Sharon Friedman – Vigilance and Tranquility

Ok, so why does systema striking work ? I am not the best to explain but here goes: 1. Being relaxed the strike is smooth, you cannot cut well with a misshaped blade, a smooth one goes in deep. 2. Being relaxed you work without having to work against your antagonist muscles and labor with your breath. 3. Being relaxed you can move as one and it is a whole body strike and the tension can be free to move from place to place so you do not get hit back as you strike. 4. Being aware you sense where and when to strike. 5. letting your breathing lead lets you move naturally so you are not operating a machine but acting your intentions. 6. Being a good person you are not  trying to injure anyone (and if so it is not personal but work) so there is no fear and anger to cloud you. 7. Being aware to the spirit you remove the intention to fight which is greater than the body and survive. 8. Having no rules other than moral you can do everything and improvise, thus being limitless and intuitive rather than applying a known set or rules (defence is bound to falter in any combative system) 9. Being struck is the same as doing anything else and can be turned to usefull energy using movement and breath. 10. The black systema shirts with the oval sign in the front are made of kevlar 🙂 Just kidding.