GUN defence

 GUN defence

the gun itself is not the threat - it is the bullet from the gun - Angle 5

once you have done the disarm the gun becomes your weapon - a kilo of solid metal to strike with

gun held at the four directions - in front, behind, left, right


In terms of GUN being Tradition Koryu or Modern Goshin - handguns have been around since the 1850s

Arts such as Judo, Karate, Kendo and Aikido were founded around the 1900 mark and later - as they came down from the Koryo Jujutsu and Kobudo systems


There is a saying in the West

"God didn't make men equal - Colonel Colt did"



Western gunfighters were around in the last half of the 1800s - the 19th Century

Billy The Kid, Wyatt Earp - all around 1880 or so


At CAMP 2025 we have covered Mutodori, Unarmed against Sword, the defence Gata for stick, knife, and gun - both at Dojo and on Grass

Black Belt promotions

 Iceman

now holds the grade of

Yondan Fourth Degree Black Belt

with the titles

Renshi

and

Full Instructor

in

Shiro Tora Budo Kai

White Tiger Martial Arts

August 2025

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Tank

now holds the grade of

Sandan Third Degree Black Belt

with the titles

Sensei

and

Associate Instructor


in

Shiro Tora Budo Kai

White Tiger Martial Arts

August 2025

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Joker

now holds the grade of

Nidan 2nd Degree Black Belt

with the title

Assistant Instructor

in

Shiro Tora Budo Kai

White Tiger Martial Arts

August 2025

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The "Traditional" Titles:

3rd dan Sensei
4th dan Renshi
5th dan Shidoshi
6th dan Shihan
7th dan Kyoshi
8th dan Hanshi
9th dan Soke


Sensei is the title awarded at 3rd dan meaning "teacher" or "instructor"
Shihan is the title awarded at 6th dan meaning "master" or "master instructor"

Renshi, Kyoshi and Hanshi are titles from traditional ryhua awarded at 4th, 6th and 8th dan respectively
they are hard to translate directly but are like Professor titles at a University



The "Modern" titles

4th Dan Renshi
Full Instructor

3rd Dan Sensei
Associate Instructor

2nd Dan
Assistant Instructor

1st Dan
Apprentice Instructor

BLACK BELT
Senior Student Sempai

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STMA Black Belts

The first three BB we had were Baloo, Chip and Tork

Ice was our fourth BB

Baloo and Chip were the first to get to 2nd Dan - Ice was the third


Ice is the first BB to reach 3rd Dan, and the only BB to reach 4th Dan


Tank is our fifth BB, and the fourth to reach 2nd Dan, and the second to reach 3rd Dan


So you can see how rare and significant these Dan grades are


Maverick, Viper and Cipher our sixth, seventh and eight BB, and are the BB who achieved 1st Dan

(Maverick was on the cusp of reaching 2nd Dan when he suddenly disappeared Trojan style)


Viper was our seventh BB, and the fifth BB to reach 2nd Dan


Rogue, Bane and Shamrock are our other three BB, our ninth, tenth and eleventh


Joker is our 12th BB, and 9th to reach Shodan, and now 6th to reach 2nd Dan

(Cyclops was on the cusp of being graded to BB before he left)


There are only 12 STMA Black Belts, 12 Tigers in 16 years


Baloo II

Chip II

Tork I

Iceman IIII

Tank III

Maverick I


Viper II

Cipher I

Rogue

Bane

Shamrock

Joker II



Nine went on to Shodan

Six of them went on to reach Nidan

Two have reached Sandan

Only one went on to Yondan



People tend to think that Black Belt and 1st Dan are the same thing but they are not

BB is the highest coloured belt, the title of Senior Student

one has to train as a BB for a year before consolidating their knowledge to receive the Shodan degree rank and title of Apprentice Instructor

this is signified by the first stripe on the black belt

Summer Camp

 

Proper 3 hour Camp middle of August weekend

Summer heat meant staying in the shade on both fields


KALI on "First" Field

We rarely use the First Field - last time was two summers ago when we broke down the Dakentaijutsu over two hours on a Summer Thursday

Today we used it for KALI Sinawalli - double stick drills with variations



TOP FIELD

As the Circle itself was under the sun, we used the shade of the middle tree - where we lost those arrows back in 2013


KALI

- Double stick application and the UNARMED KEMPO applications


KRABI KRABONG

- 8 step and 10 step drills

- Krabi double swords

- Krabong short spear

this is done as sticks for the swords and Jo for the spear and gives a depth to two swords NITTO against the JO and short YARI not often covered in Japan

as the Unarmed Phase of THAI Arts forms what became MUAY THAI

and there are some elements and drills in THAI that are not covered in such depth in Japanese Karate

Hence the reason why we include THAI arts in our training - both the Weapons and Unarmed

JO v JO

JO v Sticks



NEXT

the 5 step KRABI and the 5 step KARATE Gohon Kumite back at Class



NIHON KOBUDO

JO v Bokken - the Japanese KATANA against the JO staff being the broken spear

specific focus on the NINJA use of JO - the Deception and Distraction included


NEXT

The RYUKYU KOBUDO - BO and TONFA


DAKENTAIJUTSU

based on the Weapons movement with Sword and Jo

Five Step and 3 step drills

attachment for CRA - same Ref as HUBUD

TEBUKI wrist locks

HIJI elbow locks

 Knife defence recap then seg into GUN defence

the gun itself is not the threat - it is the bullet from the gun - Angle 5

once you have done the disarm the gun becomes your weapon - a kilo of solid metal to strike with

gun held at the four directions - in front, behind, left, right


In terms of GUN being Tradition Koryu or Modern Goshin - handguns have been around since the 1850s

Arts such as Judo, Karate, Kendo and Aikido were founded around the 1900 mark and later - as they came down from the Koryo Jujutsu and Kobudo systems


There is a saying in the West

"God didn't make men equal - Colonel Colt did"



Western gunfighters were around in the last half of the 1800s - the 19th Century

Billy The Kid, Wyatt Earp - all around 1880 or so


At CAMP 2025 we have covered Mutodori, Unarmed against Sword, the defence Gata for stick, knife, and gun - both at Dojo and on Grass

Karate

 

In terms of the punching we do


Jab - Kizami tsuki

Cross - Gyaku tsuki

Step through - Oi tsuki


TSUKI means Thrust, or translates as that, as in thrust with the SWORD

The weapon in Karate is FUDOKEN the clenched fist and we TSUKI with this - THRUST PUNCH


We start our KARATE kicks with MYGERI - the Front Kick


KERI means kick, as a suffix it is softened to GERI



With MYGERI we have the Kizami, Gyaku and OI versions


MYGERI is the Primary Kick in Karate

DTE the Round Kick is the Primary Kick in THAI

CHASSE the Side Thrust Kick is the Primary Kick in SAVATE

USHIRO GERI the Back Kick is the Primary Kick in KICKBOXING

 

As we have been developing KARATE over the Season, here are some links


The 4 major karate kicks - started in 2009

shirotoratiger.proboards.com/thread/299/4-major-karate-kicks


Karate Kumite - started in 2009

shirotoratiger.proboards.com/thread/296/karate-kumite


Freestyle karate and trad karate sets - started in 2009

shirotoratiger.proboards.com/thread/78/freestyle-karate-trad-sets

as can be seen, after the first post in 2009, when the Club was open a few months and the Boards were being populated, and some updated around 2014/2015, nothing has been added in the last 10 years

this is timeless knowledge being passed on and practiced

Mike Tyson losses and decline - and the reasons why

 Read this interesting piece on Tyson recently :

Mike Tyson didn’t just lose a trainer when Kevin Rooney walked out of his corner—he lost the map to the very style that made him a force of nature.

Back when Tyson was a teenager, barely 16, Kevin Rooney took him under his wing. Not as a friend, not as a hype man—but as a craftsman. A purist. A disciple of Cus D’Amato’s peek-a-boo system, Rooney wasn’t there to babysit Mike. He was there to shape him.

And shape him he did.

For the next seven years, Tyson wasn’t just a heavyweight. He was a storm wearing gloves.

People remember the knockouts—the explosive finishes, the way grown men crumbled like scaffolding. But what they forget, or never truly saw, was the artistry in early Tyson.

He wasn’t just a puncher. He was a rhythm, a blur of movement, precision, and pressure. He would slip punches by millimeters, then rip through ribs and chins with frightening efficiency. His footwork, his upper body movement, his ability to weave and then explode—it was all orchestrated. A controlled demolition guided by Rooney.

Rooney once said, “He punched fast and hard. That’s a difficult combination to deal with.” But it wasn’t just about speed or power. It was about timing, angles, anticipation. He threw punches in bunches, not just to overwhelm, but to disorient. And above all, he couldn’t be hit. Watch those early fights—opponents swinging at air, frustration mounting with every missed jab and grazing hook.

Then came the storm behind the storm—Don King. And Robin Givens. Two names that altered Tyson’s life more than any opponent he ever faced in the ring.

The structure vanished. The discipline eroded. The noise replaced the silence of sacrifice. Kevin was gone. So was Steve Lott. Cayton was pushed aside. Anyone who once said "no" to Tyson was no longer in the room.

Instead of long nights watching fight film, there were longer nights in clubs. The early morning runs were replaced with hangovers. His body, once a machine built on repetition and structure, started to show the cost of indulgence. His style decayed with him.

Gone was the peek-a-boo movement. Gone was the tireless rhythm. Gone were the layers of combinations and that sublime defense. What emerged was a man relying on single, concussive punches—still powerful, still dangerous, but no longer elusive. No longer unpredictable. Just a headhunter, walking forward, hoping the first shot landed clean.

CompuBox numbers tell the story Tyson's eyes couldn't. With Rooney, he was landing 56% of power shots—staggering for a heavyweight. He was outlanding opponents by a mile. Against Berbick, he landed more power shots than Berbick threw total punches. That's dominance. After Rooney? The numbers dropped. The success rate dipped. He started missing. Started absorbing.

Eddie Futch, the wise old soul of boxing, didn’t mince words. He once said, “Under Cus and Rooney, Tyson was ready to go all night. Under the parade of clowns Don King brought in? No defense, no combinations, no gas.”

And what about the intangibles—the mind, the spirit? Mike changed there too. With Rooney, there was purpose. There was fear—fear of failure, fear of Cus’s legacy being wasted. After Rooney, that fear turned into recklessness. Into isolation. Into rage.

Kevin Rooney wasn't just the guy on the mitts. He was the last tie Mike had to the discipline that turned a broken kid into the youngest heavyweight champion the sport has ever seen. He was the voice saying no when everyone else said yes.

So, did Mike Tyson change his boxing style after Kevin Rooney? Yes.
But that’s the surface.

He changed as a fighter, and more devastatingly, as a man.

And that… that’s the real story.

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We have plenty of footage of the early Tyson, as he is described above, on the Forum clips, his KOs and classic fights

We never really looked at his decline and loses, as described above

Here are some relevant clips


Lennox Lewis vs Mike Tyson (highlights)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBYQBSNN0PE


"Iron" Mike Tyson | All 6 Losses

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRSjRsZEiD0&t=54s

00:54 Mike Tyson vs Buster Douglas
03:58 Mike Tyson vs Evander Holyfield
07:52 Mike Tyson vs Evander Holyfield 2
11:59 Mike Tyson vs Lennox Lewis
14:30 Mike Tyson vs Danny Williams
16:14 Mike Tyson vs Kevin McBride