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New SF Book coming out soon

Image Courtesy of: ‘National Institute of Standards and Technology Digital Collections,

Information Services Division, Gaithersburg, MD 20899

The Image above is for some piece of equipment that The Museum of National Standards and Technology has no idea as to what it did or was used for or how to use it. It probably dates from the early 1900s and all that is known about it is that it was built by the “Otto-Wolff Gruppe“. For those of you a little more au fait with crazily advanced German technology, this should come as no surprise. Read more »

By G | 17 April 2011 | Posted in News

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Yuri Gagarin

And a free science fiction story e-mailed to you if you want it (see end of this post)

That rough sphere of metal, scorched from re-entry is what the first man to orbit the Earth came down from the sky in. He landed in a farmer’s field, the heat of re-entry scorching some of the man’s crops, and the farmer, astonished at this Starman nevertheless offered him some bread and milk.

This happened exactly 50 years ago today. Gagarin was probably the first man from history I admired the most and wanted to know about the most. He had flown eight years and few months before I was born, and although I knew as much as there was to know about the Apollo flights, information on the Vostok capsules and Gagarin himself was much scarcer to come by. I was probably the only 12 year old who actually knew the Vostok had a superior escape mechanism to even the space shuttle today.

By G | 11 April 2011 | Posted in Ancient Technology

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Systema: The Russian Martial System — Now on Amazon.com

The book is finally available on Amazon.com, HERE. Table of contents added at the end of this post. Read more »

By G | 27 March 2011 | Posted in Martial Arts, News, Systema

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Achilles Tendon Rupture Recovery Manual

Reading Time: 12 minutes, (but if you follow all the links an hour or so); Skimming highlights, 2-3 minutes.

Before we get into the very serious business of making sure you can heal your ruptured Achilles tendon in the best way possible, I think we can all agree that if that statue is a faithful representation of Achilles, then we can better understand why he was eager to live fast and die young. He certainly wasn’t going to be remembered for his penis size was he? Read more »

By G | 14 March 2011 | Posted in Brain-Mind Functionality, Human Performance, Medical Science

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Systema Books Shipping SOON!

FINALLY! It’s here! It’s been printed, and the first small shipment for the VIPs (those of you who have already paid for this book) should be sent out early next week, so the books should be with you by the end of next week or so.

You should also be able to find the book on amazon.com in the next few weeks, but for those of you who can’t wait any longer, we still have a few copies available for the VIP shipment and you can still get one here: www.systemabook.com.

I am happy with the quality of it, and I hope you will be too. My thanks to all of you who have been so supportive over the last few months. Enjoy your training!

By G | 7 March 2011 | Posted in Brain-Mind Functionality, Human Performance, Martial Arts, News, Systema

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Systema Book Update

Camouflaged Work in Progress in Brazil

Well over a 100 people have paid in advance for my soon to be released book Systema : The Russian Martial System and these kind souls have quietly waited for news of when they will finally be receiving their signed advance copy. This post if first of all a way to thank them for their patience, which has been truly humbling. I have received a grand total of only 6 very polite e-mails asking for further information from these patient souls. In contrast, I have received more than three dozen e-mails (38 if I counted correctly), of general support through this difficult time from the very same group. To every single one of you advance buyers, I want to express a truly heartfelt THANK YOU! Read more »