C.J.W. wrote:
Just as Taiji practitioners who focus too much on cooperative PH often end up losing touch with the realities of combat, I must say I have seen a similar pattern emerging in Systema.
I think there is something in that, which is why, for me, it's important to get over and train with the "big guys" as often as you can. It's easy to fall into patterns of comfortable training, where everyone knows each other and everything works. We all need shaking up every now and then and a good dose of reality