The training program at Systema Northwest includes, but is not limited to, the following:
- Foundations: Unique Russian methods for proper breathing, relaxation, movement, and posture
- Advanced breath and energy work
- Special Russian conditioning work for total freedom of movement of every joint of the body
- Strikes from any angle in every possible combination
- Practical kicking and defense against kicks
- Safe falling and rolls
- Defense against weapons
- Defense in confined spaces
- Holds and releases
- Throws, countering throws, trips, sweeps and counters
- Groundwork and defense against wrestling maneuvers
- Special Russian situational simulations for intuition, sensitivity, awareness and confidence
- Bodyguarding and personal protection
- Russian weapons training, including the Spetsnaz shovel and other military equipment
- Defense against mass attasks
- Improvised weapons
The work described above is not taught as pre-molded techniques, nor as performance art, but rather as an entire syllabus of natural movement training scenarios that elicit and reinforce your own body's preferred instinct of survival response.
In addition to the topics above, special courses with custom focus can be designed for students with particular personal or professional needs.
