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Category: ROSS

Andrey Karimov…

In defence of dance

10 Aug 201525 Sep 2018
When I started this blog, I wanted to explore Cossack culture in general and, more specifically, the interaction between the cultural and combative elements of song, dance, and martial arts…
Andrey Karimov…

Systema and the zombie apocalypse (giving you what you need)

24 Sep 20144 May 2017
I mentioned in my last post that I was hoping to get to Andrey Romanov's Systema Ryabko school. Well, nope, didn't happen. The company where I'm working on those evenings…
Health…

Aren't you a little short for a stormtrooper?

25 May 2014
Shortly after my arrival in Russia, I met Vitaliy Denisov while I was looking for a class in the Russian Martial arts. Vitaliy's an instructor in ROSS, or "the native…
Andrey Karimov…

Spring brings changes

5 May 2014
  I'm on leave. Yay! I'm have a week and a half off in total and, as I write, I'm halfway through. For the last few days, I've had visitors.…
Acting…

Three weeks in.

2 Feb 2014
I've now been in Russia for three weeks, and there have been a few developments since my last post. Not as many as I'd hoped, mind you, but still some!…
Jeff Faris…

Progress update

23 Jan 2014
After almost two weeks in St. Petersburg, I should write something about what it is I'm trying to find here in Russia (in martial arts terms), and how it's been…

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