PULL not PUSH your punches

[God.in.my.corner]

That video was pretty sweet Herb. Systema seems basically like Russian Krav Maga... Which would make it equally awesome.

[HerbM]

That video was pretty sweet Herb. Systema seems basically like Russian Krav Maga... Which would make it equally awesome.

In no sense do I wish to diminish your evaluation, so take this as being complimentary to your opinion (not adverse), just reporting things that we have heard many times...

Almost everyone who comes upon Systema and like it finds that it is "just like MY old art" in many ways, this is especially true of Aikido, Krav Maga, and few others.

The deal is that Systema has very few fixed techniques, but is about being in the right place at the best time, and hitting really hard (from there) so it can actually look like ANYTHING (that is a 'set of techniques')

I like Krav Maga so if you think the following sounds critical, please don't take it that way: in my research on Krav Maga I can find very few unifying, underlying principles. Maybe "use extreme violence" (if you must use any violence) and "all blocks are also attacks" (all defense include a counter attack).

Not criticizing just observing and commenting. If you have a Krav Maga background that serves you well it certainly can be enhance by Systema principles and no one would suggest you defer using those skills (no one in Systema says, "You can't do that because it isn't Systema" as long as it works and you can do it while following the principles.)

Oh, and remember I have some issues with (the way) Systema (is trained in many places.)