Read Dr Oleg Maltsev’s “Black Centaur” and say goodbye to European illusions once and for all
By the time he began working on the book, Oleg Maltsev had already completed extensive preparatory research: he had thoroughly studied existing academic publications, ethnographic materials, and journalistic investigations. However, this vast array of open sources revealed a major problem: the researcher had access to descriptions of the phenomenon from the outside, but there was virtually no information on how this system functioned from the inside, how knowledge was transmitted, and how one gained access to it. The only way to understand this closed civilization was to overcome the external barrier and find a guide from within the tradition itself.
THE TECHNOLOGICAL SATURATION HYPOTHESIS OF BASIC MOTOR SOLUTIONS IN CLOSE COMBAT
Thousands of techniques — but only a limited number of fundamental mechanisms? Abstract The history of close combat contains an…
HOW AN ERROR BECAME A PEDAGOGICAL SYSTEM
The Post-Soviet Doctrine of the “Automatic Fighter” and the Myth of the Physiological Superiority of Defense After 1991, the Russian-speaking…
Oleg Maltsev presented a report at a conference at the University of Brighton
From July 22 to 24, 2026, the University of Brighton hosted the 10th annual conference of the Martial Arts Studies…
Academician Yakovlev: Engineering the Professional
A Soviet Model of Task-Oriented Training Universities are built around programs. First comes the curriculum. Then the student enters it….
THE BOAS OF JAPAN
How did a country with no native boas develop one of the world’s most sophisticated systems of strangulation? Some questions…
THE DETAILS OF CUS D’AMATO’S STYLE
The Uncompromised Pendulum — Chapter XI When Every Movement Has a Purpose A punch can be learned. A defensive movement…
The Structure of Training. The Two Circles That Never Stop
The Uncompromising Pendulum — Part X Two Circles. One System. Training in Cus D’Amato’s system is not a schedule. It…
The Master and the Algorithm
Why Digital Technologies Will Never Replace the Mentor—But Are Already Transforming the Way Fighters Are Trained When Every Movement Was…
The Mathematics of Triumph: The Formula Behind Cus D’Amato’s Champions
The Uncompromising Pendulum — Part IX The Formula The ninth chapter of The Uncompromising Pendulum reveals the fundamental formula of…
The Cane as a Weapon of Superiority: The Forgotten Science of Power, Control and Mastery
There is a weapon that is never concealed. It is carried openly, placed on the table in a meeting room,…
«World of Martial Arts» opens up new opportunities for masters
Expert Blogs Launch on the World of Martial Arts Portal The editorial team of World of Martial Arts is pleased to announce…