Wednesday 24 March 2010

STMA Locks

Locks

We start our training with one elbow lock and one wristlock which we practice regularly:

hiji waza - elbow - ikkyo or oshi taoshi
tebuki waza - wrist - kote gaeshi

if you only ever learn these two moves, they will work for you in real fights if the need arises.

From each of these we build a set of 5 hiji and 5 tebuki waza.
Beyond that we develop from the secondary and tertiary lists.


Hubud lock set

In hubud we have a list of 5 locks we practice which work in real time:

ikkyo
ude gaeshi
waki gatame
kote geashi
sankyo

and one appendix - oni kudaki - which we apply from the inside.


Irimi and tenkan

With regards to irimi and tenkan in lox, we start examining this concept with ikkyo

Ikkyo irimi - take the elbow through uke's centreline and cut to 3rd point

ikkyo tenkan - step back and spin uke round and down.

Both turn a pin technique into a projection. Perfect examples of henka from a basic technique.

Once these concepts have been learnt in the first lock, they can applied to further lox as you develop.

Another way of looking at is is this - once you have irimi and tenkan you now have 3 techniques, all variations of ikkyo.

STMA Throws

The two major throws we start with are:

Koshi nage - a hip throw - a tenkan waza
O soto gari - a reap - an irimi waza

from there we build a set of 5 tenka and 5 irimi waza to practice regularly.
Beyond that you would add other throws from the secondary and tertiary lists.

As these are COMBAT JUJUTSU moves we do atemi - blow before throw, using a headbutt before an irimi and a groin knee before a tenkan.

We also use push-pull concept to set the throw up.

Monday 22 March 2010

STMA basic drills list

STMA is all about evolution and nothing is fixed. This list will evolve as the Group progresses.

Fence - line up KO
Jab loop drill - including jab, block, counter and loop
Thai leg kick
Kick 4 Kick
lo punch
lo punch def

Stix:
2, 4, chain
Entry 3

Pads:
4 boxing punches
round kick
ABCs from box set 1 and karate set 1

A prospect on their first 3 or 4 sessions will practice these drills with the various established members. If they want to join, and they need to to train with us, they will buy the starter pack and move onto kb and kali drills.

Saturday 20 March 2010

Odd sinawalli

3 is more than just half a 6 count, and starts with a backfist #2.

5 is 4 count with an extra beat.

offside mens you start with the left hand. In a 5 and 7 count it means the extra beat is now also done with the other hand.

7 is the first sinawalli that starts with an earth low strike.
offside 7

9 count is the most complex of the sinawalli

Even sinawalli

All sinawallis use the diagonal X angles - 1, 2, 9 and 10.

2 count is based on witik, while 4 count is based on lobtik.
Both drills start from the double caveman chamber.

Footwork to learn is tendensia, torque and fang.

Once you have learnt 2 and 4 seperately you learn to chain them together.

6 count introduces the muto shoulder chamber.

Once 6 count has been learnt you learn to chain 4 and 6.
This involves moving from the last beat of the 4 count to the muto chamber and the last beat of the 6 count to the double caveman.
Some people refer to the 4-6 chain as "10 count".

8 count introduces the hasso chamber and is the first drill to start with a backfist.

Once you have 8 count you learn the 2-4-6-8 chain.

There is a variation of 4 count involving an arco.

There are many variations on 6 count to learn including odd, heaven, earth, umbrella, sipat, stab.

Sinawalli progression

2 count
4
2 - 4 chain

footwork - tendensia, torque, fang

6
4 - 6 chain

8

2-4-6-8 chain

4 henka

6 henka - odd, heaven, earth, umbrella, sipat, stab

3

5
offside

7
offside

9

concepts:
mirror, complement, redondo, reverse redondo

gyaku to

Tuesday 16 March 2010

The Groin strike

The groin kick is a move nobody can withstand. But it is also difficult to get the range and angle in a real fight.

(Anybody who tells you otherwise has never been in a real fight and is just theorising about what they think they WOULD do.)

For strikes to the groin, we use the close range knee, or the kin kudaki 12 with the palm slap.

For low kicks we target the shin, knee and thigh.

Having said that, it is worth practicing a few groin kicks in case the opportunity arises.

If he leaves them swinging - set them ringing!

Saturday 13 March 2010

STMA Kali and Kobudo

Tonfa: we will examine the links between Krabi and tonfa, karate and tonfa, and Muay Thai. The STMA tonfa program is in depth and comprehensive. There will be some in depth demos of how they are used both in striking and locking.

Kali:
Be prepared for lots of 2, 4 and krabi, and maybe some sparring.

6, 8 and chaining for those working on that.
Serrada, largo.

Seniors will work 5 through 9 plus concepts.

There will be unarmed applications.

We will cover lox with and without stix.

Progressive serrada hubud into unarmed hubud to show the link. Also kadena de mano - knife v knife, knife v empty hand.


Kobudo

Bring bokens, bos, jos, nuncha, tonfa for freeplay.

Nunchaku sparring

STMA Kickboxing

We will be doing Krabi drill regularly on a Thursday for the next few sessions to examine the links with karate one step, Muay Thai, and how it comes out in Street as well as Freestyle sparring.

Make sure you bring stix and gloves to BOTH sessions - which is now standard practice.

As well as Chi sao sparring for seniors, we will examine karate jiyu kumite - sparring with no PPE and it's links to freestyle.

As usual we will do plenty of impact work to expand member's repertoire of ABCs and drills. I will be working personally with as many members as I can at each session so you all know how to act as "coach", holding pads for each other.

Boxers bring heavy gloves and headgear.

Friday 12 March 2010

The shin kick

We practice the shin kick as one of our primary weapons to give an attacker the "coffee table moment"

As you always wear shoes on the street, you have a ready made weapon for attacking the shins.

As soon as the attacker steps into range he is presenting his closest target for your longest weapon.

Use the cap of your shoe or boot (steel cap is best), the outside like a yoko geri, or the instep in a sipat.

Regular practice of these low line nerve destructions will make them functional.

Even the most unflexible person can land a powerful shin kick.