About Center and Russian Systema

We live in a troubled world. Defenseless civil people mostly become victims of developed nations' geopolitical interests, local wars, ethnic or religious conflicts. A war zone or a respectable district, multimillion big city or a quiet patriarchal town. USA or highly explosive Afghanistan. Each hour thousands of accidents occur in the world where a particular person's security or sometimes even life depends on his or her ability to struggle for own or folks' life rather than on the professional skills of the forces of law and order. There is only one person in the world who can either pull you down to the bottom or pull you up to the surface; and it's no-one but you! The System of personal security, the System of extreme survival is a whole complex of knowledge and skills which - at a certain moment - can secure you and save your life by applying an extraordinary effective martial art: Russian Style Close Fight. Those who have mastered the System - even if they are weak or wounded, children, old men or disabled - can defeat their enemies by using the energy and force of the attackers against them all, and by spending the minimum of his or her own energy and force. In the course of the training you will become able to benefit from the enemy's force with the help of your slight move, and survive in different extreme situations.

It's not our mission to borrow a spirit culture from other peoples or copy them. Our mission is to create our own things in our own ways, Russian and like Russians. (Ivan Ilyin, a Russian philosopher 100 years ago).

Considering our personal security, we mostly rely on some technical means such as a gas gun, gas spray or electric shocker. But just few of us ever think that we can be armed with a weapon which is much more sophisticated and effective. And such weapon is our own body.

The Russian close fight is an invisible weapon which can't be detected until it's used and can't be taken away until the man is alive. Basically, what is this invisible weapon of the Russian Style? It reminds something patriarchal. From ancient ages the martial art of Russian warriors deserved worldwide recognition. Even then the Russian close fight inspired fear in the enemies. Ancient Russians were strong in the close fight and won even when all military rules said they could not win. Russian Cossacks showed their exclusive art of close fight in the First World War.

After the revolution in Russia, emigrating Russian officers brought the Russian martial art to the West. It was the Russian Style that was the basis for training the US sea-soldiers. In Russia the martial art perfected for ages was hidden into secret special schools for training diversionists. The Russian Style is a part of the combat sambo (Russian self-defense without weapon) generated by Spiridonov. However, the today's Russian Style standard was created by Aleksey Kadochnikov (who trained at a diversion school) and Vadim Starov (who systemized and generalized the knowledge). As a result they created a universal survival system based on the historical battle experience and up-to-date developments in technologies and sciences such as mechanics, physics, medicine, geography, psychology, pathology, etc. Eventually, the Systema became the life system and world outlook of Slavonic people. In 2000 was established the international center of Russian hand-to-hand fighting "Russian style" on the basis of "Kadochnikov's Systema School" in Krasnodar that was established earlier.

THE RUSSIAN STYLE

Russia. A new millennium eve. A wild outburst of organized criminals, terrorism, separatism, third powers' aggression in disguise of mercenaries, hot spot wars. This is the reality of our days. It's grieving to confess that - in some battles against bandit units - up to ninety percent of Russian soldiers died from wounds made with cold steel. The analysis of the military actions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Defense Ministry special teams showed that the close fight role constantly grows in both bandit unit aggression repulse and criminal group suppression. The close fight techniques serve a single aim: saving lives in the extreme conditions of a true fight.

However, it's insufficient just to master the close fight art. It is also necessary - no matter how grandiloquently it may sound - to possess a strong spirit and be ready to give your life in the name of Faith and Fatherland. The genuine close fighter is effective even when he or she has to act rightly, in an unpredictable situation, when there is no time to spot and think, and no mistake is permissible.

Discipline, call of responsibility, ability to instantly estimate the complex situation of a battle, to make the only right decision with a lightning speed, and to govern own body masterly. It is these features of the genuine close fighter that were emphasized by Aleksey Kadochnikov and Vadim Starov, the authors of the unique Russian close fight, which - in their turn - form a part of the Slavonic world outlook famous under the name of the Russian Style.

The first lessons of the close fight science Aleksey Kadochnikov received from his father, a military pilot. The latter, in his turn, was taught the basics of the close fight by his father (Alexey's grandfather) who was awarded a Saint George Order, took part in The First World War and The Civil War in Russia. After graduation from the legendary Kharkov aviation training school Kadochnikov the junior served in the army where he revealed the secrets and mastered the skills in Russian officers' all-round competition. Later he studied at Krasnodar Polytechnic Institute, and then he was busy with R&D in the famous Krasnodar higher military school named after Shtemenko, General of the Army. His graduates from that school serve in all army branches. Many of them are currently colonels or generals, but they recollect their teacher with a great respect. A full member of The Academy of Natural Sciences of the Russian Federation, Aleksey Kadochnikov spent over forty years of his life on teaching. He trained and brought up thousands of patriotic warriors of Russia. Vadim Starov, Russian Style Center Director, honorably continues the deal started by Aleksey Kadochnikov. "To know to foresee, to foresee to prevent, and to act to survive" - that's the martial arts' philosophy which prefers defense, and prizes rather conflict prevention than blows or blocks in the conflict.

What is the Russian Style? What is its secret hidden in? The secrets of the style should be looked for in regular physics, mechanics, biology, anatomy and psychology manuals rather than in any mystic ciphered treatises. Aleksey Kadochnikov begins presenting the principles of his style with applying mechanical laws to the close fight events.

Single Fight
The enemy's attacks are received softly, in the same plane, by turning the arm or weapon. You should use the enemy's inertia, add your acceleration, shift his center of gravity - and the enemy can't withstand it. By the way -never use your force to oppose the attacking force. Do always feel the distance. Keeping the contact at the point of touch as a weapon/enemy rotation axis center allows you to control the enemy by using a system of levers rather than a brute force. Do it easily, spending just a quarter of your physical strength. Having his reserve strength, the close fighter can see and evaluate the whole situation. The close fighter is effective in any age, in any state of health. And - which is important - he can use anything he can reach: a submachine gun, knife, digging tool, even pen or pencil. Moreover, his arms are his weapons too.

The close fighter MUST:

• reconnoitre without being detected
• investigate his enemy perfectly to predict his actions
• arrange approaching to his enemy to start a close fight without casualties.

You must remember: the most dangerous moment is approaching, when the enemy can start fire. The following is the matter of skills. That's why the legendary Russian military leader Suvorov used to say: "Bullet's foolish, bayonet's fine!" Russians always won in the close fight! The close fighter must be sure of his strength. He must know that he can neutralize his enemy as he is skilled in the close fight and psychologically stable in extreme situations. That's why the Russian Style pays special attention to the principles of survival.

Sergey Kondakov, Tver Special Direct Action (Spetsnaz) Detachment Commander, about Kadochnikov. Over seventy percent of the Tver Special Direct Action Detachment staff has a real combat experience. Many times they worked in the hot spots of Russia. Many its soldiers experienced a special training based on the Russian Style System. Sergey Kondakov: What are the advantages of the style. The Russian Style techniques helps the soldiers of this special purpose detachment to conduct operations to stop illegal drug and arms trade, to fight against customs crimes, and to provide personal security for customs officers and their relatives, or even to rescue hostages.

This fight style was tested in so-called hot spots and showed its military efficiency, saving the lives of those who mastered it.

The close fight, as well as each phenomenon in our lives, is governed by certain laws. The same is true for the close fight psychology. These are its principles:

• a man is afraid of the unknown
• two rivals are never the same in their fight, one of them must get afraid
• no-one wants to die.

Eventually, you should remember that there is only one man in the whole world who can pull you down to the bottom or pull you up to the surface - that's you. A Federal Security Service Spetsnaz soldier: Why is the Russian Style good? It helps to survive in extreme conditions.

The Russian Style is called The System(Systema). Systema is the interconnection of its elements. When you know how to fight when you are wounded or ill, you are set free; you do not fear your injury or wound. And if you know the human body, you can defeat your enemy or help your brother-in-arms to recover. The System means that it gives a new quality that did not exist in its separate elements and that appears because the elements interact and enrich each other. The System - because everything is together, like fingers in the fist, like soldiers in a battle. However, the close fight is just a part of The System, and not its main one. The main in The System is to survive. To hold out against the enemy, overcome hunger or illnesses, survive in uninhabited places, find the way, get back to friendly troops, bring back a wounded soldier alive. Shortly, struggle and survive. Kadochnikov advises: "Be always ready to save your life because you must be alive to go on defeating your enemy - by your fire, bayonet, butt, improvised means or with bare hands". The Kadochnikov survival school teaches not to expose yourself, not to put your breast forward against machine guns or tanks, but to do everything to survive. For that, it's not a shame to crawl on your belly or measure off the ground with your shoulder-blades, crawl on all fours or run your toes. Which is the way to win? Any way, - affirms Kadochnikov. There are no particular patterns or combinations against particular enemy's actions. It is only a specialized approach and training techniques that allow an integral use of the physical, spiritual and intellectual stability of skills on a subconscious level. There is no such an instruction which can foresee all cases and situations, that's why everyone should reveal his or her competence, being trained to justify his or her mission. The Russian Close Fight System is a weapon. And possessing such weapon makes you morally responsible for its use. That's why the training itself is unbreakably connected with a moral upbringing of the man.

No matter how we treat weapons, the latter existed, exists and will exist. It will be improved and developed because improvement and development are always connected with struggle. And struggle is as perpetual as life itself.

That day the cruel war-dogs tasted how boldly Russians fought against them, Our Russian close fight. From BORODINO by Mikhail LERMONTOV.

What are the main merits of Kadochnikov's system, advantages of this style over sambo-wrestling, judo and east single combats that are so popular now? To start with, this style is very easy to master even for those who are physically not prepared (women, old people, children, and disabled people). It is possible to master the effective system of self-defense without using special sport constructions and clothing in a short period of time. The degree of traumatism is very low because the style is based on physics and mechanics which are well-known to everyone. One of the positive sides is that there is no need to learn complicated manuals for along time as in other types of single combats. This style gives an opportunity for a person to determine the order of carrying out different manuals himself, judging on the opponent's position, his physical and psychological state and condition of ground, weather, presence of vegetation, limitation of space and other factors. This style enables a person to keep force which is very important for those who act secretly on the opponent's territory; beside, it lets the injured and those who are tired of conducting a hand-to-hand fight using all improvised weapons win. The main principle of this system- not to answer force of the opponent with force, but to strive to give it the right direction to make the opponent put him out of action himself. Skill to work rationally is one of the main rules of the Russian style. This is not sport but a fight on defeat. The result of competent actions is mutilation or death of the opponent. This is not cruelty, this is a vital necessity. You should remember that it is impossible to feel sorry of the opponent in fight. Accustom yourself to it beforehand. This is the survival law at war: you or your opponent!

The Russian style is defined by three components:

·  by being personality oriented;

·  by the degree of conscious control over internal mental processes;

·  by technical manuals.

This style is different from others in methods of teaching, peculiarities of application and ways of retiring one's activity; it can be changed with the change of conditions nonetheless maintaining its structure. Kadochnikov's style teaches to turn everything that happens to be in your hands into weapon. There is no difference between working with your hands, legs, weapons or improvised means in this style. If you happen to see training sessions conducted by followers of this style pay attention at the fact that manuals are not repeated as their efficiency is the result of knowing the principles, not the manuals themselves. This style excludes dogmas, everyone decides in the succession of his actions himself. Use of levers is the basis of hand-to-hand fighting; using them a person can defeat the opponent who has physical advantage.

The problem of formation of bases of conducting a hand-to-hand fight with one or several opponents in extreme situations using regular weapon or improvised means is solved at hand-to-hand fighting training sessions. The course of study is organized and held in small groups (10-12 people) under the guidance of a teacher and 2-3 instructors or by realization of seminars at instruction by correspondence. As a result of training on the system in full the engaged should know theoretical bases of hand-to-hand fighting (Russian style), conducting a hand-to-hand fight with one or several opponents, be able to conduct a hand-to-hand fight in any conditions, with or without weapons.

Russian hand-to-hand fighting is army, military fighting which is aimed at guaranteed defeat of the opponent in fighting conditions. For this quite clear reason it can not be referred to a sports duel which is limited by the appropriate rules and takes place on a sports ground. A real battle takes place not in comfortable conditions of a gym but in any conditions: in the afternoon and at night, in summer and winter, under rain on slippery ground or on unsteady sand, in the forest, elevator, on board a plane or in a car. Studying of a theme begins with mastering the base handstand and its derivatives. A teacher explains and demonstrates the correct taking of the base handstand with the upper and lower frame. The main way of controlling the stand is exercises at a wall. Having risen closely to a wall the trained is to touch in the following points:

• toes;
• knees;
• chest ,by the lower frame;
• forearms, by the upper frame;
• forehead.

At working on movements by the base handstand a teacher should pay attention at observance of ergonometric rules of arrangements of parts of body. Hands and legs should be placed to provide the quickest and most precise actions at optimum power consumption. The way eyes and head are placed should provide the optimum visual angle, and the position of half-squat - accumulation of energy in muscles to preserve mobility and drive in moving. Besides, attention of the trained should be paid at the fact that turning of pelvis can prevent involuntary movements of body. Not only vertical and sideway vibrations of body are diminished this way, but one's step gets wider as well. It is expedient to start working on the lower acrobatics with such elementary actions as falling on one's chest, back, sideways, etc. The main requirements are noiselessness, "softness", security and readiness for immediate action after that. After falls somersaults are studied. These exercises are more difficult and working at them should be started with preparatory exercises. For example, before working at somersaults from a standing position somersaults from knee should be worked at. The main requirement is: every next exercise should result from the last stage of the previous one. This helps to learn to control one's body, feel one's rhythm and develop vestibular apparatus.

Methodic recommendations on the topic "Grips and release from them".
Grips are divided into:

• Paralyzing movements;
• Painful;
• Suffocating.

They are resorted to when it is necessary to attack the opponent, paralyze his actions or disarm him. At realization of painful grips it is necessary to extend joints from articulate bags, limiting the opponent's freedom. Release from grips should be started with educational grips of hands- with two hands over a wrist, with two hands over a forearm, with one hand over a wrist. In each case mechanics of release, the right uses of levers are very important. A very important point here is keeping your own handstand. Due to it a person acts not with the force of hands and shoulders, but with his body's mass, saving energy and facilitating work of heart. Through the above-mentioned actions we remove the opponent's general center of gravity out of his basic platform and break his balance this way. It is necessary to let the trained feel control over the opponent's body and better understand law of mechanics. Releases from grips should be worked at not more that 5-7 times at one grip not to let the dynamic stereotype appear. After the trained have learned to carry out and releases from them in static this problem should be learned in the dynamics. One of the main tactical requirements is: before starting to release one should distract the opponent's attention by means of a distracting strike, a scream etc.

A teacher or an instructor should remind that influence on painful points should be not strong and short-term. The efficiency of the influence should be judged upon partner's painful sensations. It is very important to demand to deal the final blow to the fallen opponent. It should never be forgotten that even a fatally wounded enemy is dangerous.

Methodic recommendations to the topic "Strikes and defense against them". It is recommended to start training with simple strikes (direct, lateral).Further such strikes as from above, from below, combined, secret should be studied. Line or circular method can be used for working at strikes in moving. Thus working both with the right and left hand (leg) is important. All the movements should be smooth and it is necessary not to stop moving. After having worked at strikes defense against them should be worked at. Defense should be carried out so that the opponent failed his attack and lost balance. Such an exercise can be used in this case ( working in pairs): the "opponent" inflicts a direct strike with his hand to the breast or with his leg above the waist and the trained should carry out his defense only at the last moment when there are no doubts about the attack being real. Such elements as turning of hips in the plane of inflicting a strike can be useful here. This action alone will make the opponent "fail". Then the trained will act according to the situation. It is necessary to shorten the distance between you and the opponent, to contact him and use complex percussive force, levers and press his painful points. Strikes and defense against them are worked at motionlessly, i.e. the "opponent" inflicts the beforehand stipulated strike very slowly. Little by little the opponent starts acting faster.

The main shortages by training are:

• Division of technique and tactics during preparation;
• Static character of the main positions;
• Unnecessary movements.

The trained should remember that their body should be relaxed and their look shouldn't be fixed during the attack. The relaxed state of body will make it possible to be ready to any actions in any direction and the non-fixed look will allow to appraise the situation on the whole. It is recommended to demand the right realization of the basic elements only as the whole range if actions will depend only on the personal qualities, characteristics and abilities of the trained.
The main methods of teaching hand-to-hand fighting. Training with weapons and improvised means imparts skill of work with removal of the center of gravity and gives experience of management of movement on various speeds; it also gives a good opportunity to learn how to move correctly without using too much energy. The trained shouldn't be afraid of weapons; he should feel it and be able to use it skillfully. The same laws of mechanics as in conducting a hand-to-hand fight without weapons can be resorted to in this case. The ability to manage your body and weapons as well as the opponent's body and weapon is very important.

The trained should always take into account the following peculiarities:

1. in process of rapprochement shooting and throwing of weapons and improvised means can be used in far distance;
2. strikes with weapons and improvised means will be inflicted from the average or minimal distance;
3. fight with weapons is more transient.

Trainings should be started with inflicting strikes with a weapon or a stick. All parts of the weapon should be used. After working at the strikes the trained start working at the question: disarming of the opponent. The same period of time should be devoted to working with a gun, an automatic machine and a knife.

Disarming of the opponent should be worked at in accordance with the rule: "The weapon which was not knocked out is taken away". This is required by tactics. The opponent's weapon is knocked out by a leg, by your weapons or improvised means. If the strike was not strong enough and weapons were not knocked out, a second immediate strike should be inflicted, levers, influencing painful zones and points, deafening of your opponent should be used. Different variants of disarming should be used so that the trained were free from traditional views on using weapons.

Working at actions connected with using of improvised means is carried out in the same way. Some common points should be stressed:

• some time should be devoted to working with blindfold eyes;
• the trained should be allowed to use their imagination, initiative and non-standard approach after having worked at basic elements.

Conditions of conducting training sessions. For conducting of training sessions grounds without softening covers are used: bare floor of a gym, open grounds with natural or man-made cover, i.e. with conditions that are very close to the real ones. Prevention of traumatism is provided by slow speed of work at the initial stage and by perfect technique of standing by each other at further stages. At the same time, light bruises and painful sensations connected with them serve as a marker of the correctness of your actions: painful sensations indicate that you make mistakes in basic technique. Common clothing used in our daily life and by realization of fighting tasks serves as the equipment for training sessions. Special sport wear is not recommended as it has different influence on movements.

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