Talk:Ryabko's Systema

Distinct arts
This is distinct from Kadochnikov's Systema. For discussion, please see Talk:Systema

Some other articles of note

 * A martial art for real life -- Athena Tsavliris, Town Crier - December 2004
 * Fight Club, Russian style (subscription-only) -- Rob Shaw - Saturday, October 16, 2004, Page M1 - The Globe and Mail
 * Russian Systema Flow Training: A progressive alternative to stimulus-response training -- Kevin Secours, Journal of Asian Martial Arts - (Vol. 13, No. 4 – 2004)
 * You can order individual issues at http://www.goviamedia.com/
 * School of Hard Knocks -- Big Issue magazine, March 2004
 * Working "The System" -- Jennifer Alders, The Chicaco Sports Review Nov 2003.
 * Systema: Principles of the Russian Martial Art -- James Williams, http://www.aikidojournal.com
 * Interview with Mikhail Ryabko -- Stanley Pranin, http://www.aikidojournal.com
 * The A–Teams -- Shane Mooney, Maxim March 2001
 * Russian Martial Art - An Ancient System Revived -- by Eric T. Curlee - American Survival Guide, January 1997.
 * The System: Brutal Russian Martial Art -- Black Belt Magazine - October 1995, Vol. 33, #10

Four fundamentals
> Systema has four fundamentals: Breathing, Relaxation, Posture, & Movement.

I think this perception varies widely. It's not talked about directly. -- Sy / (talk) 11:36, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

I went ahead and removed this reference because it felt out of place where it was. I'm not sure that it goes anywhere. It's not talked about directly.. and the stories I've heard are all something like "well there are these four things..". I think they're easily picked up by any serious student. Hmm.. maybe some new section branching off of training could talk about specific themes in training, and then this would go very well there .. talking about posture (in various positions, weight-bearing), the importance of relaxation over tension (for breathing, moving, doing work, striking etc..) the obvious and inobvious values of movement (dodging, staying fluid, the floating/flying center of gravity concepts maybe?) and breathing of course (breathe or die, breathe appropriate to the situation - don't overbreathe/underbreathe, breathing with movement, breathing relaxed). There's a bunch of stuff which could be discussed.. but.. it's not very encyclopedic! I personally lack the broad knowledge to do a compare/contrast with other ideas, which is one way this stuff could be discussed. -- Sy / (talk) 20:53, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

i would love to see this article improved
I would love to see this article improved and watch it progress up the WP:MA quality scale. Tkjazzer 00:49, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

So this is pretty much the worst article I've ever seen. I'm going to clean it up some. I'm also going to pop the four fundamentals bit back in because it is vital to the art. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.160.113.97 (talk) 16:41, 23 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Please don't make such sweeping changes to the article without discussing them on the talk page first. You can make additions without removing the work of others, also it is nice to reference your materials. --Mista-X (talk) 19:06, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

History and Practitioners
I'm not too comfortable with a list of practitioners. It would end up being a bit of a duplication of the official list. Some way of distinguishing it is needed. Right now it's barely stub-quality and seems to over-emphasize the people who are in it. Well, except Vladimir who needs to be emphasized. =) There are a lot of other extremely good instructors who have also done seminars, been interviewed, written articles or produced videos. -- Sy / (talk) 13:45, 7 March 2008 (UTC)