Name: Systema (The System)
Origin: Antient Russia (later reformed)
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\"The System\" originated in Antient Russia around 5000BC. It was first used during religous selebrations when men would fight other men from their tribe or other tribes.
The styles of fighting were passed down from father to son, and had little to do outside tribal competitions. But in the 6th and 7th century A.D. when [what later became known as] Russia was being attacked by the Vikings from the north, on order of tribal leaders the styles of fighting went beyond religious and competative perpusous, and into military ones.
More reforms came during the 12th-13th century when Russia was under attack by the Tatars and Mongol Hordes. And the techniques were also reformed during Russia\'s modernization in the 17th century.
After 1917, the Soviet government denied all Soviet countries traditional fighting styles. Instead it created Sport Sambo (entered olympics in 2000), Defencive Sambo (tought average citizens how to defend themselves in the street) and Combat Sambo (tought in the military). In itself Sambo was a combination of effective strikes, blocks, and techniques from other fighting systems of Soviet countries (Sport Sambo bears great resemblence to Judo, with only slight differences in the rules). But many die-hard Russian Martial Artists refused to take in the new system. Instead they offered training in traditional Russian martial arts to elite units of Spetsnaz (Voyesko
Spetsalnogo
Naznochenia; Warriors of Special Purpose). There the style of fighting was simply called Systema (The System). Up until the colapse of the Soviet union it was only tought to Elite Spetsnaz units, and to elite body guards. A few outsiders (my uncle being one of them) did get to learn parts of \"The System\", but most people didn\'t even know it existed. To draw unwanted atention away from it, it was purpously given the misleading name \"Special Combat Sambo\", despite the fact that Sambo and Systema beared little resemblence.
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Anyways, the thing with my uncle is that he was in the Red Army for about 25-30 years (joined the military academy when he was 16). He was prety high ranked, he lead a unit in Afgan, and had connections in Spetznas. He has recently retired, and from his years in the military he is very proficient in Combat Sambo and knows some of Sytema.
A while ago he showed me a few techniques on how to defend against different knife strikes, and despite their simplicity they seemed very effective.
So anywas, I need help finding websites that have free tutorials on the techniques and on the fighting style itself.
I have looked and all I could find were payed training from former Spetsnaz members, and articles about it.
Here is an article that sorta describes it, it is writen by a British martial artist who is now the head of the British Systema system.:
http://www.alliancemartialarts.com/systema.htmlI feel lke there\'s something I\'m forgetting to say... But I\'ll edit this if I ever remember.
