Mar 5, 2025 | Latest News
What Is A Martial Arts Class? My daughter is an avid soccer player, which means I’m an avid soccer dad who takes her to all the trainings, practices, and games I can. Watching her private lessons with her coach is, admittedly, pretty boring. Observing footwork...
Feb 11, 2025 | Latest News
“Dear Mr. Scornavacco, Thank you for the confidence you have given me from the years I have spent at your school; the go-with-the-flow attitude that I learned at Systema has helped me avoid conflicts and stay level-headed while dealing iwht the less than ideal...
Feb 10, 2025 | Latest News
Teaching Martial Arts While at Northwestern University When I enrolled at Northwestern University in 1989 I was a Kenpo Brown Belt. While in college I trained and exchanged martial arts knowledge with students from many other disciplines, which led to some fascinating...
Feb 8, 2025 | Latest News
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Jan 24, 2025 | Latest News
Goal-Setting is our Powerful Word this January and it got me thinking about how I started training in formal martial arts 41 years ago. Why Am I Training? The day I first walked into Dragon Wind Kenpo Karate in Chicago I had already decided to become a Black Belt....
Jan 23, 2025 | Latest News
“Mr Scornavacco is by far a class act in his industry and in general. Recently, I tasked him with a favor and he went above and beyond to provide the necessary support for me and my nephew son. He is a classy, humble, mindful, smart, conscientious, respectful,...
Jan 21, 2025 | Latest News
She Set Her Own Goal White Belt student Marcella Hutnick immediately responded to my declaration that 2025 is the year of CHALLENGE by telling me that she had a goal for the year. As we began warming up at the beginning of class she told me that her goal was to be...
Jan 13, 2025 | Latest News
Be the Opposite of a Quitter Given that Friday was “Quitters Day,” I’m dubbing today PERSEVERANCE DAY to celebrate everyone who Keeps Going to achieve their goals in spite of motivation challenges and old habits pulling you back to where you started....
Oct 15, 2024 | Latest News
FREE SYSTEMA SEMINAR SATURDAY NOVEMBER 9TH, 2024! FOR THE FIRST 20 WHO REGISTER The Seminar will begin at 10AM and here’s the agenda: 1st Hour = Gun Disarming 2nd Hour = Knife Defense 3rd Hour = Stick Work 4th Hour = Sensitivity Training & Breathwork You...
