Feb 12
- 3 min
Systema Seminar Reflections - 2nd
I feel continually blessed to be able to train with such amazing people and instructors in my martial arts pursuits. This past weekend,...
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Emmanuel Manolakakis
- Feb 10
- 2 min
Systema Seminar Reflections
(An email from one of the participants) Hi Emmanuel, This is Eric from the seminar last weekend. First, I wanted to say again that it was...
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Emmanuel Manolakakis
- Feb 2
- 2 min
Systema Seminar Review 2020
Understanding Body Weight In his January, 2020 Systema Seminar in Durham, NC, Emmanuel Manolakakis presented a unique approach toward...
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Emmanuel Manolakakis
- Jan 28
- 1 min
YOUTH SYSTEMA WINTER GAMES
"Achieving success is a challenge and a struggling. This February will teach the kids both!" Jan 30 & Feb 1 Massage – Body Rolls (Up and...
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