Phase One is the four belts up to Green Belt, which represent the Four Pillars of STMA, The Fundamental Phase
Red, Yellow, Orange, Green
Weapons, Unarmed, Grappling, Kickboxing
Blue Belt marks the passing of Phase One
A Tiger who has trained for at least a year AND has passed Blue Belt can defend himself in any range against an unskilled attacker
Blue and Purple are Phase Two, the Intermediate Phase
This is when we introduce stripes on the belts for the "advancement" between "promotions" - one stripe on Blue, two stripes on Purple
(Following this there are three stripes on Brown, then four stripes on Black, representing the first four Dan grades - Fifth Dan Shidoshi has the "Block" on the belt )
Passing Brown Belt is the passing of Phase Two
A Brown Belt can successfully defend themself against a skilled opponent, or a bigger stronger opponent, or an unskilled attacker with a weapon, or two unskilled attackers in a "multiple" situation
The immediate Primary Goal of Phase Two now is to get our Kohai
- the Kali weapons drills stick and knife
- the NRG drills
- Chi sao sparring
- Functional Trapping
which we will be working on over the Summer Season - this is also revisiting and refresher for the Black Belts
