| Russian martial art training and kettlebell training | | | | water with their sabres for hours on end. The |
| involves elements of strength, flexibility and | | | | secret was to be in total relaxation until the |
| relaxation. Many would argue that speed and | | | | moment of strike when all the power of the body |
| technique should also be included, but given that | | | | was concentrated in the one blow, and then |
| you have trained in all three of these disciplines, | | | | reverting to total bodily relaxation immediately |
| then speed will come naturally. Technique is | | | | after. In that way, strength and stamina were |
| immaterial: it is related to what you do, not how | | | | maintained while the blow itself was imparted with |
| you do it. | | | | the maximum possible strength of the whole |
| Training, on the other hand, is how you do what | | | | body. |
| you do. The what is irrelevant. It is the how that | | | | Flexibility is the true secret behind supreme martial |
| matters. A boxer cares not what a karate | | | | art power, and the one bodily attribute that is |
| student does, but only what he himself does. A | | | | most ignored and misunderstood by the majority |
| man or woman facing opponents is not concerned | | | | of martial art exponents. Russian martial art |
| with what others can do, but only with they do | | | | techniques make best use of supreme strength |
| themselves. It is not the 'what' but the 'how' that | | | | and absolute power through the understanding of |
| matters, and the 'how' is related to training, | | | | how to properly relax between blows. The |
| practice and knowledge. | | | | supreme power of a martial art punch is used |
| The training of Russian martial artists is designed | | | | through a total understanding of the levers of the |
| to improved the 'how'. Russian martial art has no | | | | body, the muscles that move them and the |
| need of pre-orchestrated movements or katas | | | | relaxation that allows these muscles to exert |
| as Japanese and Chinese martial arts have. Much | | | | maximum power to the levers. |
| has been written about Russian martial arts and | | | | A powerful punch is a rapid snap with maximum |
| their means of attack and self defence, a lot of | | | | power and then total relaxation until the next |
| which is based on the popular view of the Russian | | | | punch. Russians are trained in dynamic relaxation |
| Special Forces. Most Special Forces can employ | | | | exercises in all athletic training, and the fast and |
| the techniques used by their Russian counterparts, | | | | loose techniques they use are ideal for the rigors |
| but it is the Russian methods of training that | | | | of absolute mastery in martial arts. |
| make the difference. | | | | Russian martial art training and kettlebell training is |
| Pavel Tsatsouline, trainer to the Russian military | | | | not the theatrically disciplined art of the Chinese |
| and then the American Special Forces and other | | | | and Japanese, but a technique designed for |
| military personnel, teaches you the secrets of the | | | | maximum power and effect in attack and not |
| super-strong and of attaining supreme martial arts | | | | just self defence. The use of the power of the |
| power. He does this through use of Russian | | | | human body can be maximized only by developing |
| kettlebells and the tension and relaxation | | | | the supreme strength possible through kettlebell |
| techniques used by the Cossacks who could slice | | | | exercise, and the flexibility and relaxation |
| a man from shoulder to buttocks with only a light | | | | techniques as taught by the master of the |
| one handed sabre. | | | | Russian martial art, Pavel Tsatsouline, master |
| The Cossacks trained by standing in a lake or | | | | teacher of Russian and American Special Forces |
| river up to their waist and then slicing into the | | | | personnel. |