Being adopted from Russia as an infant, I decided to explore Russian history, and found Systema as a unique form of martial arts from the Slavic regions throughout history. Jim and my fellow students were incredible to learn with, the experience was fun, positive, and very close-knit. What I learned from Jim brought a whole new perspective on human movement, energy, and conditioning, he is an excellent instructor who excels at transferring the daunting and the complexity of Systema into an intuitive, easy to grasp simplicity. The fellow students I learned with were fun and great company, we helped each other out and challenged each other to do our best. Incredible experience,... read full review
November 2024
Jim is wonderful! He is so kind, skillful, and patient. We're doing one on one sessions and the skills he teaches can be used immediately in real world applications and it's a blast! Highly recommend!
October 2024
I had a real workout in this class. The tasks combined agility and creativity with strength building, which is why I’m interested in martial arts. The teacher Jim seemed to know what my general capacity was and set the level of each exercise to be challenging yet manageable for me.
Being adopted from Russia as an infant, I decided to explore Russian history, and found Systema as a unique form of martial arts from the Slavic regions throughout history. Jim and my fellow students were incredible to learn with, the experience was fun, positive, and very close-knit. What I learned from Jim brought a whole new perspective on human movement, energy, and conditioning, he is an excellent instructor who excels at transferring the daunting and the complexity of Systema into an intuitive, easy to grasp simplicity. The fellow students I learned with were fun and great company, we helped each other out and challenged each other to do our best. Incredible experience,... read full review
Jim is wonderful! He is so kind, skillful, and patient. We're doing one on one sessions and the skills he teaches can be used immediately in real world applications and it's a blast! Highly recommend!
I had a real workout in this class. The tasks combined agility and creativity with strength building, which is why I’m interested in martial arts. The teacher Jim seemed to know what my general capacity was and set the level of each exercise to be challenging yet manageable for me.