Any sine of Coach Sonnon in the uk

[AnthonyThompson]

hi ppl

its my first post here just wanted to ask if there are any RMAx/softwork instructor or repsentivs in the uk. As having seen a limted amount of the information with in Coach Sonnon,s programs .Information thats on offer that is lacking in my current training.

I have been very inprested by Coach Sonnon,s abilaty to pass on information and his consice and clear explations of his training methods.

so anyone in the uk doing RMAX/Softwork
or any palns for a uk seminar

cheers

Anthony

[bob_stra]

so anyone in the uk doing RMAX/Softwork
or any palns for a uk seminar


You know, Google-ability isn't much of a superpower (and it certainly won't get you laid as much as say...flying or spider sense), but at times like this it seems....kinda handy :lol:

http://www.formauk.org/education.html

[AnthonyThompson]

hi


thanks for the reply but Iam aware of formuk ,

I was looking for some one who practises softwork rather than ross system


whitch from what I have read on this site is Coach Sonnons own work

Anthony

[Scott Sonnon]

If you can explain your background, stumbling blocks and goals, perhaps I can help, Anthony.

[AnthonyThompson]

hi coach sonnon

well my back ground is in judo since age 4 and studied many other (taichi, jujutsu ,thai etc) martial arts and the past few years my foucs is main in systema .although I still study and compet in judo

well like most martial arts I know. I wish to get better at what I do rather than just carry on at my presnt level .

before decovering russian martial arts in the form of systema I was constanly presure testing and what resluted was injures mainly rather than an improvment to my ablity to apply my skills .

after a friend post me the link to ur sortwork dvd preview clip I was blowen way with what saw , I read the imformation on your site regurding softwork
and how this is ment to although a person through training to increse there abilty to prefromin real circumstanecs atfer hard work is intergrated . and basicly to qutoe the site "make any system u train in your system" how could I not wish to tain in this hence my question about any uk reps or seminar .

anthony

[Scott Sonnon]

Anthony,

Thank you for your kind words on the Softwork film trailer. The full movie should be released on DVD in a few weeks.

There aren't any RMAX instructors currently in the UK, though there are quite a few practitioners. I don't have any seminars planned in the UK for 2005 yet. Feel free to contact the office if you're interested in organizing one at your school. There is a CST Instructor, Mike Nash, in London, as Jim Lewis, the UK distributor for RMAX.

Please explain where you find your current training limiting you. Then perhaps I can direct you to the most appropriate resource.

[AnthonyThompson]

thank you Coach Sonnon for your speedy reply


I feel that the main thing i feel lacking method that intergrates soft skill developing work with hard work . in a effectie way

Anthony

[Scott Sonnon]

Anthony,

I suggest that you begin with Three Dimensional Physical Preparedness (http://www.rmax.tv/3dpp.html) and the Softwork DVD when it releases.

You don't need to wait for hands on instruction. Get your partners together and start exploring RMAX on your own.

[AnthonyThompson]

Thank you Coach Sonnon for you advice
and speedy replys

anthony

[bob_stra]

whitch from what I have read on this site is Coach Sonnons own work

Anthony

I always assumed softwork (per se) was a intrinsic element of Russian systems? Maybe I'm getting confused with some of the Systema stuff I've seen online as it looked similar to the Softwork preview trailer. (No doubt as always, devil is in the details)

Can someone clue me into this? Specifically what is the difference between the "softwork" one sees in Systema and Softwork proper.

Sorry I couldn't be more helpful - I was proceeding from a (seemingly) erroneous assumption.

[Scott Sonnon]

Softwork is not Russian Martial Art, and certainly not Systema (which is very much "Russian Martial Art" as Vladimir Vasiliev trademarked both terms: RMA and Systema.) Many arts "work softly" but "Softwork" is a term I coined in 1996 to refer to a specific method which I was researching and developing. Vladimir Vasiliev's "System" and my RMAX are as similar as aspects of our histories, and as disparate as our research and pedagogical focus.

Softwork is a specific process which I developed for discharging Density and increasing Plasticity (within oneself and within one's partner.) People at the seminar will tell you this is a very detailed theory and application (though the application requires little verbal discussion.)

Softwork is one half of the Softwork-Hardwork Continuum, which forms one aspect of the triumvirate of the Three Dimensional Performance Pyramid (http://www.rmax.tv/3dpp.html) (3DPP). The 3DPP is the physical culture doctrine of RMAX.
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[bob_stra]

Thank you for clearing that up Scott.

Do I understand you correctly - "Softwork" is the result of your explorations and is not even a part of ROSS per se (or ROSS as taught elsewhere)?

Ie: as in Clubbell work (your own genius) : ROSS training directions (Gen. Retuinskih).

[Scott Sonnon]

That's correct. ROSS people here in USA use RMAX to enhance their performance, but there is a distinction between Alexander's ROSS, and RMAX (which is very simply illustrated above.)