Systema For Life Podcast - Episode 41: On Intuition

"Sometimes we do want to leverage our higher cognitive selves over these (intuitions)...But sometimes we need to get out of the way and trust them, because they're very, very good at making sense of, and flitering down, highly complex systems. As long as we're applying the right rules of thumb."

Glenn Murphy talks with health and wellness guru Howard Jacobson about the power of gut feelings and intuitions. An wide-ranging conversation that delves into:

• why intuitions are generally underrated
• how intutions can both help and hinder us in life
• situations in which intuitions work better than anlaysis
• how a core function of Systema is to remove or rewire unhelpful intutions

Mentioned in this episode:

Gut Feelings, by Gerd Gigerenzer
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000TO0T8U/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00555X8OA/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

The Gift of Fear, by Gavin de Becker
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0036Z9U2A/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

Black Box Thinking by Matthew Syed
https://www.amazon.com/Black-Box-Thinking-People-Mistakes-But/dp/1591848229/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1528731049&sr=8-1&keywords=black+box+thinking&dpID=41cMiQ%252B%252Bw%252BL&preST=_SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=srch

Follow Howie's healthy exploits online at www.plantyourself.com

Systema For Life Podcast - Episode 40: Andrey Patenko

"The fight is not just about the fistfight. It's about how you perform, how you prepare, what are your feelings before you start the game - the psychological aspects."

Short conversation with martial artist, master coach, bodyguard and combat tactics trainer, Andrey Patenko.

A lifelong athlete, Andrey came to the USA from Russia more than 25 years ago, after training in competitive boxing and sambo, earning his degree in Physical Culture and Sport, spending several years in Special Opertions (Spetsnaz) Units, and becoming a combat tactics instructor for Russian army and police teams. He began training Systema in earnest after moving to the USA and meeting Vladimir Vasiliev in 1998, eventually becoming one of the strongest and most formidable Systema Instructors in the nation.

Here we discuss how Systema differs from other physical sports, how Systema has influenced his training methodology with professional athletes, and the importance of teaching Systema to kids, through play.

Learn more about training strength, conditioning, firearms, and Systema with Andrey at his private facility in Philadelphia, PA at http://www.russiansystemacombat.com

Systema For Life Podcast: Episode 39: Matt Hill

"The biggest gift that Systema, Vladimir, Mikhail have given to me is to know how to take a deep breath, exhale, and transform myself...What a gift that is."

Extended interview with Matt Hill - veteran martial artist and one of Europe's foremost instructors of Systema.

Here, we discuss his path from wannabe Robin Hood to Aikido pilgrim, to Captain of an army parachute regiment, to professional Systema Instructor. Along the way, his experiences training in Japan, his pivotal first experience of Systema with Mikhail Ryabko, and his enormously popular famliy class.

Find out more about training at Matt's Systema Academy, at http://www.matthill.co.uk/

Mentioned in this episode -
Living Systema, and Matt's other excellent books - available on Amazon.com here:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B077S7Q3VN/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

Matt will be leading a 5-day Systema Fundamentals camp in Wiltshire, UK on the weekend of 4-8 July. Register online (space permitting) at http://www.matthill.co.uk/systema-fundamentals-camp-2018/