Feng Wei

Feng Wei is the name we have given to the core Fighting System in Shiro Tora. In Chinese it means "Phoenix". It is a streetfighting system for the streets of Britain at the start of the 21st Century.

As well as holding a 6th dan in karate, which has Okinawan and Chinese roots, Shihan is a full instructor in Wing Chun Kung Fu. He taught a Wing Chun class at the Tokushima Budo council for 3 years in the early 90s. Shihan's training has included classical and modified WC, as well as private training from the late great Master Derek Jones of Body Mind Spirit.

Shihan has been involved for many years in Jun Fan Gung Fu and Jeet Kune Do, so has trained in all aspects of Bruce Lee's art from the modified WC of Oakland to the Seattle Jun Fan to the LA JKD. One of Shihan's teachers is Dan Inosanto, Bruce Lee's top student in America.

So as well as a core of Applied Karate, FW heavily borrows from WC and JF.

There are also elements of Jujutsu, Kali and Muay Thai.

Shihan was a nightclub doorman for several years and is one of the UK's foremost authorities in applying Martial Art in streetfighting and Self Protection.

Shihan wrote the popular Training For Real column in Fighters magazine for 5 years.

Shihan's Threat Response system is unique to Shiro Tora and the FW class is the best place to learn them.

Classes include: Tool development, lineups, defence and counter drills, attack by combination, HIA traps, locks, chokes, immobilisations, takedowns, KOs, multiple opponent drills, the fence, threat escalation, conflict management.

Sparring at the higher level includes karate kumite and WC chi sao, so covers all levels of standing combat.

Whether you want to work in security, or just want an effective Self Protection system, we have it all right here.

This is the best class to start with as it just requires an empty room and people. It's diverse and we train in drills over modules for maximum skill update. I've had a lot of success with this format before and it isn't rivalled by anybody else doing the same thing.

It takes the core skills of Wing Chun, but not just traditional WC, but the modified style, and also the BMS that I did with Derek. It's similar to what I was teaching in Warlingham in 93-96, but a lot looser.

I've also added a lot of Jun Fan and JKD drills over the years, and a lot of the boxing skills.
There are also drills from karate, Thai and Kali, as well as Jujutsu.

Like I said, we'd have to call it something other than WC or JF.
(But it's just a name, don't fuss over it!)

I've adapted the functional training for the streets of UK at the start of the 21st century, so it really is a new streetfighting system. It contains the drills myself and my doormen practiced and used, and it's effective in those scenarios.