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