WEAPONS 2023

 

Then main focus on Weapons, at least for the first part of the year will be SEITEI JODO

This is more Sword v Jo - this will follow on from the Kukishinden Sword v Jo we did last year, and adds to the continuing practice of Sword v Sword and Jo v Jo we do

A lot of this will, again, be on the GRASS later in the Season, though we will again do JO sessions at Class to cover the specific waza and concepts

We will also look further at JO DORI, again on the mats and on Grass



SEITEI JODO is mainly sourced from the Shinto Muso Ryu

Kihon

12 basic techniques - practiced solo (Tandoku dosa) - and in pairs (Sotai dosa)

Honte Uchi
Gyakute Uchi
Hiki Otoshi Uchi
Kaeshi Zuki
Gyakute Zuki
Maki Otoshi

Kuri Tsuke
Kuri Hanashi
Tai Atari
Tsuki Hazushi Uchi
Dobarai Uchi
Tai Hazushi Uchi


Kata 12 sets from Traditional Ryuha

Ippon me - Tsuki Zue
Nihon me - Suigetsu
Sanbon me - Hissage
Yonhon me - Shamen
Gohon me - Sakan
Roppon me - Monomer

Nanahon me - Kasumi
Hachihonme - Tachi Otoshi
Kyuhon me - Rai Uchi
Juppon me - Seigan
Jūippon me - Midare Dome
Jūnihon me - Ran Ai


These have been on the Weapons Board, on their own thread for two years this April, and you have already covered some of it in your Jo v Jo - come this April, when we return to Grass sessions, we can go into more depth

shirotoratiger.proboards.com/thread/1731/seitei-kobudo-kendo-iaido-jodo


We will, of course, still cover BO and the sticks as NITTO short swords against these weapons, as well as look at the use of TONFA

The intention is to expand the core practice of SWORD v JO this year, while keeping up the other practice


Sword v Jo
Sword v Sword
Jo v Jo
Bo v Sword
Bo v Bo

Tonfa
Nitto - two short swords
Hanbo


Krabi Krabong
Kali
Ninpo
(Okinwan) Ryukyu Kobudo
(Japanese) Nihon Kobudo

So, as you can see, we don't need to be worrying about adding any SILAT weapon drilling at this time 

KEMPO

 

With regards to KEMPO we wrote above

With Form Five we have the list of 10 gata that include a TD and Ground finish - a lot of the Kempo extensions we are currently covering are not in Form Five, they take the concept and "spirit" learnt in Form Five, the TD and Ground stomp, the "alternate to grappling"

The first purpose of Form Five training, as we have been doing, is of course to learn the 10 techniques that contain a TD and Ground finish

Beyond that it has taught you the concepts and principles of that Form

So when we add extensions, as we have also been doing, we add TD and ground strikes

The extensions to the KENPO Orange level gata make them the BROWN 1 gata

Dance Of Death appears in Form Five, it is on Orange as the block, strike, single leg TD, then the two strikes, when you step away - the turnover and back stamp sequence is what makes it the Br1 ext, and that is how it appears in the Form

Five Swords and Thundering Hammers, both a Master Key movement, are on Orange and Purple respectively, and appear in Form Four - neither of which has the extension and, in the case of TH, does not include the TD and ground stomp finish that makes P3 TH gata into a Bl1 gata 

With regard to the 10 KF Kihon Fundamentals, that make up KENPO Yellow belt, they are the foundation for all the other techniques - all 154 KENPO techniques can be found with their roots in KF

With the 10 MK Master Key techniques, which are mainly on KENPO Orange and Purple, these have the Concepts and Principles that are used in all 154 KENPO techniques

So with Form 5, the 10 techniques there hold the concepts for a Kempo sequence to include a TD and Ground finish


Form 6 being weapon defences, stick and knife, with the four gun techniques at the end

Form 3 being defences against grabs

Form 4 being the "definitive" form, 20 techniques against various combination kick/punch attacks

Of course with KENPO with also have the "Freestyle", which we call Free Form, which has the Lop Sao "BASE" technique to make it an offensive attack, not a defensive "Self Defence" set, the main purpose to link the SD Kenpo more to the Sparring, create an Attack option - the Base Lop Sao removes and traps the lead hand, removing his attack option, the strike, either A to the face or B to the body, creates pain and shock, with his pain reaction, then we go from there



You can see why, when we originally listed the Kempo forms as a list of techniques, we made the separate list of the techniques that were not in the forms for each level
- and why we spent the first decade practicing Kempo that way
- and why we have now added the extensions
- and why we STILL do not need to learn and practice the forms as "Karate Kata" beyond personal interest for those who want to memorise them that way

SILAT

 

SILAT

In terms of the Silat we will be covering this year, it is being added to compliment the techniques from the systems you already have and expand your overall experience

You already have Silat sweeps in the CRA - in Karate the sweeps are done from KB range, in Judo they are done from VG range, in Silat you have them at trapping range and you do them from Hubud


A Silat sequence, the ones we will be using, are similar to a Kempo Form Five sequence - deal with the attack, strike, TD and ground finish

These are also similar to a lot of the GATA in Ninpo

With Form Five we have the list of 10 gata that include a TD and Ground finish - a lot of the Kempo extensions we are currently covering are not in Form Five, they take the concept and "spirit" learnt in Form Five, the TD and Ground stomp, the "alternate to grappling"

Similar to how we have been working the AIKI pins, an alternate to going for the pin and submission

Again we see this when we practice JUDO pins, we run through a pin sequence rather than simply "take the mount" and submit

Which THEN brings us to Ground ATEMI - we are inside the Groundbud sequence but we look to strike either instead of or before submitting - or before escaping, our purpose being SELF DEFENCE after all


The main difference between KEMPO and SILAT is the ENTRY Phase

With Kempo we receive the attack, and this is also done in KARATE and NINPO, and stems a lot from WEAPONS Kobudo, and then we apply our sequence, atemi strike, TD, then on the Ground, strike or lock, or a combination, with some kind of pin or immobilisation


With Silat the entries are more complex, and these are more like a combination of WC and KALI


With KALI we attack and destroy the limb, defang the snake, on our first beat, we cause damage and we cause pain - this is in contrast to WING CHUN where we trap the limb and progress to centreline strikes - the pain causes a reaction in the opponent and are next moves follows on from that

WC we can make the ENTRY, bridging the gap with low kick and Bil sao, we can use lin sil die dar to block and strike, we trap the limb


SO you already have the concepts of a Limb Destruction Entry from KALI, Trapping from WING CHUN, then striking, TD, and Ground finish, from KEMPO, from NINPO, and some of the elements from JUJUTSU


So as you start learning the first Silat sequences, you will realise the are a lot like a KEMPO TD seq or a NINPO kata, but also a different art from a different country - you will also see how the Entry phase is a lot like Kali

So though you will be learning a new ART, a new system, it will be made up of elements you already do, that you already know, and will be easy to incorporate


And you will see why we have left it until now to introduce


What we do with the Weapons aspects of SILAT we will leave until later, to see what is relevant and where, how it fits into your existing practice with KALI, KRABI, and KOBUDO


SILAT entries will be initially practiced in CLASS along with Kali and WC entries - the full sequences will be done in Class on the Mats and on the GRASS, if all goes well, over the Summer season

 

Thread for Focus Pad drills - last night we did 2 and 5

shirotoratiger.proboards.com/thread/879/focus-pad-sets



set 2:
Double J, C
J, C, H
- J, C, H, RU, C
RU, H
- RU, H, C



BOX SET TWO does contain JJ and J, C, H

set 2 is a progressive set
it teaches you progressive footwork
it teaches you to build ABCs
it teaches you Indirect Attacks
it teaches you PIA
Progressive Indirect Attack

Double jab
with advancing footwork
add cross
lo cross
2 dimensions - height and depth

J, C
J, C, H
use traingle footwork
3rd dimension - width
build the combination
add U
add long C

RU, H
add C

RLH, RU
add H



Boxing set 5

J, C, H, RU, U, OH, LH, RH

BOX SET FIVE

first ABC is long boxing ABC

J, C, H, U
add lead U
overhand C
low shovel H lead
then rear

uke holds low hook in different position than the low hook position for set 2 and 4

use triangle footwork to set up position for the low hooks

 

SUMMARY

KALI

Double stick including an application
Single stick
Knife

NRG
Hubud
Chi Sao

RAT
Gunting
Defang elbow
Jik chun Choy Straight Blast


DEMO with Jo
Against Nitto
Against Bokken
Planning ahead for weapon work over Season
Aiki Jutsu concepts
Relate weapon energy to locks and projections
Tai Atari
Sword concepts


KEMPO

Grab and kick attacks
TD and. Ground finish
Taking obscure zone rear of attacker
Back kick variations and applications
Kansetsu knee destruction


JJ

Reflex developments
Mount escapes, controls, submissions
Take back, choke
TD
Clinch and shoot

Compare Gunting destruction entry to aggressive opponent shoot and clinch entry


KB

Focus pads
Box set 2
Set 5
RAT
Sparring

WHITE TIGER KENPO KARATE

 

 

10 Kempo KH - Kihon Fundamentals - Set 1 Y

DELAYED SWORD
ALTERNATING MACES
SWORD OF DESTRUCTION
DEFLECTING HAMMER
ATTACKING MACE

CAPTURED TWIGS
GRASP OF DEATH
SWORD AND HAMMER
MACE OF AGGRESSION
CHECKING THE STORM


The Ten Kempo MK - Master Key techniques - Set 2

2O - Five Swords  
3P - Thundering Hammers
2O - Shielding Hammer  
2O - Thrusting Salute  
Intellectual Departure

2O - Repeating Mace
2O - Lone Kimono
2O - Locked Wing
3P - Parting Wings
3P - Hooking Wings



Form 5

Destructive Fans
Dance of Death
Leap Of Death
Backbreaker
stamp sequence

Sleeper
Brushing The Storm
Falling Falcon
Circling Horizon
Leaping Crane

WHITE TIGER KENPO KARATE

 

KEMPO Forms

Following on from what I have said and posted regarding Forms, and the fact that we have been practicing the techniques from Form 5 on the mats, some further explanation as we continue over the Season


This is the thread for KEMPO sets, started in 2012, and added to over the following two years:

shirotoratiger.proboards.com/thread/793/kempos-sets


As you can see, the first post is for the 10 KF Kihon Fundamentals and the 10 MK Master Key techniques

We had been practicing Kempo all of 2011, and gone into depth on some Grass courses - this was the start of 2012 and the first time I had published a list

as we have established, there is a lot to cover in any of our source arts, so I had to decide what to start with and how much from each available system, for Kempo being these two sets, a total of 20 techniques

Over the next couple of years, as can be see I added more sets and gave them numbers - these are the sets from each belt level that do not appear in the Forms, and that seemed the best way to list them for our purposes and then practice - over the next decade we covered all of these many times, with their variations, over many sessions



This is the thread for KEMPO Forms, published early 2014 to coincide with the lists for the sets - I had these notes for a long time and we had spent the last two years establishing them in our practice


shirotoratiger.proboards.com/thread/1187/kempo-forms

I added the double knife apps for Form 8 summer 2015, as we didn't really get into those until then, with the transfer between Caterham and Sanderstead halls - as we do not do double knife drills in our Kali practice the way we do double stick, this was the first time to learn applications for them

As can be seen when scrolling down, all techniques that makeup a Form are listed

In regards to Form 5, there are ten techniques, just as there are for the KF and MK, and we learn and practice them the same way, a set to apply on the left and right side - the difference with the list for a Form is that you can practice them as a solo/shadow/air/kata first left then right in that order

And that is ALL a form or kata is - a method of practicing a list of techniques


The method we use for separating the "belt" levels 3O, 4P, etc to give us a list of sets away from the form list sets, is something unique to STMA - we are not saying nobody else does it, we just don't know that they do, and we did not "get it" from anyone else

Similarly our KEMPO JUJUTSU uses the Kempo sets for our Atemi, again, from Koryo Jujutsu through to JUDO and AIKIDO there are Atemi, same as there are in the NINPO gata, they just aren't passed on the same way, apart from in Goshin Kata, so the use of Kempo makes the "blow before throw" aspect more functional

And again, we develop the Form 7 and 8 with the KALI Sinawalli and Double Dagas respectively

The traps in Wing Chun, as well as sensitivity and contact reflex, are the checks in Kempo


Again, not saying other schools do not do this, and to any particular level, it would depend on how much Kempo, Jujutsu, Kali and Wing Chun they have and use in their system, to what level they know it, and to what level they practice it


This is what makes STMA approach to KEMPO uniquely ours - truly WHITE TIGER KENPO KARATE

KEMPO Set 2O

  

Set 2O

1. CLUTCHING FEATHERS - Front Left Hand Hair Grab
2. TRIGGERED SALUTE - Front Right Hand Straight Punch
3. DANCE OF DEATH - Front Right Straight Punch
4. THRUSTING SALUTE - Front Right Step Through Kick

5. GIFT OF DESTRUCTION - Handshake
6. LOCKING HORNS - Front Headlock
7. LONE KIMONO - Front Left Hand Lapel Grab
8. GLANCING SALUTE - Front Right Hand Cross Push

9. FIVE SWORDS - Front Right Step Through Roundhouse Punch
10. BUCKLING BRANCH - Front Left Step Through Kick
11. SCRAPING HOOF - Full Nelson
12. GRIP OF DEATH - Left Flank Right Arm Headlock

13. CROSSING TALON - Front Right Hand Cross Wrist Grab
14. REPEATING MACE - Front Left Hand Push
15. SHIELDING HAMMER - Front Left Step Through Hooking Punch
16. STRIKING SERPENT'S HEAD - Front Bear Hug, Arms free

17. LOCKING WINGS - Hammerlock
18. OBSCURE WING - Right Flank Left Hand Shoulder Grab
19. REVERSING MACE - Front Left Step Through Straight Punch
20. THRUSTING PRONGS _ Front Bear Hug, Arms Pinned

21. TWISTING TWIG - Front Wrist Lock
22. OBSCURE SWORD - Right Flank Left Hand Shoulder Grab
23. RAINING CLAW - Front Right Uppercut Punch
24. CRASHING WINGS - Right Bear Hug, Arms Free