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my experience with systema (only one seminar) was dissapointing. Of course, I'm biased to what I know and like and I'm really not into "RBSD" systems like Krav, Kapap, FIGHT etc - I think it's an excuse to wear camo and hit heavy bags, which if I wanted to do I'd go to Iraq.
Anyway, the systema demos I witnessed reminded me of a Steven Seagal Aikido demo - very giving Ukes coming from all directions and being taken down in a fluid manner, one by one or a few at once, by the "master". As far as basic applications go, there's nothing impressive that you couldn't get from any other RBSD or by knowing a little Judo, Karate, Jiu Jitsu, Boxing, Wrestling what have you.

I don't even know what Hikuta is.

Just my 2 cents.

let me just share a little of what i read about HIKUTA for one of their websites. gotta warn you, don't laugh. well, a man by the name of DOK LEE is known as the founder of this style. he told his students he learned it form secret military forces. he also says it originated in egypt in the days of the pharoahs from a system called KUTA. they have this weird type of hitting with the fist called the KUTA FIST. you guys should check it out.

hi- i have been lucky enough to train in both systema and kuta (sometimes called hikuta). my teacher in systema is george Pogacich and he trained with Vasiliev. i am quite impressed with systema, and i tend to agree that one would be better off training in something else and being able to fight first, although George does not agree(but he was a very accomplshed martial artist first). Now on to kuta: there seems to be lot of negativity surrounding kuta, and that is understandable. I trained with "Dok Lee" (not his real name ) in 1969 and 70. He had a lot of stories that were hard to believe, but let me tell you that he has something. and it was fast and it was powerful. it was the fastest, most direct, to-the-point self-defense i have ever seen. To my knowledge, i am the oldest living practitioner of kuta. I have a $5000 reward for anyone who can prove he trained with Lee before 1969, other than Calvin Kalasoukis, if he is still alive and out in the real world. or any one who can prove the existance of 'kuta' before 1969. Wherever it came form or whatever its real name is, if it has a name- it works 100% off reflex. anyone who makes fun of the kuta hand or kuta does NOT know what they are talking about. I have taught this art to a handful of very high-end martial artists, including two 9th dan karate pioneers. I did this to get help in analyzing and critiquing kuta. i have had only one negative piece of feedback and it was very minor indeed. It is very curious that you ask about systema and kuta in the same breath. They have similar concepts in that they both work on instinctive reaction- the techniques are different, but some overlap.kuta is much, much more simple in that there are only two essential moves and a very few variations. kuta concepts can be applied to other arts with good results. Lee did not like to train people long, esp if they started to get good at it or if he did not approve of their ethnicity. One exception is Al Abidin of California, who studied extensively with Lee and is the most well-trained kuta man we know of. In the 80's, i think, Lee was talked into making a book and tape of hilariously poor quality. He is not a good presenter and left critial components out of the material. He added in some backyard self-defense and marketed it out as 'hikuta'. This is a joke, at best. The art was called 'kuta' as he taught it to me, but there is doubt in my mind and others as to whether this name is a fabrication as well. He claimed it has troots in Egypt, but kuta is not an Arabic word. For lack of any other information, which i am willing to pay dearly for, we (I) will call it kuta, claim it has roots in Egypt, and also claim that it is the fastest, most direct to-the-point system in the world. Dr. L. William Pogue- oldest known kuta practitioner

I have attended a Systema seminar once with a friend. It almost seems like a religion, as in "It is real if you believe it to be." When the instructor did his little chi-strike on me, I didn't feel a thing. He then told me it was because my soul is not accepting his chi strike. And when I do it, it also didn't work because "I didn't believe it would work". So I guess for Systema wo win in a match, you better hope the opponent is also believer.

Yes as a matter of fact Hikuta is a very deadly art I can tell you as a practioner and instructor of Kuta I know all to well its applications and power. when used by a skilled kuta practitioner Hikuta is virtually undefeatable. a truly dangerous art for the sole reason that it was created. To learn more of this amazing system go to walk-without-fear.com

Hikuta is and always has been bullshit. And by "always" I do not mean "back in the days of the Pharoahs".

"Defender of Kings" Lee was a 100% pure home grown American fraud.

That's all you need to know.