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Our Instructor:
Scott
Fabel
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Senior
Staff Trainer of the American
Academy for Russian Martial Art and Combat Skill, Inc.
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Director
of the American Annex to
International Federation of Russian Martial Art
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4th
Level International Category Instructor.
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Certified
and Licensed by the International and All-Russian Federation of Russian
Martial Art and the National Olympic Committee of Russia.
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Inductee
into the International Martial Arts Hall of Fame
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Awarded
as National Instructor of the Year
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ROSS Training System
What is Russian Martial
Art?
Russian Martial Art is
the ancient martial wisdom of the Slavic peoples. It has been cultivated
over centuries of conflict enciphered in Cossack and Russian Folk dance,
Slavic Folklore and "Natural Laws".
RMA started as ritualized
tribal combat and has been passed from one generation to the next for
10,000 years. Generally, RMA has four phases of evolution, each phase
corresponding to a new threat to Russian soil. RMA was developed in
RESPONSE to the invaders of the East, West, North and South, and is a
UNIQUE system of martial art only known to the Slavs.
In the past century,
RMA was outlawed in the former Soviet Union because it is much deeper than
a mere combat system. Being an "Integrated Cultural
Philosophy," RMA was a danger to any oppressive artificial governing
system. RMA was taught to the elite combat subdivisions of the
Russian Special Forces ("Spetsnaz").
With the fall of the
Soviet Union, Russia began a large scale renovation of Russian native
culture. Included in this program was the rejuvenation of indigenous
martial heritage of the Slavs. General Alexander Ivanovich Retuinskih
was made the leader of Russian movement and President of the All-Russian
Federation of Russian Martial Art (which is endorsed and sanctioned by
Russian Olympic Committee as the sole official representative of RMA within
Russia and Worldwide).
General Retuinskih
decided that the only way to preserve his culture was to share its beauty
with the world, and as a result, began to screen candidates for the first
foreign students of RMA.
After extensive and
severe screening, Scott Sonnon (USA Sambo Team Coach and Trainer) was
chosen as the first foreigner to be inducted into the noble lineage of
RMA. Mr. Sonnon was made the official North American representative
of RMA in 1996.
Upon his return from
Russia, Scott Sonnon began to teach the training he had received to his
students in the United States. Scott Fabel was one of the very first
students to train with Scott Sonnon in RMA.
In 1998, after only
two years of training, Scott Fabel was also invited to train with the
Russian Special Forces in St. Petersburg, Russia. There, he received his
first level International Certification. He continues to travel to Russia
regularly and conducts training nationally.
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