[rolltroll]

i would say you have to take in the context of why you are training, for sure i would not want to slit a persons throat just for slitting his/her throat, removing the weapon from the equation should be the goal, i think people go to the extreme for one reason or another.well anyways i am glad to see that we can have a good discussion without anyone getting upset.
from what i gather about this art it is the Russian form of combatives so it was probably developed much like the combatives i learned, you had your essentials and then you have what someone thought was cool, throw it in the pot and every so often a new flavor gets added. it is also unit driven aswell.