At Melbourne Systema classes are held in a relaxed, friendly atmosphere. Training exercises usually take place with two or more people working together to help each other learn. Each class is 1 1/2 hours in duration.
Our syllabus offers a broad range of training. For beginners, the important initial steps are in learning to fall and roll correctly, working with correct posture, breathing and movements and learning to cope with punches, kicks, grabs and holds.
As your confidence and ability grows, training will spread into the following areas of study:
·Practical and effective self-defence
·Awareness training and body language interpretation
·Psychology of a confrontation
·Exercises for health, fitness and conditioning
·Comprehensive breathing methods
·Balance, movement and coordination
·Striking using all parts of the body
·Restraining and joint locks
·Defense from various positions and multiple opponents
·Defense against common street weapons
At the end of class, the whole group sits together in a circle and everyone gets a turn to pass comments on the class. This allows any questions to be asked and answered and any insights people have had about the days training can be shared with the whole group. It also gives the instructor some feedback for future reference.
