TRAINING PRINCIPLES

CONTROLE STARTS WITH YOURSELF

Systema always begins with self-control.
Only when you can regulate your own physical, mental, and emotional state can you influence a situation or another person. Without this, actions become reactive and unsafe.

TENSION ATTRACKS TENSION

Unnecessary tension provokes resistance and escalation.
You learn how to move, position, and apply pressure without triggering defensive or aggressive reactions, creating more options and greater safety.

FIGHT TO ESCAPE, NOT TO WIN

Systema does not seek confrontation or domination.
You learn to avoid stepping into the other person’s game and instead operate on another layer: creating space, exits, and control without unnecessary engagement.

LINE WORK, TRAJECTORIES AND PLANES OF MOVEMENT

Rather than reacting to what already happened, you learn to read lines of force, intention, and direction, including trajectories and planes of movement.

By understanding how force travels through space and the body, you begin to see the next movement before it fully appears, allowing early positioning, angle changes, or disengagement.

Control comes from placement and timing, not speed or strength.

MULTIPLE TARGETS, GREATER SAFETY

The more targets you can perceive and influence with your whole body, intention and use of surroundings, the safer and more in control you become.

Systema works simultaneously on:

Physical level (balance, structure, position)

Mental level (attention, expectation, decision-making)

Psychological level (fear, stress, pain response)

The deeper your understanding of violence and human reaction, the less physical force you need. By working with expectation, off-rhythm, timing, and controlled pressure, slow or fast, you gain control without escalation.

SLOW TRAINING, DEEP LEARNING

We train slowly and precisely so the nervous system can integrate the principles. This creates real body-learning rather than intellectual understanding.
What the body learns deeply, it remembers.

Slow does not mean soft or comfortable.
Pain, fear, pressure, and perceived danger is still present, but always in a controlled and conscious way. Slowing down allows you to stay functional inside intensity.

RECOVERY WITHIN THE SITUATION

Recovery is trained inside the situation, not after it ends.
You learn to restore awareness, movement, and control while pressure is still present, an essential skill for resilience and long-term development.

TRAINING APPROACH

Principle-based, not technique-driven

Adaptive to each participant

No choreography, no performance

Learning happens through experience, not explanation

The form adapts to the person.
The principles remain the same.

FOR WHO

This seminar is suitable for:

Systema practitioners and martial artists

Professionals working under pressure

Athletes and movers

People seeking selfdefence, greater control, resilience, and clarity

No prior Systema experience required. All levels are welcome.