It’s been widely observed that training in the martial arts is ultimately limited by human physiology. As Bruce Lee said, as long as we all have two arms and two legs, there can be only one way of fighting. Success is determined not so much by the nuances of technique as by how technique is taught and practiced.
It’s precisely this search for a superior approach that’s garnered the Russian martial art of Systema so much attention. With roots stretching back to the fighting traditions of the ancient Cossacks, Systema was born and nurtured in a climate of diversity and adversity.