Learning About The Different Types Of Martial Arts Styles
Legend has it that an Indian Monk took Martial Arts to China and without going through all of the developments of Chinese Boxing, you had…
Category: Martial Arts
Systema Principles of the Russian System
If someone had told me a few years ago that out of a western Christian tradition would come a martial art as deep, sophisticated and…
Val Riazanov Featured in Black Belt Magazine! How To Throw A Ballistic Strike!
Systema expert Val Riazanov asks the tough question: At this point in your martial arts career, why should you consider changing the way you strike?…
A Quick Sweep of the Legs!
Here we are dealing with a simple takedown, but we have to learn how to stack the odds in our favor. You will see the…
How to Avoid being Stabbed by a Knife
Knifes are extremely dangerous …. They are even more dangerous then guns because they are silent! Keep in mind that when you get tense when…
Val demonstrates proper form, breathing, and making a correct punch / strike.
As a recap of ballistic striking Val will demonstrate proper form, breathing, and making a correct strike. Traditional fighting stresses the importance of balance in…
Double Your Punching Power
You would be amazed at how quickly I can transform the punching power of people with little or no training after just a couple of…
The Difference Between Russian Martial Arts and other Traditional Martial Arts Systems
Many people want to know the difference between Russian Martial Arts (RMA) and more traditional Martial Arts. I am not going to give a history…
Relaxation in Martial Arts – Hand to Hand Combat
If you take a look at most Martial Arts, there seems to be a high degree of focus an disciplined movement and aggression when it…
Arm punching vs Traditional
Over the years I have received a lot of comments, as have the Russian style of Martial Arts in general, about the effectiveness of punching…