TACGYM can appear to have elements of Russian Systema, Chinese Bagua, Indonesian Silat, French Parkour, Persian Zurkhaneh, Brazilian Gymnastica Natural, and Indian Vyayam.
Iʼve put it under the most difficult trials possible, placing myself in one combat sport after another - at an international championship level - to debug all the problems and plug all the gaps.
I cannot promise you that youʼll become an overnight snake eater, or Musashi in a month. I cannot guarantee you that youʼll be able to levitate, throw fireballs, or teleport either. No hype. No buzz. No BS: • You will increase your ability to express power while decreasing how much effort required to do so.
Itʼs easiest for me to refer to it as “our gymnastics” but since it appears too ambiguous a title, I adopted tactical gymnastics in honor of the martial heritage of my coaches.
• You will be smoother in everything that you do, all your exercise, recreation and even job-related activities will be done with greater suppleness and grace.
• You will recover much more rapidly from sudden changes in movement, accidents, collisions, destabilizations, and forced translations.
However, after all these years of synthesis, I cannot remember where I first learned any one movement, which held primary influence or even how to differentiate movements any longer.
• You will reduce and eliminate acute and chronic pains that may be riddling you, leading to improved quality of life.
For me, thereʼs only incremental progression, biomechanical efficiency and specific preparedness: baby steps, flow and purpose.
• You will prevent injuries from happening, and lessen those severe injuries which may occur, as your con[...].
And in many cases, I had to graft components together to form new movements to meet the fighting needs of my students.
These three concentrations united all of the broad shoulders I stand upon." TACGYM, I can say without reservation, is the pinnacle of my career in consolidating the principles and concepts of the science of flow into concrete, easy to follow, simple to progress building blocks of movement.
And the data that Iʼve received from my personal application, as well as the ongoing feedback I receive from the agencies I consult, has forced me to evolve my coaching to the point of publishing Tactical Gymnastics.
• You will feel much more energy throughout your body, and throughout your day, and that will have a dramatic impact upon your mood, attitude and perspective.