| I started training in Systema in April (russian martial art ; it is NOT sambo), and so far I like it a lot. It is based on the study of biomechanics, muscle and nervous reflexes, and also has a side about how to deal with fear management, breathing control and psychology in combat situations.
It is still quite unknown a lot of people, and it might not be easy to find instructors for this martial art (let alone a good one), but if you do, I encourage you to give it a shot. It is very practical oriented, if I had to compare it to anything else, the closest thing would be Krav Maga probably.
The training sessions can be quite intensive physicaly wise, but it is all in a good spirit. Sparing is not limited to one oponent, in fact quite often you will have to deal with several attackers at once.
I am very lucky of having a realy excellent instructor (he has been teaching systema for almost 10 years now), who has a quite good knowledge of other martial arts too. He was instructor in kick-boxing (he was part of the national lebaneese team), kyokushinkai and kali, and also practiced thai boxing and wing chun.
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