Working with aggression with Val riazanov
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- Опубликовано: 12 окт 2014
- Firstly in this clip you will see the all too typical start of a confrontation which is the famous ‘pushing contest’! Now if you engage in this you are not gaining an advantage as each and every confrontation is a 50/50 gamble.
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Why?
Because of the simple and unpredictable ‘cheap’ shot. It is that shot that will finish anyone as a chin is just a chin. It does not discriminate!
Look at how I diffuse the situation firstly and then how I deal with the attacker. Now I am working with some big guys here and if you are smaller, instead of pushing the hands down, you may have to push them up and this is where you have to abandon specific moves and just go with what is appropriate to you.
The one aspect I want you to pay particular attention to in this clip is movement and watch how I cut off the angles of the attacker as I move around. Also, look at how I deal with someone who is holding me and two others are approaching - I don’t want to focus on the non non immediate threat, only what may happen next and it is this anticipation that may save your life.
I want you to imagine that you are driving a Ferrari at 150 mph on a track that is in the country. Your level of concentration has to be extremely high and you are intensely focussed. Now can you be too focussed?
Imagine that you see an animal in the field as you are driving around the track and for a split second you look at it - you will probably crash!
What you have to do is develop this almost three dimensional peripheral vision and yes, you would notice the animal, but you wouldn’t look at it. I want you to feel the same when you are in a confrontation - notice what is around you but don’t look specifically at anything.
Movement is so important in everything I teach and especially important when dealing with multiple attackers so work hard in this area and work smart.
Dealing with aggression is easy if you know the rules and those rules are that for you the non aggressor are simple and are confined to one rule - don’t engage the attacker and by that I mean don’t try to fight aggression with aggression.
I say it always and will do again, you must try to stay relaxed and calm and of course I know it is difficult at the best of times let alone when faced with a threat and combat situation. 
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This is exactly what, how and why we are taught at Systema/Berkoot.
Great lesson, Mr. Riazanov! I enjoyed it.
Del Bender It's amazing that I train in a Kung-Fu group and our instructors basically teach exactly same things that Val is showing here! The style may look different from the outside, but overall it's all the same stuff about how to move around, what things make sense and what doesnt and etc. I suppose it's more or less true for many systems that focus more on realism and "street" fighting than on sports or stage combat.
ak150884 Exactly! We're about close quarter combat moving and diverting. There aren't many instructors across the country or globe who focus on what we've learned for any age, any infirmity, any gender. I'm lucky to have Master Alexandr Popeskou in this area. Very fortunate.
Del Bender well, there are only certain things in a street fight that truly work. There is a good number of them, but the concepts that I've seen here in Val's videos so far and compared to what I do in my Kung-Fu and Excrima Concepts classes are extremely similar and even identical to certain point. Of course we do learn forms and stuff like that in Kung-Fu, but we also use the elements from them in such a way, that you can easily train to make it helpful in a street fight. Even a slap in the ear or palm to the nose and stuff like that - we do all that as well and its even more favourable than punches in the face (to avoid busting your knuckles by accident!). In Escrima, its about introducing weapons into the combat, so we learn how to use them AND how to fight against them. I must admit, even having your training partner charge at you for real with a blunt rubber knife is already scary and defending can be very tricky!
I can imagine! We train using everything as a weapon and we train close up.
I love all you stuff Val amazing! And I like how you make it fun to learn.
Many thanks on this good things on focus, and own behavior. Makes perfectly sense
Just had to say i love the videos Val!!! Thanks for sharing your knowledge. These videos are really clear and straight forward. Cheers.
Thank you Val
Fly like a butterfly hit like a bee
My left ear enjoyed this.
Sometimes, if I am in the mood i come back to video, switch the headphones and make it right.
Great vid mr Riazanov! Thank you very much!
Can a 30 year old American join the Russian spetsnaz? I want to learn the spetsnaz version of systema. Val is very respectful and proper yet he sounds like a true warrior, someone who can fight to the death, but chooses not to, and instead chooses to prevent fights or immediately put his enemy out of commission. Your videos brought every thing together for me. I want to learn russian just to join the spetsnaz lol.
Parabéns que maravilha de aulas!!!
One the best coach of systema.
which means he sucks
Question sir. What drill for myself at home ? Kicking, punching or blocking or combine them ? Thanks.
Im no expert, but I would say combine them. The more versatility the better, because you never know what they'll do
Great work !!!! great movements Val Riazanov where are you based!?????
Please do a video on how to form a fist... You mentioned sth about not folding the fingers into the palm and it feels very unnatural the way you suggested. Maybe I'm not used to it?...
You are probably trying to make it as tight as a curled fist. Keep it looser so contact can help it form a proper fist. It only needs to be tight enough to transfer the energy during impact and to hold structure. If it is too tight before or after the impact will go back into you.
wish i was 50 years younger.
I see the hole thing ! No you don’t you see the face! I’m the bloody instructor here 😁😁😁
What is your height?,Val.(Sir:
probably about 1.90
Can we re-record this video series without the guy in the grey shirt
Just be careful
My right ear got cucked. Great video though!
did i just go deaf ?
You are wrong ... becouse if you going back its much harder to defense,
There is one inherent glaring problem with this. In any class setting the opponents are willing participants. That is not the way it happens in real life. Not saying this stuff won't work. But you really need to have people who are willing to outright attack you and try to hurt you for your viewing audience to get a semblance of reality
ya and we really need your comment. Always ome dufus always out there finding fault, but never one of the guys on the mat. They are there to learn and learn they did. Now take your pissant comments and find a group of 12 year olds to play with.
Nothing new ...old shotokan ...
I did old Shotokan and this is not that.
@@annoyed707 Paul has a point. Almost any *old*, which means original, battle-tested martial art is practical. However, after it is opened up to the masses of civilians, the issues of gym owner liability, participants safety, participants being out of shape, training very young kids in front of their mothers, and so on, push the instructors to soften down the art.
Several decades since the art opened up, situation becomes like this: overwhelming majority of civilians chose to pay for training in softer variants; and there are small groups of hard-core adherents who still practice the original art form, moderately adapting it to their local circumstances as they go.
Original Karate, original Jiu-Jitsu, original Hapkido, original Silat, original medieval European hand-to-hand combat ... we can go through original Greek Olympic Wrestling down history line to ancient martial arts of India. Beyond that, not much is plausibly documented, even though archeological evidence suggests that martial arts existed at least as early as 5,000 years ago.
In certain areas of central Africa, about 40% of male chimpanzees die in border battles, protecting their communities, which typically include about 150 apes. What do they use to fight? Sticks, rocks, teeth, and their bare hands. Footage of the battles shows that they are very freaking proficient in "ape martial arts".
Handlers working with chimps, and even more so with orangutans, tell us that humans have absolutely nothing on the apes side slaps: even a small female ape can knock out cold a huge human dude, without really trying, using a move typically used by an ape mother to calm down a misbehaving ape son.
As to gorillas, I haven't read, heard, or seen handlers getting in close contact with them, even though there are accounts of human females living in their tribes for a while, and feeling safe. Yet just look at a fully grown up male gorilla: would you really want to mess with this guy? He knows some ape combatives for sure, even if only instinctively.
Going back to humans. Systema opened up to civilians relatively recently, so you can still find instructors with relevant experience in real life combat, who maintain the no-bullshit qualities in their direct disciples as well. In time, it will fade, just like other great martial arts did before it. Enjoy Systema while it lasts!
Whats's next? Martial arts and systems of combatives practiced in countries not yet widely opened to the world. Vietnam and North Korea come to mind. Then, perhaps African countries, in many of which the self-defense ability is literally a practical matter of everyday survival.
What is your height?,Val.(Sir: