Systema strikes (cont.)
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by Arkadiy Stepankovskiy
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You do not need to prepare your punch
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It should go from any position and any motion of your body that are naturally moving towards the opponent. Instead of getting ready and placing your
body into specific “ready for punch” position, just start listening to your body intuition. Find out how are you moving under stress of attack, be natural
and follow your instincts. During fight, there is always some part of your body that naturally will be moving toward your opponent.
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For example, if someone attacked and you avoided attack by stepping out to your left, your left arm would move forward just as a natural reaction to
keep balance. Think that it’s also moving towards your attacker. Therefore, use it for you punch. Only this kind of motion will be natural beginning to
your punch. And your punch will be just continual, natural motion of your body.
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All punches are your natural movements that do not have beginning or ending
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Our life does not have pauses. It is always in motion. As soon as you pause you die. Identical meaning we are sharing with our punches. Your
punches should not have reset motion that we see in boxing or most oriental martial arts. For example in Karate when punching hand going
forward to strike, simultaneously opposite hand moves backward to reset. In SYSTEMA each and other motion you do, should have ability to start
combination of punches without the pauses. Use circle motion of your relaxed shoulder and elbow to create any movement that is comfortable and
natural for you. Single movement of the arm that consists of two or three punches, we call “double” or “triple” punches.
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Your strikes should move opponent from one punch to another
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In SYSTEMA strikes should not have any limitation. You should be able to punch from any distance, from any direction, and you can punch from and
to any direction, you have to understand how to trap your attacker. For example by being scared of your punch or hit by your arm, attacker will be
moving his body. So, your next strike should be going towards the place where your attacker will be moving. It will look like that your opponent is
moving and damaging himself by hitting his face with your fists.
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One strike should also distract your attacker from another strike
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For example attack to the groin or knee, distract and tack tension away from throat or eyes. You may ask, how to learn all these punches, since in
SYSTEMA we are not using punching bags? First, you need to learn how to push you partner. Your hand and shoulder must be relaxed. You need to
learn how to move your partner, and not just a part of his body. At the begging use only your hand, without motion of your body or legs.
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Do not forget: keep your form, breath, relax, and be natural.
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