I'm only going to speak in animated gifs in this thread. ;)

Bill_Dungsroman · 2011-10-20T22:30:21.000Z

Bill_Dungsroman · 2011-10-20T23:10:53.000Z

kerzain · 2011-10-20T23:48:19.000Z

IainC · 2011-10-21T02:24:16.000Z

TimElhajj:

What’s all the nonsense with the neck of the dude who ends up on the floor? I get that the defender grabs the attacker around the neck and kicks his feet out (or something), but then the defender dude seems to be giving the attacker neck nuggies or something as he lays on the floor.

Grabbing someone by the neck is an excellent way to control them. The body goes where the neck does and it’s harder for the guy being grabbed to push back.

Calistas · 2011-10-21T05:04:53.000Z

TimElhajj:

What’s all the nonsense with the neck of the dude who ends up on the floor? I get that the defender grabs the attacker around the neck and kicks his feet out (or something), but then the defender dude seems to be giving the attacker neck nuggies or something as he lays on the floor.

It’s Systema. It’s a really funky and weird martial art which is less about hitting people (although you can) and more about (in self defense terms, anyway), getting someone on the ground and successfully running away.

I tried to find some YouTube vids but most are low quality and bad. Here are a couple which show off how it looks/works.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFzNkA9-BwU

(the fat guy is one of the ‘old masters’)

Some of the videos are quite odd-looking with people falling over randomly. What is often going on is a hand is being flashed into an attacker’s face while they are charging in and your instinct is to jerk away, thinking it’s a real punch. That, combined with a push will send folks to the floor quickly and in an odd-looking way.

It’s hard to find instructors outside of the US, Canada and Eastern Europe. I would love to learn more than the two classses I managed to get to.

hong · 2011-10-21T05:08:22.000Z

If you’re going to put a hand in someone’s face, why not just punch them?

Calistas · 2011-10-21T05:17:43.000Z

Probably because putting strength into a punch is slower than a flash of fingers to the face which throws people off (and then you punch, kick, push over, etc). I dunno. Go ask a Systema teacher. It’s just one thing one of the vids is on :)

A long video with some crazy ass old Russian military training and some modern stuff. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QSpo6F92UI&feature=related

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jerri_blank · 2011-10-21T05:41:21.000Z

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RichVR · 2011-10-21T05:53:05.000Z

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RobotPants · 2011-10-21T08:57:04.000Z

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Funkula · 2011-10-21T10:02:31.000Z

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Dave_Perkins · 2011-10-21T10:10:14.000Z

It’s artilce, not artilice, you fools! You’re going to get someone killed.

Fugitive · 2011-10-21T10:13:34.000Z

BlueJackalope · 2011-10-21T10:15:06.000Z

Fugitive:

I always wondered what happened to the John 3:16 guy

Scotch_Lufkin · 2011-10-21T10:38:44.000Z

Wow. Good reflexes there, guy.

MatthewF · 2011-10-21T10:45:02.000Z

At least it wasn’t a frag grenade.

sinnick · 2011-10-21T10:52:27.000Z

MatthewF:

At least it wasn’t a frag grenade.

MatthewF · 2011-10-21T11:00:28.000Z

sinnick:

Poor Keck.

MattKeil · 2011-10-21T11:29:01.000Z