The legendary Mikhail Ryabko is a Chief Instructor and founder of Systema. He is also a former Colonel of the Russian Special Operations Unit, with 25 years of real military experience.
Watch Mikhail in New York and Moscow at his remarkable seminars, where he takes a stick into his hands and turns it into an incomparable training tool and unsurpassed fighting weapon.
Expertly progressing from simple to more challenging drills, he prepares your hands, fingers and wrists for handling a stick and gradually works through the rest of the muscle groups. He guides you through partner and solo work and demonstrates subtle and exceedingly strong stick movements utilizing the wrist alone.In a clear and unique way, Mikhail shows how to fill the hands with freedom and power without tension.
For the first time on film, you can see Mikhail’s famous stick work while gaining the deep and profound skills necessary for training and applying the stick in a confrontation.
For our Russian speaking viewers:
All explanations in this film are in both languages – English and Russian.
Все обьяснения в фильме – сохранены и на русском, и на английском языках.
1 hour 20 min.
Support the tradition of strong spirit, profound knowledge, and dedication to training. Be a sponsor or request to be sponsored through Mikhail Ryabko Warrior’s Legacy Scholarship Fund.




Gene Tupper –
Mikhail is so incredibly skilled! I never thought, never imagined, a stick could be used that way.