Comments on: Drinking the Cool-Aid

By: GG

GG — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 05:43:53 +0000

I took Systema for a month after doing Muay thai for 7 years. In my opinion, I found the Systema training a crock of SHITE….Just because Vladimir was in the special forces you have students coming to class in army fatigues. His students move in on attacks so slowly and fall so easily, when I had my turn ay him it was quite different….Vlad is talented but some of the things he teaches are a joke

By: spydaman

spydaman — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:25:29 +0000

I don’t wanna be standing next to you when lightning strikes…. U must be one of those who don’t Wai Kru/Ram Muay in the ring, but in all fairness, everyone has their own opinion but the last thing I wanna do on here is deviate from the subject at hands and turn this into a religious debate (we all hate those !). That systema looks really fake to me…..It also reminds me of Aikido, maybe we should put those guys up against Chuck Nor……I meant Steven Seagal and see how many of their bones he breaks before running outta breath…..Maybe I’ll do some real research to see what this style is very about……on second thought, I think I’ll pass.

By: Paul PP

Paul PP — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:09:16 +0000

O c’mon sydaman! aha, God is a fairy tale, creation is a cop-out, and
religion is an antiquated form of social control

By: John

John — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 23:10:11 +0000

I have seen a live demonstration and taken a short seminar of this art by Emmanuel “Manny” Manolakakis in Saratoga New York. He is the real deal and a great martial artist. I am not sure about these clips but I saw it live and these guys were coming at him full speed and he was hitting them and throwning them pretty hard. He also had some people who were not his students come at him, people who were students of my uncle so I know they were not in on it and he was not a rough on them but just as effective. Like Nop said their are some legit Systema practitioners out thier.

By: fight geek

fight geek — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 21:41:37 +0000

I’d say Benny could take out the other two dudes . . . easy! He has superior hand speed, footwork and conditioning.

By: Tong Po

Tong Po — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 18:21:39 +0000

Apparently everyone should strive to have the martial efficiency of Benny Hinn. He seemed to have learned the hadoken from Akuma himself.

By: spydaman

spydaman — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 16:47:33 +0000

I have to side with Paul PP on that one. Except for his last comment.

By: Paul PP

Paul PP — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 16:44:58 +0000

This junk is way too funny. Just give me a day of learning and a couple of puppets that fall at will and im already a master of this gay art form.
How fucking! ignorant you gotta be to sit in that class and watch this idiot!?. The last video was the best EVER!!!, i would actually pay to just watch religious loonies fall on the ground so i can laugh at them.

By: Timmy

Timmy — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 16:11:33 +0000

Systema- the Russian stuntman, actor, and professional wrestler fighting system.

By: spydaman

spydaman — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:02:13 +0000

HORRIBLE!!!

By: Sean

Sean — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 12:32:27 +0000

I couldn’t bring myself to sit through the clips in their entirety. I felt like I was watching a bad production of Swan Lake. Once again another classic post Nop. Well done.