Maxim Franz was born in the Ural mountain region of Russia.His military service was in the Russian Navy, Marines Brigade, with his primary operations as a Marine Sniper from 1988 – 1990.Once he had completed his military service, he immigrated to Canada and has lived there since 1998.
Once moving to Canada Max began his study of Systema in 1998 training directly with Vladimir Vasiliev at Systema headquarters in Toronto Canada. He is a certified senior instructor conducting regular classes at the headquarters training centre. Max has taught numerous international seminars and instructed various law enforcement and military specialists including the Mexico police and Canadian Special Forces.
Systema excels at teaching self defence though contact and adaptation utilising movement, relaxation and breathing. The body learns to move and save you far more quickly than the mind, or any learned technique, defensive pattern or posture. Combining subtlety of movement with explosive bursts of power Max will teach you how to use Systema to be continuously creative in all areas of combat.
