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A Boy to A Man I wish to take this chance to pass on mine and my son's first experience of training with Canadian Systema Instructor,...

Finesse in athletics refers to the skillful and refined execution of techniques or movements. How often to do train finesse? Its...

Close your eyes and breathe deeply. Then focus your awareness firstly on your body outline. Then include awareness of your clothes and...

Systema is a complex entirety of many features interacting in total harmony. To my understanding, one of the greatest assets is using...

Systema is a complex entirety of many features interacting in total harmony. To my understanding, one of the greatest assets is the use...

Anger can be the most honourable emotion you have if you know what it is, why it appears, and how to work with it. All of your emotions...

When I look at a master working at their craft it’s like they are driven by a different fuel source than everyone else. Most people have...

So many people have gotten on the SYSTEMA training program that they want to jump in the deep end of the pool, start training hardcore,...

FightClub uses principle from martial art – Systema; often neglected in exercise: the tool is an extension of the body. The body has a...

Is your movement complicated or complex? Aging is a process of losing complexity and building complication. Optimal athletics is a...

A positive attribute that refers to having an attitude of openness, eagerness, and lack of preconceptions when studying a subject, even...

There’s this drill…we all have them….that I just dread. I know its coming and I have to fight myself inside every time. Could it be...

Flow The surgeon in the operating room feels flow; so does the rock climber on a cliff, the athlete in the midst of a game or the mother...

By first having students rotate, move and manipulate a partner's joints one at a time they get a first hand feel for how they work. Care...

Movement is paramount. The body is in constant movement, even when you believe it to be still. Blood is moving and organs functioning,...

​ If you cannot control your breathing, life will not fair well for you. When you consider how many bodily functions are regulated...