ARTICLES

Aug 21, 20232 min read

Developing Systema Finesse

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

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Emmanuel Manolakakis

Aug 27, 20222 min read

Spatial Awareness Exercises

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

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Emmanuel Manolakakis

Aug 27, 20222 min read

Systema Spatial Perception

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

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Emmanuel Manolakakis

Jul 18, 20224 min read

Systema Spatial Perception

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

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Emmanuel Manolakakis

Jun 27, 20222 min read

Understanding & Befriending Anger

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...

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Emmanuel Manolakakis

May 24, 20222 min read

The Well of Mastery

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...

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Emmanuel Manolakakis

Mar 13, 20221 min read

Systema Training - Remove the Armor

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,...

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Emmanuel Manolakakis

Mar 11, 20221 min read

Movement training versus Exercise.

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

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Improving Complexity and Eliminating Complication

Emmanuel Manolakakis

Mar 10, 20221 min read

Improving Complexity and Eliminating Complication

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

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Emmanuel Manolakakis

Feb 26, 20221 min read

The Beginners Mind

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

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Emmanuel Manolakakis

Apr 29, 20213 min read

Systema Breathing

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...

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Emmanuel Manolakakis

Feb 16, 20216 min read

Excerpt from the book on Flow

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...

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Emmanuel Manolakakis

Dec 5, 20202 min read

LOCKS AND THROWS

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...

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Emmanuel Manolakakis

Dec 5, 20201 min read

Movement

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

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Emmanuel Manolakakis

Nov 30, 20202 min read

Breathing

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

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