There is more than one :) I started karate (shotokan) when still in primary school and stayed with it until today - I tried kung-fu and various other karate styles, but shotokan / traditional karate was what I always return to as my preferred Art. I only wish I didn't have as many gaps, each one a few years long, due to various life circumstances... But martial arts is not a habit that can be given up, and one day I'll get that black belt, if not for skills, surely for perseverance ;)
I watched some Systema videos to get some feeling what it is. It looks (had no chance to try it) nice - fluid, flexible, with energy traveling softly but surely to the last stage, when connection with the target is made. In rigid/solid systems it is the same thing really - they might, like karate, look "hard", but energy is energy, no matter how structured, and the difference is how it is applied. And where. But fluid and flexible is always faster and stronger than rigid and solid. Nature of energy is to flow :)
Hi @macius,
I come from Shotokan myself and have been training systema for about 7 years now. The focus of systema is to get control of the opponent at or before impact in such a way that you break their structure hence is easily off balanced and taken down. There is many concepts in systema that just dont exist in shotokan and karatekas of any style should try systema if they have the opportunity, because they would add stuff to their repertoar that gives them the edge in many situations.
I have been in a bit of a drought for ideas but I got all chiki briki and realised I had plenty of cool things to share of what I like and related stories...
There is more than one :) I started karate (shotokan) when still in primary school and stayed with it until today - I tried kung-fu and various other karate styles, but shotokan / traditional karate was what I always return to as my preferred Art. I only wish I didn't have as many gaps, each one a few years long, due to various life circumstances... But martial arts is not a habit that can be given up, and one day I'll get that black belt, if not for skills, surely for perseverance ;)
I watched some Systema videos to get some feeling what it is. It looks (had no chance to try it) nice - fluid, flexible, with energy traveling softly but surely to the last stage, when connection with the target is made. In rigid/solid systems it is the same thing really - they might, like karate, look "hard", but energy is energy, no matter how structured, and the difference is how it is applied. And where. But fluid and flexible is always faster and stronger than rigid and solid. Nature of energy is to flow :)
OK I followed... who else out there in the Arts?
Hi @macius,
I come from Shotokan myself and have been training systema for about 7 years now. The focus of systema is to get control of the opponent at or before impact in such a way that you break their structure hence is easily off balanced and taken down. There is many concepts in systema that just dont exist in shotokan and karatekas of any style should try systema if they have the opportunity, because they would add stuff to their repertoar that gives them the edge in many situations.
I have been in a bit of a drought for ideas but I got all chiki briki and realised I had plenty of cool things to share of what I like and related stories...