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Make your Systema efficient. Lets look at what efficient movement real is ... Efficient Movement Efficient movement refers to the ability...

Martial arts can bring numerous benefits to someone's life, both physically and mentally. Physical Fitness Martial arts training involves...

Perseverance in Systema helps practitioners overcome challenges, setbacks, and obstacles along their training journey. Here's how I have...

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...

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...

One of the things I love about Systema’s training methodology is the is notion of Randomness. Moving in random patterns, exploring...

To flourish and grow in a many-sided uncertain and ever changing world that surrounds us, I suggest that we have to make intuitive...

Belief is common. Faith less so. Is it really enough to understand the teachings? Words are easily memorized and repeating is easily confused for wisdom. If it is true that the highest level of Systema is available to any person, then it is also true that they won't be found just in learning. In other words it is not enough to show up to class and just go through the motions by repeating words and movements. "There is something about martial arts that cannot be understood. It

Today, in most fitness programs taught around the world, deep breathing is practically ignored. This is a major mistake as, to me your...

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’...

Systema emphasizes fluidity, adaptability, and efficiency in self-defense situations. Lets have a look at delivering strikes and focus on...

I am your teacher, and you are studying in my school. My aim is to bring to completion, unhindered, free from compulsive behavior,...

Practice to deliver a strong penetrating punch or strikes. The foundational knowledge about strikes … Type of strikes - single strike,...

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...

I feel continually blessed to be able to train with such amazing people and instructors in my martial arts pursuits. This past weekend,...

(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...

Understanding Body Weight In his January, 2020 Systema Seminar in Durham, NC, Emmanuel Manolakakis presented a unique approach toward...

"Achieving success is a challenge and a struggling. This February will teach the kids both!" YOUTH SYSTEMA WINTER GAMES SCHEDULE Jan 30 &...

Look up, and look around, especially when walking around the busy streets of Toronto! I’ve met and talked with countless soldiers and law...