Seminar Review from Delaware

The below is a review from my seminar in Delaware by Patrick Keller.

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"Thanks to Emmanuel Manolakakis for great two day RMA seminar! Emmanuel started Saturday's seminar covering some interesting and often overlooked aspects of ground combat and then moved on to teaching how to work from the transitional phase of moving from the ground to standing and back to the ground again. Emmanuel then moved on from ground and transitional work to leg work. Once again we started from the ground up working with our legs for position, direction, and impact. We moved on as Emmanuel demonstrated the subtle leg work that is the hallmark of the masterful movement of Vladimir and Mikhail. Saturday's session ended as we practiced the synergy of working with all of the aspects of ground, transitional, leg, and subtle movement together.

Sunday arrived and of course... we added in hitting, and then hitting, and after that some hitting. Emmanuel started Sunday's seminar teaching some of the key principles of hitting with a live fist: structural alignment, adding weight to the fist, striking with a purpose, relaxing the shoulders and maximizing impact power by connecting it all together to name a few. As the session progressed Emmanuel added in the concept of breaking structure and began to layer in some of the work we had done the day before. Sunday's seminar ended with free flowing dynamic training using all of the concepts, principles and tactics demonstrated throughout the weekend. I would be remiss if I didn't mention the overarching principles of efficiency and effort that Emmanuel stressed in everything we did.

On a personal note: I found Emmanuel's instruction purposeful, challenging and thought provoking. His character, humanity and compassion were evident in his words and actions. His support, wisdom and fellowship were also greatly appreciated. It was an honor to have him and a testament to his teachers".

Patrick Keller