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