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