There is always a bit of lull in summer training, with everybody traveling and busy with other summer activities, and this year I am doing quite a bit of travelling myself. I’ll be out of town quite a bit from now until the end of August and will have to cancel three regular classes. July 31st, August 14th, and August 21st will all be cancelled while I am in Canada, Hawaii, Michigan, and Wisconsin. There will be class on August 7th if you can make it.

I hope you’re all having a great summer and continuing your training and practice on your own. I am looking forward to regular classes starting up again, and hope to see you all for training. I’ll be back ongoing in September and classes will continue as usual.

In observance of Memorial Day the dojo is closed, and there will be no Systema class tonight. Take some time today to remember those who sacrificed themselves for the sake of others. Consider those qualities in yourself and others which endow us all with the capacity for such greatness. Classes will resume next week at the regular time. Hope to see you there!

Movement Daily with Kaizen Taki has released a Systema Common Thread Series Video Course. The complete course includes in depth lessons from a 2012 workshop with Kaizen Taki. This workshop offers detailed drill progressions, principle theory, plus clear explanations of how the same principles apply to Massage, Hand-to-Hand, Strikes, and Weapons Use.

This is awesome! I participated in the original workshop (that me in the photo all locked up) and can tell you the content and the teaching are exceptional. Here are deep principals of Systema explored through a variety of exercises and applications. Highly recommended!

You can watch preview videos and enroll in the course here.

We usually don’t have class on a holiday, but our schedule got so turned around with the ice storm, the snow storm, and the previous holidays that we decided to have Systema class this Monday as usual. Hope you all can make it.

Class will be Monday 6:45-8 as always, and we should be back on schedule for a while now.

See you soon!

Due to inclement weather, our planned Wednesday night Systema class in cancelled for January 4th. It is Best Martial Arts Institute policy that the dojo is closed when local schools and their afternoon and evening activities are cancelled, as they are today, due to a pretty heavy snowfall in Eugene.

Stay safe out there, do some push-ups, and I hope to see you on Monday, January 9th for a return to our regular Monday night classes.

Due to the holiday, our regular Monday class on Dec. 26th will not meet. However, we will meet on Wednesday Dec. 28th instead, same time from 6:45-8pm. Afterwards, we’ll be going out for an end of year dinner celebration at Izakaya Meiji Company located at 345 Van Buren Street in the Whiteaker neighborohood. So join us for a fun night of training, food, and drinks!

The following week our schedule will also shift from Monday to Wednesday to accommodate the New Year holiday. That means we will not meet on Monday Jan. 2nd, but instead will meet on Wed. Jan 4th.

After the next two weeks our regular Monday schedule will resume. I’m looking forward to another great year of training with you all!

Movement Daily with Kaizen Taki has released a Systema Health and Healing Video Course. The complete course includes in depth lessons from a 2013 three day workshop with Konstantin Komarov. The content is wholly devoted to the health and healing that represents the fundamental core work of systema.

I was at this seminar and was blow away by the breadth and depth of what Konstantin taught. I can’t recommend this highly enough. The body weight massage instructions are worth the price of admission alone, and there is so much more.

Major Konstantin Komarov, Ret, has a PhD in Combat Psychology, and is a commander, trainer, and educator to military professionals, a highly experienced bodyguard, a mentor to troubled youth, and a trainer to numerous Systema practitioners around the world. He deftly combines detailed explanations with hands on work in a meticulously planned teaching progression.

Since this course focuses on entirely on health and healing, and not on martial arts aspect of Systema, anybody could benefit from this course!

Best Martial Arts Institute is closed on Monday, October 31st. There will be no regular Systema class that day. Our usual class time will resume next Monday, November 6th. Hope you all have a great week! I look forward to training with you next Monday.

As always, you can take this week off to develop your personal training. Focusing on breathing exercises, core exercises, permeation and relaxation, crawling, walking, and transitions to and from the ground are all great ways to deepen your training on your own. Huge benefits can be had from this type of work in every area of your life. Very simple things can yield profound results.

Just a reminder that Best Martial Arts Institute is closed on Monday (today) in honor of Labor Day. There is no Systema class tonight. Hope you all are having a great week. Regular Monday training will resume next week at the regular time.

Just a last minute reminder to everyone that Best Martial Arts Institute is closed for the July 4th holiday. There will be no Systema class tonight. Regular Monday night classes will resume next week on July 11th. Hope to see you then.