Not a dream, not a hoax, not an imaginary story! Systema vs MMA sparring vid

**Rivington** · Posted On: 8/14/2011 12:03am

Well, it doesn't just look like kickboxing.

As far as what it looks like, well...weird bad tongbeiesque punches, kicks, playground headlocks, and inappropriate spinning around? But the systema guy wasn't just outright murdered, so I suppose that's something.

**gregaquaman** · Posted On: 8/14/2011 12:16am

Before everybody gets all style huffy. Sparring is sparring. If you saw me yesterday you would believe MMA is innefective against MMA. And I got toweled.

**Rivington** · Posted On: 8/14/2011 12:24am

Sure—they're not trying to kill one another. But Systymie up there sure likes keeping his hands at his side, doing Ministry of Silly Walk kicks, and turning his back on his opponent.

***TaeBo_Master*** · Posted On: 8/14/2011 12:41am

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and guess that the Systema guy was the one wearing camo pants? I know, I know. Psychic.

Actually not too shabby all in all. The first half of the vid seemed roughly 50/50. But in the second half, Mr. Systema was gradually eating more and more solid shots that probably would've put him on his ass in a non-sparring situation. Gotta say though, best video representation of Systema that I've seen.