Sharon Friedman – Vigilance and Tranquility

Consider tactics for an event like mugging or drive by shooting. Is there a complete solution that will always stand? Systema teaches and in my opinion shows that having no restrictions in thought as well as in form leads to success and being able to think on and off your feet will work well agains all attacks since it is a solution engine instead of an index. Systema is not singular in that approach but it’s freedom from guidelines and it’s simple principles can lead a thinking man to evolve  his or her singular system. On a less airy note, Try working with a friend or someone you care little of for a change on surviving an attack. It can be chokes, hits, kicks or anything else (throw stuff at each other, use a chair …) The main point is to think as you work. Accept what is happening without framing it into violence and do what is required to survive without being controlled by your ego. More so, All movement is movement. Keep your form straight as possible and breathe according to what works best (more on that later). Try to be economic and efficient and think of this. An arm movement can be a block and a hit and a faint and a tackle and a slap and many other things at once. If you do not have walls in your mind, the body can be more than one thing at a time.