Gary
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So, last weekend, I went to a Systema seminar in NC. It was a lot of fun. There was exercising, and knife work, and of course hitting.
Once the seminar was done, I felt like I was ninety. I hurt everywhere and was moving a bit slower than normal. It was a good hurt though, and yes, my body was covered with bruises. One of the exercises, which actually teaches you a lot, is you standing in one place while another person or people hit you. The person being hit, is learning how to absorb the hit and move it out of their body, while the person hitting is learning how to place their hand, how to hit, and how to disrupt their partner's body.
It's a very interesting martial art, I would recommend it to others looking to find a martial art. Almost everyone at the seminar was really friendly. No one seems to get mad when the hitting comes, and in fact people tend to smile laugh and joke. Even with all that joviality going on, the martial art stays practical, and the strikes are amazing to me. They seem to sink into the body and sit there, very different than a lot of other strikes I've seen, which are developed to simple break through objects. These strikes are used more to control and disrupt a person's body. Or at least that's my current impression. I would recommend checking it out if your interested and getting your own impression. I haven't been studying it for long, and I'm far from a martial arts expert. I just try to train, play, and learn. Hopefully this explains the comic a little too.
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