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From the Publishers of the Professional Action Library: http://www.Paladin-Press.com/product/Combat-Systema-Vol1-Hand-to-Hand-Combat | COMBAT SYSTEMA | The Russian Martial Art of Hand-to-Hand Combat | with Kevin Secours Russian Systema traces its origins to various Cossack systems of the 10th century, including Gruntovsky, Buza, and Skobar styles. These styles were typically defined by the absence of rote memorization and fixed techniques. Later when the Soviet government commissioned the development of a research center for human maximization, the synthesized research in the Asian arts -- along with a consolidation of the most pertinent attributes of their indigenous Russian systems -- created various systems of combat purpose-designed to meet the demands of the modern soldier. These combat systems included sport sambo, combat sambo, and Samoz, which later evolved into Systema (or the "system"). The Combat Systema approach outlined in this video series was created by Kev…