"If the combat system of preparation of the man has not by the intermediate purpose practical health those who has
drills, it is not perfect".
There are many forms of self-defense available to anyone seeking methods of protecting themselves. With such a myriad number of accessible styles, one is left with many choices in deciding what to study. What style fits their physical makeup and physiology? What style will fit the manner in which they best learn? How long will it take to learn the particular style, and more important, how long will it be before they can use the style if they need to? With all of these questions, along with a host of others, making an objective decision on what to study and actually studying the style is a tedious process.
The Kadochnikov Style of hand-to-hand combat fighting is perhaps the most well known section of the Kadochnikov System of combat fighting and survival. Within the Kadochnikov System are other styles based within the scientific knowledge and method of application. There is a style of health maintenance, combat shooting, physical relaxation methods, etc.
The most important point of this system is to learn how to work being relaxed. It's very difficult to train yourself not to exert too much when you are faced with an attacker who is armed with a knife or a sapper's trowel. If defense is successful, through employment of Russian Style, it is possible in a matter of seconds to defuse your opponent. In the majority of variations of defense against a weapon, keeping the weapon in the hands of the attacker, causes harm to the attacker himself.
The techniques of the Russian Style do not require supra-physical ability or a large expenditure of energy. Combat makes it possible to calculate your success in many different conditions, such as in a crowed room, in a clearing in the woods, in snow up to the waist; as well as from many levels, such as standing, on your knees, or laying down. An attacker could be armed with anything, ranging from a knife, a sword, a crowbar, an ax or a pistol. Glancing from the sides at a duel will give the impression to an onlooker that the attacker should simply yield. Your opponent, having started to attack, will lose his self-control. He will change as if into a marionette, with all of the strings being in the hands of the Russian Style master.
Working in three planes is a fundamental truth of Russian hand-to-hand combat. Having mastered working in three planes, one will undoubtedly receive a combative advantage in the balance displacement of one's opponent.
At the time of World War II, Russian Hand-to-Hand combat had extended its roots from imperial-time war preparation to a group of specialized functions, partisan groups, diversionary groups and, of course scout training of any kind. Having gained practical experience, Russian Martial Art did not simply preserve its secrets, but developed them, gaming a large following of students and teachers in the area of the science of conquering. But after the war, the art of Russian hand-to-hand combat was gradually forgotten, partly in fault of the universal combat training security classification of "absolute secrecy." With such an example, our combat style was on the verge of being lost.
But, at that time, in a niche that was appearing, a flood of foreign-style combat was streaming in. Actually, there were many different styles of hand-to-hand combat that were becoming popular: exotic in their trends and lacking in their combat theories. Our Russian Style, with all of its many facets, is a part of the overall culture, unnoticed and nearly forgotten by historians. Naturally, it still exists, but only in the elite combat specialist subdivisions under the security classification of "Secret."
The concept of "weapons" in the "Russian Style" can be summed up in a thought: "Hand-to hand combat is an invisible weapon, which cannot be revealed as long as it is not being used and cannot to be taken away as long as man is still alive." Fighters are the guardians of their culture and without that, combat arts are lost in a thought, just like the eastern aspects of combat arts have been lost in our country. Because there were few of these "foreign" methods given to us, as it is said, "a good host only throws out the garbage."
It cannot be forgotten that hand-to-hand combat is only one basic part of a system of survival in extreme conditions, though at times, it is possible to triumph in combat sometimes having avoided the physical conflict.
The assessment of the situation's terrain, the time of the day and year is necessary in the "Russian style". This is probably the basic conclusive difference between hand-to-hand combat and different types of sports, many of which have lost their ties with the present combat arts.
Experiments have shown that if a man clenches his hand into a fist, even at half strength, and keeps it that way, after 74 seconds, he will run out of all of his energy. Keeping this in mind, how could he be a fighter? In the Russian Style, only one-fourth of strength is used, whereas other types of martial arts have demonstrated that a maximum amount of strength should be focused in a strike. It is only in movies that they can fight endlessly long . In real life, they would not last that long. Knowing how to use the Russian Style, even when weakened and injured, a man can defeat an attacker.
All the techniques in the Russian Style are based, first, on the laws of mechanics, the knowledge of the system of levers, piloting stability and similar concepts. In the motion of training, students leam through easy-movement drills to overcome the effort of the rival.
The course, which is brought to your attention, introduces you to the important principles that are unique in their effectiveness in combat art, including combat techniques and self-defense. Many of them are not classical, but indispensable "tricks" that are prompted by natural and living examples, knowledge of the realm of bio-mechanics, kinesiology, anatomy, physiology and other sciences on which our combat system is based and without which it would not possess.
You will touch on the experience, both in battle and life, that many generations of Slavs, living before us, left us to inherit the universal national technique of their combat art.
But remember, no instruction can give you the answers to all situations in life. Therefore, do not be afraid to develop initiative in the process of teaching. Initiative and creative activity are your allies.
In this book, we cannot give you a complete explanation of the techniques. It would be impossible. Here are merely the basic principles and parts of techniques. After all, in martial art, there is more than mere hand-to-hand combat, but also special medical sections, the art of surviving in natural and in urban environments and much more. The most important thing is the necessity of a teacher.
