White Tiger Integrated Combat Systems

Using no way as Way
Having no limitation as limitation

Absorb What Is Useful
Discard What is Useless
Add What is specifically your own


Kempo Karate

Kempo Jujutsu

Kali Escrima

Muay Thai

Savate Boxe Francais

Jun Fan Wing Chun

White Tiger Mixed Martial Arts MMA Vale Tudo

Vale Tudo literally means "anything goes". It is where Martial Artists meet to try all out fighting. It is very different from the watered down safety ruled MMA of today. See original UFCs 1 to 5 for details.

Vale Tudo is to MMA what bare knuckle boxing is to boxing or original Muay Thai, with rope bound hands and full contact elbows is to modern Europen Thai Boxing.

MMA sparring is a safe way to combine kb and grappling.

MMA, in it's basic form it is a combination of kb and rolling.

OK, we deal with the vertical grappling phase with Thai HKE and we practice various throws. But, if you watch MMA, you rarely see a skilled throw, and never an "ippon" that finishes the fight - it kind of just goes to the ground and it is there that you need rolling skill to finish.

We do this by sparring until a clinch occurred generically. As you know from boxing matches, this happens all the time.

We remove the vertical grappling deliberately by freezing at this point, then kneeling, to continue with rolling. This practice also gives the fighter who prefers to wear boxing gloves for the kb phase to remove them for grappling.

We examine the element that in MMA and VT there will be striking in the ground phase, not just submission wrestling.

We capitalise on the MMA on the mat by having the usual "wood" kb, mat rolling, and then Mixed Martial Arts on mat mixing the martial arts of kb and grappling.

(Maybe we could call this MWTMA - Mixed White Tiger Martial Arts!?)

What we also do is look at the throws and takedowns phase seperately.

If you watch UFC and MMA contests you don't see skilled throws as you do in Judo or wrestling.

The reason for this is the striking at the vertical grappling phase. In Judo you grab on and then fight for throws. The same in wrestling. When your opponent is hitting you with knees it changes the game.

You do get a lot of improvised takedowns -when the knee-er is on one leg he is easier to off balance. Also the leg can be caught. But the grappler needs to be wary of being hit with that knee.

And in VT or street combat you will also have to worry about the elbow and the head, the full HKE.

So we will drill skilled throwing, and those who want can practice Judo randori and wrestling freestyle.

However for MMA we need to do realistic drilling that incorporates the HKE in the vertical grappling phase. Once we have this we won't need to "stop and kneel" everytime.
(Though stop and kneel is a good isolation exercise)

Similarly, in the kb we play the Thai knee phase.

In Thai, there is knee sparring where you tie up and fight with just knees, which is an important phase of Thai and a great skill in itself. If the opponent goes to the floor in knee spar, in Thai you break. In MMA, VT or Street, you would follow in with a strike - a drop knee or kick.

The Thai "throw" is called a "thum" and is a very effective throw for VT.

White Tiger Mixed Martial Arts MMA

At STMA we have 4 main kinds of sparring:



Kali - kickboxing - unarmed - Vale Tudo

each of these has 4 phases to it.

Kali:
double stix
single stick
stick and knife
knife and hand

Kickboxing:
savate
thai
kickboxing
boxing

unarmed:
karate
chi sao
randori
ground TNS

VT:
this is a mix of striking and grappling
- in the unarmed phase this blends kb and grappling with strikes on the ground
- the the armed phase this allows a stick fight to go to ground

so the 4 phases are:
kb
groundfight
stick fight
stick ground

each of these sparring phases has drills which can be isolated
eg sinawalli with double stix
thai pads for thai
etc

The next progression is iso sparring:

box - hands only
kb - kickboxing
kix - kick only

box v kb
v kix
kb v kix


add lo kix

kb
kix

box v kb
v kix
kb v kix

add knees

box w knees
kb knees
kix knees

box v box knee
v kb
v kix

box knee
v kb
v kix

kb v kix

Shiro Tora STREET FIGHTING Reality Training

Those of you who attend my classes and read my published work will be aware that I don't tell a lot of "war stories".

You will know I was a bouncer for 10 years and everything I teach for reality is based on that - reality. But I don't talk about it a lot or focus on it. You may have wondered why.

(It is why I am so down on kids who still live at home with their parents who think they have been trained by Israeli commandos to be deadly streetfighters - that is just a fantasy that will get you hurt or killed!)

The techniques and tactics that worked for me I taught to my students who worked on my door teams and the methods worked for them as well.

I had many students and clients who I also taught my method to who were never on the frontline at the weekends but for who, through law of averages, came up against the need to defend themselves on occasion, and also found our method to work for them. These were far less regular, but did occur and I am glad to say the "victim" came through unharmed.

It is a mistake to concern yourself too much with HOW my fights happened.

When I was working in a venue I was in a position of power and authority. I would be approaching difficult customers from that perspective, to ask them to calm down or leave. I was taking control of an escalating situation.

You will be in a place minding your own business and somebody will approach YOU and "offer" you violence.

So we start the training from THAT point - from the Fence when the attacker has approached YOU.

And the techniques we teach will work the way we teach for YOU from that point.

Train for reality - don't go into theory or abstraction and certainly don't go off into FANTASY.

You are not a Shaolin, or a Ninja, or a Samurai, or an Israeli commando. You are not even a bouncer. But you are being trained by a bouncer who has trained other bouncers and other "normal" people who have used this method in self defence on numerous occassions over a period of more than a decade.

Keep it REAL!

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The best defence against a Choke.


Bite.

(Remember - Dogs don't know kung fu)





Don't open your mouth wide or try to take a big bite at once.

Nibble. Like eating sweetcorn. Take out tiny chunks in quick succession.
He will pull away.
If he is in distance, bite his neck, ear, nose.

If a man has closed to grappling range and got you in a choke he is a dangerous opponent. He has got passed your punches, kicks, traps, locks, HKE, chokes, and got you in a clinch and out manouevered you.

You MUST use 100% response and your most deadly response.

Bite.

You have been practicing this move 100 times a day for at least 3 sessions a day your whole life. It is your most practiced move. Pull it out when you need it - it won't let you down.

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The BEST defence against a weapon


Defang.

Take the fang.

Attack the hand holding the weapon.

Use angle #2.
Aim for the back of his hand.

If you have a blade cut his hand, cut the tendons on the back of his hand.
If you have a stick, smash the small bones in his hand.

As soon as the hand holding the weapon comes into range, attack it with #2.

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The Three Levels of Threat


At STMA we deal with Threat Response. We find this a more positive term than "Self Defence".

When an enemy attacks you and you DEFEND yourself you REACT to his attack.

With our method you RESPOND to his THREAT.
You are choosing the appropriate method of Response. You are acting not reacting.

Action always beats reaction.

With this in mind we need to decide the level of threat before choosing our response.

There are three levels of threat:

SIMPLE
SERIOUS
LIFE THREATENING

With any threat, get your Fence up so you have your PE ready, as well as all your backup. At this point you must assess the situation to make sure you choose the appropriate level of response and stay within the Law as regards reasonable force.

SIMPLE threat:
A non physical common assault.
An aggresor who steps into your space making a verbal assault, but who does not physically attack you.
You may feel afraid for you safety, or are at the stage when you are about to become so.
A simple threat can, and often is, defused without the need for physical violence.

SERIOUS threat:
An aggressor becomes an attacker, makes a physical assault, intending to cause you injury and pain. The effects of his actions, in the eyes of the Law, would be classed as Actual Bodily Harm or Grevious Bodily Harm.
You are at risk of being hurt, cut, feeling pain, or having a bone broken. You have the right to defend yourself from this attack.
You have the right to use a PE.
If you miss the PE phase, as often happens, you have the right to use all your backup phases - kicks, HKE, chokes, trapping, throws, to end the encounter, to stop the attack, and minimise your physical suffering.
Your attacker has invited your violent response, so don't be afraid to use it.

LIFE THREATENING ATTACK:
This is the most serious level of attack.
Your life can be ended as a result of your attacker's actions.
This is almost always the case if a weapon is involved, especially a bladed weapon such as a knife, and always if there is a gun.
This does not just refer to a life ending attack, one that would end your life, but also a life changing attack, but one that would change the quality of your life.
You must do ANYTHING and EVERYTHING to stop this attack and SAVE YOUR LIFE.

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The First Rule of Self Defence

Learn to hit fucking hard.

End the fight at the verbal stage by knocking him out first.

While he's thinking about hitting you, hit him.

Pre Emptive Strike.

The rest is backup.


The Second Rule of Self Defence

Learn to hit fucking hard.

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Savate 10 ABCs:

Jab, pied bas, chas bas, revers, cross, fouette figure

jab, jab, lo cross, fouette - bas, r bas, figure

jab, cross, fou bas, r fou fig, chas bas, spin rev fig

jab, hook, r fou bas, rev, spin chas bas

jab, cross, chas bas, spin revers


jab, chas front, hi fouette, lo rear fouette

jab, cross, jab - r chas pied, chas bas, spin rev

jab, cross, hook, h fouett, lo rear fo bas, front chas

jab, f bas - fouette, C, J, dis chas

fou lo/hi, cross, jab, r fou bas, chas front


5 leg def ABCs:

rear fouette - esquive, parade, fouette rear bas, f bas,
cross, fouette fig

rear chas front - soto uke, cross, fou bas, fig

lead fouette - esquive, r cut bas, jab, cross, fouette bas (guard)

lead chas front - ged bar, pied sweep, fou fig, pied

kaak - jab, cross - dte


5 hand def abc:

against double jab
parry, slip
cross, spin revers, fouette, chas front

against jab, cross - parry, slip
lo/hi hook, cross, fouette bas, spin revers

against jab, cross, jab, r fouette bas
parry, slip, slip, shield
loop

direct, fouette, direct

(#5 tba)


10 boxing ABCs:

J C J
C J C
J C J C
C J C J
C H
RU RH H

RU H C
J C H
J C H RU C
Double jab, C


Set 1 remains the same and is still the foundation for boxing training - ABCs on pads

Set 2 has been worked out to a and b and back into a comprehensive set

Set 3 was previously single move defence and counter and has now been expanded to make defensive ABCs that flow together.

There is a also a progressive box defence set in the savate syllabus, which is designed for partner work, but can work with pads.


Box set 1:
J, C, J
C, J, C
J, C, J, C
C, J, C, J
C, H
RU, RH, H

set 2:
Double J, C
J, C, H
- J, C, H, RU, C
RU, H
- RU, H, C
H, double H, lo hi

set 3:
parry J - J, J, C
salute - H C
BW H - C, H
BW RH - H, C


Thai

We have a comprehensive list of Thai ABCs to work on the pads increasing in complexity and adding use of defensive moves

Thai pads:
chok J, C
sok elbows
kao knees
long kao
clinch kao
kradot
dte
tiip

J, C, H, dte, kao
J, C, sal, sok, kao
kaak - double dte
JJ, dte, duck, dte


Thai set 1:
a. J, C, H, RH, kao, double dte
b. elbows

set 2:
tiip, dte, kao, clinch double kao, elbows, kradot

set 3 def:
par C, sal H - sok, sok, kao, dte, dte, C, H, dte

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The BEST defence against a bite

One simple rule:

He can't bite and scream at the same time!

The most direct way to do this is as his teeth are clamping round your flesh stick your thumb hard into his eye.

Simple and effective.
Brutal and 100% efficient.

I Ching in White Tiger Kali

An STMA innovaion is to apply the Chinese I Ching to the Filipino Martial Arts.
We do this in 6 count sinawalli.


The Heaven symbol being the unbroken single line for High Heaven strike
The Earth symbol being the broken double line for the Low Earth Strike





we now have 8 drills:



HHH - heaven
HHL - wind
HLL - mountain
HLH - fire

LHH - lake
LHL - water
LLH - thunder
LLL - earth


you will notice the deliberation of opposites:

fire and water is obvious
as is heaven and earth

wind, substance without sound vs thunder, sound without substance is more subtle


the next phase is to split the count in half.

In Heaven 6 you would do HHH then HHH.
What you do in "64" is mix and match.
So you do HHH then HLH
or HHH then LLL
etc
After HHH on the left there are 8 possible trips to do on the right.

Then you go to HHL and do the same, each with 8 answers.

This gives a total of 64 possible combinations, which match the 64 hexagrams in the I Ching.

Or for those with a mathematical or computing mind binary to base 8 to hex.

White Tiger

Yea though I walk through the valley
of the shadow of death

I shall fear no evil

Coz I'm the evilist motherfucker in the valley


Meijin means a master of the martial arts.

Tatsujin means a "completed human being".

It is very difficult to become a complete human being.



To live as a human being means you are not obsessed with who is weak or who is strong.
An animal has to be strong to survive in nature.
Humans can live regardless of their outward strength.

This is the most important realisation of the Human Fighting Arts.

To work to be a meijin is to miss the point.

In STMA, we are not trying to be masters of the individual fighting arts, we are working towards being tatsujin, complete human beings.

Be a White Tiger, not just a person "doing" White Tiger Martial Arts.

White Tiger Kickboxing

White Tiger Kickboxing draws it's techniques, drills and tactics from 4 core arts:

Karate
Boxing
Muay Thai
Savate Boxe Francais





Drills include impact on:

focus pads boxing
savate
Thai pads
shield

Sparring through all ranges and levels

White Tiger Nunchaku

The nunchaku is the third weapon taught at STMA after the stick and the knife.

It appears in FMA as tabok tayok as well as in Okinawan kobudo where it bridges the unarmed phase of Kara Te.

All nuncha waza are combats moves not meanlingless flashy techniques and are taught one at a time with their full application against other weapons, starting with the stick.

3 new STMA Black Belts!

Congratulations to the 3 new STMA Black Belts

Baloo Chip Tork

who know hold the grade of

Shodan 1st Degree Black Belt

in

Shiro Tora Budo Kai

White Tiger Martial Arts

January 2012