While vacationing in Asheville, I came across Mountain Forge and sat in on a class. I was unfamiliar with Combat Systema and was interested to see what it was all about. I have, in the the past, trained in various Eastern martial arts as well as Western boxing and I was quite impressed with Systema in general and Mr. Aurelia in particular. I found Sytema to be extremely practical, fairly easy to pick up and VERY effective. Mr. Aurelia's easy nature and clear, concise, instruction made the class a pleasure. If you are looking for an effective, simple, science based form of self defense in the Asheville area I highly recommend Mountain Forge. read more