I would like to introduce you to the serious method that was included in my arsenal of knowledge. It’s called Pilates. Initially, it was complex of exercises with a belt system for the rehabilitation of the wounded solders during World War I and developed by Joseph Pilates based on yoga, taichi and other Eastern traditions.

Russian sambo fighter and mixed martial arts fighter, European champion in combat sambo and mixed martial arts visiting the "Knife Fencing Federation".

The second workshop, which was held as part of the Knife party, was devoted to the fight in the middle distance according to the FNF. It is my beloved topic and I may talk about it very long and exciting. I’ll describe the main points here.

Over the past six months, I have been conducting 3 workshops dedicated to the main topics in a knife fight. The first workshop was dedicated to the clinch in a confined space.

How modern psychotechnology helps to improve the effectiveness of training. The movement and condition of the foundation of martial arts. We can memorize movements, gradually turning them into reflexes and work with the internal state of being. Most of the trainings are dedicated to this very thing - to learn how to react in a certain way and bring it into automatism.

Such means for self-defense, such as: tactical pens, kubotans and javar are in fashion. This is a kind of self-defense weapon created by the Japanese Soke Kubota Takayuki, a recognized master of martial arts, as part of the concept of “unarmed defense”.