Part I
-Hello, could you introduce yourself?
-Hello, my name is Vladislav Smirnov.
-Vladislav, please tell, for how long do you know the Kadochnikov Systema?
-I started working according to the Systema about two months ago. I studied it myself as in our town there is no other opportunity to learn it. That’s why I had to learn it at home alone. Unfortunately I can only perform some elements from the lower acrobatics so far.
-Did you do some other martial arts before the Kadochnikov Systema?
-I used to go in for karatekiokushinkai for abour two years. There were breaks in my trainings because of the job and problems with health. I gave up that system of martial arts eventually.
-Why? What was the reason?
-The reason is simple: I read the book “The Russian hand-to-hand combat. The Kadochnikov Systema” that was published in Altaiskiy in 2003. Most of all I was impressed by the introduction to this book. It opened my eyes to the Russian history, great services of our people and the Russian martial art, on the spiritual power of our nation. The book impressed me beyond expression. I can feel it at the level of subconsciousness. I should admit that now I’m proud of our nation; this book taught me to love Russian people.
There was situation at the construction site where I worked as a master. Together with a foreman we couldn’t solve a problem. Builders came to have lunch and one of them asked us about our problem. We explained the situation and when drinking tea he came up with two brilliant solutions. I realized that five years in the university were not enough to find this solution. I believe that our construction sites, our factories bring up really outstanding people. They are competent, with good, solid knowledge, they know their ropes.
The Kadochnikov Systema is based on the trinity of forces: physical, intellectual and spiritual. The absence of one of the constituents leads to disbalance in the system. And a person can’t work and develop properly. The book tells that each martial art is based on the cultural heritage of nation, its religion, lifestyle, development and experience.
What I like most of all in the Systema is that Aleksey Alekseyevich Kadochnikov worked out genuine Russian martial art. I have higher education of an engineer and some notion from geometry, mathematics, theoretical mechanics are quite familiar to me. But when I tried to apply these laws to a human being I‘ve so many questions.
For the first time I came across the Kadochnikov Systema in 1990 or 1989. I read an article about the Systema in a newspaper and was very intrigued. But Krasnodar is too far from Pertozavodsk, it is in the Republic of Karelia. Among all martial art I could only afford karate, wu shu and sambo. A couple of years ago I heard about the Kadochnikov Systema again. I surfed the Internet and now I’m here.
When I saw the book in a bookstore I bought it at the drop of a hat. This book turned my world upside down. I found what I was looking for. It looks like The Kadochnikov Systema was worked out in accordance with my nature.
The only reason I didn’t give up my trainings at once is our instructor. He is a marine and taught us holds from the Russian hand-to-hand combat. We leant how to fight a man with a knife, a stick, how to do rolls. Of course it can’t be compared with the Kadochnikov Systema. The principles and the technique were different. I gave up my trainings on karate and got down to the Kadochnikov Systema.
I watched video about the Kadochnikov Systema in the Internet or on DVD I can’t recall now. I tried to train alone… But it is very difficult when no one can help you, give a tip. I started working with the Systema several times. I read the book again and watched the video many times; I tried to do some elements with my friends. I understand that tastes differ and there were no one around who could explain the material properly. It is difficult to work by trial-and-error method. I bought one seminar of the Kadochnikov Systema on DVD recently and started to read the book again. I made friends and started to communicate with a man at the forum of the Kadochnikov Systema‘s World Academy. After this many things became clear to me. As the lower acrobatics is the basis of the Systema I decided to start with it. And after all I can do it myself without a partner.
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