Systema

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Systema ({{langx|ru|Система|Sistema|system}}) is a Russian martial art, since 1993.{{cite journal |last1=Secours |first1=Kevin R. |title=Takedown Defenses of Russian Systema |journal=Revista de Artes Marciales Asiáticas |date=16 July 2012 |volume=4 |issue=1 |pages=68–79 |doi=10.18002/rama.v4i1.227 |language=es |issn=2174-0747|doi-access=free |hdl=10612/16284 |hdl-access=free }}{{cite journal |last1=Doan |first1=Thi Bich-Ngoc |title=La perception juste en systema: points de vue en première personne |journal=Movement & Sport Sciences |date=2013 |issue=81 |pages=67–77 |doi=10.1051/sm/2013058 |language=fr}} There are multiple schools of systems that began appearing after the end of the Soviet Union in the 1990s, with teachers claiming their respective "systems" (usually named after themselves).{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}} Training includes, but is not limited to: hand-to-hand combat, grappling, knife fighting, and firearms training. Training involves drills and sparring without set kata.