Systema, Russian Martial Arts, Sambo, Grappling, Combat Defence Blog by Val Riazanov

My blog will touch on many things, most having to do with Russian Martial Arts and Systema. But also some other topics that I might feel the need to share with my followers.

Russian Martial Arts (RMA) is by far the elite form of hand to hand combat anyone could gain knowledge of. RMA was not made for competition or fighting your buddies. RMA was made for the most effective way of defending yourself and providing the most lethal form of an offensive fight.

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New DVD Series for 2012 !!! 2

Hello Friends and Family !! I am proud to announce that I will be traveling to the USA this upcoming year! My goal is to film for you my friends and family the most AMAZING dvd series yet! But wait! I NEED YOUR HELP! There is no point to put out a DVD series if …

Posted on: 01-11-2012
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Combat 0

Let me make one thing clear – combat is ugly, make no mistake about this and let me also tell you to forget about the glamorous television portrayal of dispatching assailants with flying kicks and lightning fast punches. Leave that for the entertainment elements in your life! In the KGB we were taught many physical …

Posted on: 11-10-2011
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Double Your Punching Power 0

You would be amazed at how quickly I can transform the punching power of people with little or no training after just a couple of training sessions and I am going to give you three simple ideas for you to practice and I am only going to work on simple arm striking without using the …

Posted on: 08-1-2011
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The Difference Between Russian Martial Arts and other Traditional Martial Arts Systems 0

Many people want to know the difference between Russian Martial Arts (RMA) and more traditional Martial Arts. I am not going to give a history lesson as to the evolution of Martial Arts, Russian or otherwise, not am I going to speculate as to which is better – for the history, it is easy to …

Posted on: 07-28-2011
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Arm punching vs Traditional Comments Off

Over the years I have received a lot of comments, as have the Russian style of Martial Arts in general, about the effectiveness of punching using the power of the arm only. In Ballistic Striking I cover this in detail, but here is an overview: In traditional martial arts there is a great emphasis on …

Posted on: 07-25-2011
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Relaxation in Martial Arts – Hand to Hand Combat Comments Off

If you take a look at most Martial Arts, there seems to be a high degree of focus an disciplined movement and aggression when it comes to the point of combat and it seems to be a logical approach after all, we are trying to prepare ourselves for survival under extremely dangerous conditions. The main …