When you master knife control yourself, you will be able to see it easily on the attacker
Knife identifies the psyche of the knife user and the knife will also predict the way they will conduct the fight
If you see the knife in someone’s hand, you have about a 50/50 chance to run away
If you didn’t see it, your chances to survive are much smaller

Patience calms down the psyche. Patience removes the redundant movements, efforts, thoughts and emotions and therefore we accumulate a lot of power
Drill: Vladimir will give you 3 minutes to do 30 push ups
Spread them the way you like it, make sure that you gain power as you do it
Your arms should now feel heavy and free

The goal of this class is to see your strength and weakness, to reduce the weakness and further develop the strengths.
When working with patience, you have to see the whole picture and you have to endure to the end.
Drill: stand up and inhale and exhale to prepare for the workout

The key in Systema training is to be aware of what is happening inside you and not to lose your relaxation
Try to shift your attention to the object and then analyze yourself and continue switching your focus
As you switch, the object and its detail should expand with every focus