Though I have never put down a formal "syllabus" or rigid structure to STMA there has always been a frame we work out of that allows us to plan and run class training sessions, progress members through the belts, cycle the training, and cover everything relevant from the different arts and systems we use.
At the point we are now, with members in all phases and grades up to 3rd dan, I have been working on the progressive frame in the various phases. Listed below is where we are right now, based on how we train and cover our various base arts to develop related skill in every phase and range.
Remember: NEVER refer to STMA as MMA or a Mixed Martial Art - MMA is a sport that mixes kickboxing with grappling and played under rules, nothing more.
Check out the progressive list and think about how we train in the 4 hours over the 2 days and how we would train over a month or even over a period of months (not necessarily a literal calendar year) and how your own training has progressed and cycled.
It is not a list of techniques, those are listed elsewhere and are secondary to the place in the cycle where you are progressing at that time.
KALI
Class always starts with Kali drills and ends with kb - most likely we do double stick sinawalli and end with kb free sparring
the bit in between varies week to week and we would never have time to cover everything in a 4 hour/2 day split
so we start with kali double stix
to single stick serrada
knife, based on serrada
knife drills from other systems - palisut, tendensia
then empty hand hubud, the foundation of unarmed CRA trapping - 6 versions on each side
WING CHUN - JUN FAN
from hubud we proceed to WC chi sao, both in drilling and seniority terms
dan chi, bon lop and vu sao drills are all learned before rolling
luk sao - roll the 4 positions
then you are ready for chi sao sparring
gor sao gives you HIA sets to work on in chi sao
we then augment the JF/WC chi sao with NRG drills from other arts
Preying mantis
the unique JF concept of kali sombrada empty hand done with WC traps
Krabi Krabong
we go back to daab double stix for krabi 8 step drill
then single stick krabi drill
then krabong - short staff/spear step drill
Kobudo
we then add the kobudo weapons
Japanese - jo and bokken
Okinawan - bo and tonfa
we then drill the largo mano stick from kali
there are also kumi from the sword and jo
kenjutsu
iaido
jo jutsu
karate
the weapons stepping the lead us to the karate stepping drills
5 step kumite
3 step kumite
one step kihon ippon
jiyu ippon
SPARRING karate
we then look at the advanced sets of kihon ippon and jiyu ippon kumite which go beyond sparring into Street
KEMPO
from Karate we have the Kempo SD sets, less formal, Street effective sequences against various attacks
the 10 kihon fundamental
the 10 Master Key
the total kempo sets number 150
form 3 - against grabs and grapple attack
form 4 - combination attack
form 5 - includes tds
form 6 - weapons def include knife, club and gun
form 7 and 8 - use of stix and knife
star block drill
5 step block drill
kempo freestyle formula
Ninpo Taijutsu
similar to karate and kempo, but with longer range we now do the 8 kihon happo of taijutsu
the the techniques of the tenchijin - books of heaven, earth and man
taihenjutsu - rolling, leaping
CRA - Close Range Arts
back to hubud for the close range ref for the CRAs
lox
chokes
dumog
TC push
silat sweeps
HKE
HIA
STREET KARATE
FENCE and PE
Kempo Block and counter strikes
JJ backup
RAT
MAT GRAPPLING JU JUTSU
on mat day we put the mats down to do throws and tds then ground fighting, the Jiu Jitsu combatives
Judo throws
we can also cover wrestling throws, some of which we need crash mats for
aiki projections - you have done these standing, the opportunity here is to take them to their full expression
JJ tds - 10 techniques, part of the JJ combative sequence
newaza:
30 combatives
SPARRING rolling grappling
Kickboxing
we do sets on the pads, partner ABCs, then sparring
we take our training from 4 arts:
boxing
karate
savate
muay thai
box sets on the focus pads, including 2 kb sets
thai sets on the thai pads
savate ABCs - partner drills
freestyle karate sets - both partner drills and impact sets
kb sparring:
boxing
freestyle KB FC
freestyle karate- SC KB
lo kix
thai
what we don't do - or don't do much of:
weapons sparring in armour
Judo/wrestling randori shiai sparring for throws
Vale Tudo sparring
projectile weapons:
shuriken and throwing knives
bows - longbow and crossbow
firearms - guns and rifles
Ninpo Gotonjutsu:
this takes a lot of grounding in Junan Taiso and taihenjutsu from the book of heaven before it can be done properly and most of it is environmental, outside, sometimes at night
Arts we don't use, or don't use yet:
Wrestling
We actually have three forms of wrestling we don't use
Greco Roman, Freestyle, sombo
Though I have extensive experience if these three systems, and specifically how they fit into STMA jujutsu and judo, we haven't used it in this version of STMA
One reason is we don't do many mat days so focus on the other 3 pillars
The second is we focus more on hard surface street grappling, so don't rely on mats
Third is that the wrestling throws are very athletic, suplexes and flying mares
This is not to say we won't ever use wrestling, and may overlay it on the mat grappling, the same way we overplayed savate on the kb system, and ninpo taijutsu over the Kempo jujutsu
Arts we don't use or don't yet use:
Silat
Silat is the generic name for the martial arts of Malaysia, just as Kung Fu is the name for the martial arts of China
So in parts Silat resembles arts we already have
Kali
Kali Kempo
Kempo karate
Kempo Jujutsu
Jujutsu
So there really hasn't been a need to tap Silat yet
A second reason is that it would serve to confuse members who aren't too sure of the arts listed above
What we do use in Silat so far is the three major foot sweeps done at trapping range, that complement the karate sweeps done at kb range and the judo sweeps done at grappling range
What we will probably do is add in Silat drills at certain phases and ranges, just as we added mantis drills to chi São
