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Originally Posted by ViceGrip
Hmmm..interesting. If you could please post video of you and your friend 'fisting each other in the OT forum, it might make a believer out of me. Please entitle it 'Fisting my friend to Explore the Systema method of Striking. I'll review it with my peers, and we'll let you know what we think.
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Systema is 90% bullshit, but their punches are very "efficient". I see a lot of russian fighters, including Fedor and Vovchanchyn punch in a simliar way. Very fluid and loose. You can see the wave of energy travel from their hip to their arm, as if their whole body was a whip.
They seem to be able to transfer nearly all the force from a small hip movement into the tip of their fist, resulting in decent power but the upper body muscles don't have to do nearly as much work as they would in traditional boxing. I don't throw my punches looping like they do, but I do think that dicking around with Systema has improved my boxing power and smoothness.