White Tiger Martial Arts Croydon : August 2025

shirotoratiger.proboards.com/thread/1691/kenpo-concepts

Distance and Timing

1. Erect Posture

2. Good Balance

3. Relax

4. Speed

5. Accuracy

6. Angles

7. Body Alignment

8. Back Up Mass

9. Economy of Motion

10. Timing

11. Telegraphing

12. Coordination

13. Focus

14. Power

15. Torque

16. Body Momentum

17. Marriage of Gravity

18. Penetration

19. Transition

20. Distance

21. Cover

JKD Attributes

Proper development of the main 3 in the Combat model

Awareness

Sensitivity

Proper Mental Attitude

1. Awareness

To see the opponent's intentions

- Knife "sparring" - knife at largo range
- isolation sparring

2. Sensitivity

To feel the opponent's intentions

- Hubud, Chi Sao

3. Proper Mental Attitude

Calmness and Confidence
Killer Instinct

Progressive Sparring - 16 phases

shirotoratiger.proboards.com/thread/2027/progressive-sparring-stma

1. lead jab only
2. lead hand only
3. lead hand and kick only

4. lead hand and kick v boxing
5. lead hand and kick v kickboxing
6. lead hand and kick v kicks only

7. jab v cross

8. boxing both

9. boxing v kicks
10. boxing v box and lead kick
11. boxing v kickboxing
12. boxing v lead kick

13. boxing and lead kick both
14. boxing and lead kick v kicks
15. boxing and lead kick v kickboxing

16. kickboxing both

JKD in STMA Progression

shirotoratiger.proboards.com/thread/2019/jkd-stma

1. Entering

2. Stop Hits

3. Interception

4. Destructions - to close the gap safely

5. Straight Blast

6. HKE - Headbutts, Knees, Elbows

7. Trapping

8. Low line kicking

9. Eye jabs

10. Groin slaps

11. Boxing

12. Groundfighting

The 32 Jiu Jitsu Principles

shirotoratiger.proboards.com/thread/1769/advanced-jj-concepts-principles

The APEX Principles - Efficiency

TIMING and CONTROL

Principle 1: Connection

Principle 2: Detachment

Principle 3: Distance

Principle 4: Pyramid

Principle 5: Creation

Principle 6: Acceptance

Principle 7: Velocity

Principle 8: Clock

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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

Saturday, 23 August 2025

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Kodokan Judo Newaza

Judo Gokyo

The 19 JKD Attributes

Kukishinden Ryu Dakentaijutsu

GUN defence

Black Belt promotions