Exactly what the title says, what do the Japanese think about Russian Systema?I love the art and am wondering if it's really been exposed to Japan and if so what thoughts they have of it and what they think of it compared to other martial arts that is of origin from their own country?I know that Systema is not a sport unlike the others except ninjitsu and maybe a few others.

yeah ,good advice

they probably dont know systema. as far as i know japanese thinks their martial arts is the best and they rarely interested in foreigner arts because they hate foreigners. and why would they need russian systema they have their own ju-jitsu and judo goshin jutsu no kata these two is basicaly same stuff for self defence against knives and other weapons and actually if you talking about Ryabko systema then i have bad opinion about that one because mr. Ryabko is fat ass and all his art (?) based on one persons experience (that is bad) and that person dont even have proper experience to teach peoples self defence. russian martial arts is prety much full of bull... because they allways mixing street fighting with their "legendary" specnaz and these two is not really good for each other because street fighting is for streets and for civilians and it should not be mixed with millitary system and specnaz is not even millitary system anymore nowdays it only serves for show. yes for show. all specnaz systema is for show nowdays it have nothing to do with real millitary trainings which is not about fists and knives anymore.