Systema: Falling backwards

[@restojon1]

First Systema video of 2019, happy new year CRT guys. Your videos keep this crippled Systema fan sane

[@transitioncrt2526]

Best wishes from the team of Transition CRT

[@carlolorca712]

Wonderful videos, very good explanations and examples with a very good English 👍🌈🙂

[@annoyed707]

Choosing a side for first contact is important because you want to avoid hitting your coccyx (tail bone). Anyone who has done that knows why you don't want to do that. It also minimizes contact with the spinal area.

[@RichyParton]

Alex! Great Mindset to make full use of the ground as a positive motion for you. Great instruction again. Thanks 🇬🇧

[@transitioncrt2526]

+Richy Parton Thank you for the compliments. We are glad you enjoy our instructions!

[@annoyed707]

Keep breathing, and if possible let the air out a bit on or during impact. It helps dissipate some of the force and keeps you more relaxed.

[@alwaysready6017]

This is a little bit better than the MCMAP rear break fall. Turning your body on one butt cheek. Changes the direction of the impact. Instead of going straight back. And absorbing through both but cheeks. I will be testing this drastically. Before making it a replacement technique. Thank you very much. For your time. And sharing what you learned in the military. With regular people or all countries. Your a good person. No matter who has died.

[@mokyan7]

Good flexibility you show. Nice examples that help show what you are saying. I have seen Australian commando instructions to basically tuck down and roll, since it is cement and not mats. Also have seen instructions to take a step back, crouch down while rolling back. I have done both on cement and they work. In all examples, don’t think “fall” but rather, get lower, crouch and roll to dissipate force. Then keep distance from opponent and seek to get back up

[@annoyed707]

The first thing to learn is how not to hurt yourself falling. It makes more sense to have the option to roll or not since you don't know where you will be or what direction you may need to move in. If you can't roll back because of an obstacle, being tackled low, or a drop behind you, only having a roll to work with could make the situation worse. That said, I do love a good roll out of danger. One important thing to watch with rolls is your awareness: keeping an attacker in peripheral vision, not getting dirt in your eyes, and getting up in a way that doesn't make you vulnerable.

[@mahesh-ep4rs]

excellent

[@JP-qz9uz]

Nice. Thanks Alex!

[@kgbpomp7751]

Perfect

[@Edwardegraham]

Thank you Instructor. I notice that your squat has ankles flexed, and also with Col V’s method; however, as a soldier’s art, you wear combat boots, and the ankle remains at about 90 degrees. Im working with this with my squats, even supporting my heels. What say about this, Instructor?

[@transitioncrt2526]

Good question! Depending on your situation (for example your gear) you will always have to adjust your way of moving. Some combat boots will definitely deny you to squat all the way down with your ankles like we show in the video. In that case you might squat less deep.

[@Edwardegraham]

Transition CRT in Strong on Defense, he suggests supporting the heels. I guess it depends on what you wear to work, da?

[@thailam4836]

Mohammad ali how you catch rain

[@gase9256]

2:36 True Gopnik

[@restojon1]

Heels in sky = western spy

[@lucubri1678]

You are “tapping” the ground with arms too wide. If you want to absorb impact you need to have your hands little bit closer to your body, about 45 angle.

[@annoyed707]

It isn't a judo maximum surface area technique as much as it is about letting kinetic energy escape out the arms instead of reverberating around inside the body. Certainly it could be a bit narrower and work too.

[@devantependleton5221]

What if we slip?

[@annoyed707]

Breathing is important but I don't think that you mentioned it.

[@butthep3242]

It would be better if you guys explain through physics laws