Hand Immobilisation Attacks, also known as Trapping.
Basic sequence:
lop sao
jao sao and lo 12
pak sao
side step pak sao and shuto
- henka - hammer anvil eye jab
inside bon to uraken
Advanced sequence:
pak, pak
pak, lop
side step, wedge, pak
pak, pak, elbow wrench, 13
pak, lop, wrench, 13, headbutt
Against a retreat to punch range: pak, gz, pak
Against a retreat to kick range: pak, dte
Pak, pak to Thai clinch with foream shiver
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Monday, 12 October 2009
Chi sao at STMA
We take the Jun Fan approach rather than the hard fixed WC approach, and you don't need to learn Sil Lum Tao first.
NRG - energy drills at STMA
Chi sao from Wing Chun:
dan chi - single hand parallel
bon lop
shuto awase - single hand matched
luk sao - rolling hands
gor sao - advanced
Hubud lubud from kali:
basic hubud and switch
low hubud
outside hubud
tapi
Mantis:
Harmonious spring drill
Tai Chi:
Push hands drill
Weapons:
Tendensia knife flow drill
Single tap
Triple tap
Taiatari tsubazarai from kendo
Chi kwane from WC Pole
dan chi - single hand parallel
bon lop
shuto awase - single hand matched
luk sao - rolling hands
gor sao - advanced
Hubud lubud from kali:
basic hubud and switch
low hubud
outside hubud
tapi
Mantis:
Harmonious spring drill
Tai Chi:
Push hands drill
Weapons:
Tendensia knife flow drill
Single tap
Triple tap
Taiatari tsubazarai from kendo
Chi kwane from WC Pole
Saturday, 10 October 2009
Nunchaku sparring
We also spar nunchaku - with the foam chucks, though in armour we can use rattan chux.
Stick fighting
This involves the skills built in the stick drills from Kali, Eskrima, Silat, and Krabi Krabong.
Like Kendo, we spar in armour.
Strikes are made to:
men - helmet
Do - body, though we also include the arms in stick
kote - wrists
Sune - we also strike to shins and knee - this is not done in standard kendo sparring, but it is done with naginata
We then remove the body armour.
We then remove the gloves
We then spar with just a fencing mask to protect the teeth and eyes (and nose for those of you who haven't had a break yet)
Like Kendo, we spar in armour.
Strikes are made to:
men - helmet
Do - body, though we also include the arms in stick
kote - wrists
Sune - we also strike to shins and knee - this is not done in standard kendo sparring, but it is done with naginata
We then remove the body armour.
We then remove the gloves
We then spar with just a fencing mask to protect the teeth and eyes (and nose for those of you who haven't had a break yet)
Kadena de mano
Kadena de mano is one of the FMA (Filipino Martial Arts) we practice.
It involves knife to knife, hand to knife, and hand to hand combat.
The hand to hand is based on the moves learnt in the knife drills.
At STMA we have the added dimension of knife sparring - with the felt pens - to test the skills in real time.
It involves knife to knife, hand to knife, and hand to hand combat.
The hand to hand is based on the moves learnt in the knife drills.
At STMA we have the added dimension of knife sparring - with the felt pens - to test the skills in real time.
Vale Tudo/MMA with knives
In VT, we spar a knife man, with pen, against an unarmed fighter - all MMA rules of sparring apply, but the unarmed man has the added dimension of having to make sure he doesn't get cut - that includes in closing, in the clinch, and on the ground.
I always wear my best gi for this - which gives me the added incentive of not getting pen marks all over it!
We can also spar knife vs knife the same as we do stick v stick VT.
When WE "mix the martial arts" at STMA, we mix the weapons in as well!
I always wear my best gi for this - which gives me the added incentive of not getting pen marks all over it!
We can also spar knife vs knife the same as we do stick v stick VT.
When WE "mix the martial arts" at STMA, we mix the weapons in as well!
Knife sparring
Gets the heart racing when you read that title doesn't it?
Obviously we don't use a real knife for this - or even a dummy knife.
We use a felt tip pen.
This way you know when you're really getting cut and if your defence works. Then you can go away and drill specifics to eliminate where you went wrong.
Fighting with a pen is the ultimate pressure test of your knife skills - well, without doing it for real, which is not the place to find out of they work or not (especially "or not"!)
Many "pedestallers" find out the hard way that they really can't defend against a real knife attack by trying his sparring method.
Many don't even want to try it.
Obviously we don't use a real knife for this - or even a dummy knife.
We use a felt tip pen.
This way you know when you're really getting cut and if your defence works. Then you can go away and drill specifics to eliminate where you went wrong.
Fighting with a pen is the ultimate pressure test of your knife skills - well, without doing it for real, which is not the place to find out of they work or not (especially "or not"!)
Many "pedestallers" find out the hard way that they really can't defend against a real knife attack by trying his sparring method.
Many don't even want to try it.
Friday, 9 October 2009
White Tiger Martial Arts Shiro Tora Budo Kai Caterham Surrey
Practical, Realistic and Effective Street Self Defence
Close quarter combat training taken from the Applied Fighting Arts of
Karate, Jujutsu, Wing Chun, Muay Thai and Kali
Impact training and sparring from
Freestyle Karate, Boxing, Kickboxing and Thai Boxing
Weapons defence and combat training from Kobudo, Kali and Eskrima
Grappling and matwork from Judo, Jujutsu and Wrestling
All forms of Defence Combat taught
Strikes, Kicks, Punches and Counterattacks
Headbutts, Knees, Elbows (HKE)
Trapping (HIA), Energy Drills and Chi Sao
Chokes and Strangles – Locks and Controls
Throws and Takedowns – Ground and Pound
Grappling – Groundfighting - Vale Tudo – MMA
Stick and Knife – Sword and Staff – Nunchaku and Tonfa
Gun Defence and Knife Defence training
Threat Awareness – Threat Avoidance – Threat Response
Self Protection – Street Fighting – Unarmed Combat
Learn from a 6th degree Black Belt with over 30 years training and
10 years real world experience on the doors of Britain’s pubs and clubs
Training sessions held in Caterham (Over 18s)
Caterham Methodist Church, Coulsdon Road, Caterham-on-the-Hill
Wednesday 7.30 – 9.30 pm
Thursday 7.30 – 9.30 pm
Monthly Membership £35 or £5 a session pay as you go
email: ShiroToraTiger@yahoo.co.uk
website: ShiroToraTiger.blogspot.com
Beginners Welcome
Private lessons available
Close quarter combat training taken from the Applied Fighting Arts of
Karate, Jujutsu, Wing Chun, Muay Thai and Kali
Impact training and sparring from
Freestyle Karate, Boxing, Kickboxing and Thai Boxing
Weapons defence and combat training from Kobudo, Kali and Eskrima
Grappling and matwork from Judo, Jujutsu and Wrestling
All forms of Defence Combat taught
Strikes, Kicks, Punches and Counterattacks
Headbutts, Knees, Elbows (HKE)
Trapping (HIA), Energy Drills and Chi Sao
Chokes and Strangles – Locks and Controls
Throws and Takedowns – Ground and Pound
Grappling – Groundfighting - Vale Tudo – MMA
Stick and Knife – Sword and Staff – Nunchaku and Tonfa
Gun Defence and Knife Defence training
Threat Awareness – Threat Avoidance – Threat Response
Self Protection – Street Fighting – Unarmed Combat
Learn from a 6th degree Black Belt with over 30 years training and
10 years real world experience on the doors of Britain’s pubs and clubs
Training sessions held in Caterham (Over 18s)
Caterham Methodist Church, Coulsdon Road, Caterham-on-the-Hill
Wednesday 7.30 – 9.30 pm
Thursday 7.30 – 9.30 pm
Monthly Membership £35 or £5 a session pay as you go
email: ShiroToraTiger@yahoo.co.uk
website: ShiroToraTiger.blogspot.com
Beginners Welcome
Private lessons available
Thursday, 8 October 2009
The STMA DVD is ready!
The DVD is filmed at 3 venues over the course of about a month:
Sports Hall - with mats - KB and Combat Jujutsu
Boxing Gym - in the ring - boxing and KB
Karate Dojo - karate and weapons classes
Footage includes:
kickboxing in SC structure. You can see the use of long distance kicks in this style.
kick for kick drill which leads straight into SC sparring.
Combat Jujutsu
Standing chokes to takedown to ground chokes.
Throws - cross hip into Juji gatame and throw for throw drill.
various throws:
Seoinage, taiotoshi, harai goshi, uchi mata, o soto gari, o uchi gari
Kickboxing range entering into grapping range and throws
Leg takedowns:
Morote gari - from Fence, grappling range and outrange
- to grappling and leglocks
Single leg td to locks
TDs against a kick with ground finishes
Against a shooter - sprawl and ground finish
Kata guruma - the fireman's variation
Handachi - when kneeling - lock a standing attacker
Kickboxing to HKE and out to kb range, avoiding grappling
boxing ABCs, SC ABCs, advanced kicks
kick for kick drill then spar for 2 rounds.
These sparring fights look full on and viscious - because they are!
In spite of the intensity at this level nobody really gets hit hard and nobody gets hurt.
Sports Hall - with mats - KB and Combat Jujutsu
Boxing Gym - in the ring - boxing and KB
Karate Dojo - karate and weapons classes
Footage includes:
kickboxing in SC structure. You can see the use of long distance kicks in this style.
kick for kick drill which leads straight into SC sparring.
Combat Jujutsu
Standing chokes to takedown to ground chokes.
Throws - cross hip into Juji gatame and throw for throw drill.
various throws:
Seoinage, taiotoshi, harai goshi, uchi mata, o soto gari, o uchi gari
Kickboxing range entering into grapping range and throws
Leg takedowns:
Morote gari - from Fence, grappling range and outrange
- to grappling and leglocks
Single leg td to locks
TDs against a kick with ground finishes
Against a shooter - sprawl and ground finish
Kata guruma - the fireman's variation
Handachi - when kneeling - lock a standing attacker
Kickboxing to HKE and out to kb range, avoiding grappling
boxing ABCs, SC ABCs, advanced kicks
kick for kick drill then spar for 2 rounds.
These sparring fights look full on and viscious - because they are!
In spite of the intensity at this level nobody really gets hit hard and nobody gets hurt.
Combat concepts
Longest weapon to closest target
This is a combat concept.
It means what it says:
Use your low lead kick to hit the opponent's leg as he steps into range.
Use your lead jab to his face, or eye jab to the eye as he moves in.
That "coffee table" moment
This is a combat concept.
You have all had that experience where you've "barked" your shin on the coffee table when crossing the room in a hurry. It makes you forget what you were originally rushing to do and focusses all your attention on the site of the pain.
In combat we strike kokutsu, the shinbone, with a hard kick, to give him that "coffee table moment". It makes him forget all about attacking us.
Buffalo eyebrow
This is a combat concept.
One of our primary concepts is that we defend angles of attack rather than worry about specific weapons or what style the attacker trains in.
The strike that comes in to the left side of your head is angle #1. You defend it with the appropriate block.
It doesn't matter if the attacker is:
a "street fighter" throwing a haymaker
a boxer throwing a hook
a karate stylist throwing a shuto
another stylist throwing a ridge hand
throwing a crane beak
throwing a "buffalo eyebrow"
or anything else
"Buffalo eyebrow" is of course made up. It's not a real technique (as far as we know!)
It provokes laughter when we cover this concept in class and that helps you remember it.
Lin Sil Die Dar
This is a combat concept.
It means similtanous block and strike.
We have various ways of practicing this.
It's harder to do, but more effective than "block then punch".
The Fence
This is a combat concept.
Keep your hands between you and the attacker, as a protective "fence" around your property.
Keep him at arms length so he has to close the gap to attack you.
Don't just stand there with your arms by the side - get in a bladed stance and get your fence up.
You can then line him up for your Pre-Emptive strike.
The Pre-Emptive Strike
This is a combat concept.
This is when you have an attacker on The Fence at the Verbal Phase.
He's busy telling you what he's going to do to you, before he launches his attack - which will probably be a right hand punch.
He is in your space, making threatening behaviour.
He is committing common assault.
You have the LEGAL RIGHT to hit him once in Self Defence if you think your safety is threatened - if you honestly believe you feel afraid for your safety.
Hit hard - hit fast - hit first!
Double tap
This is a combat concept.
Against 2 opponent's, get them lined up during the verbal phase and then treat them like two focus mitts - land a cross to each of them.
This is very effective in a live situation.
Sometimes the second shot is not as clean as you'd like, but then you just go into a followup in a one one one.
Red letter day
This is a combat concept.
Against three or more attackers.
Think of them like bills coming through your door on the same day. You don't rush to pay the one that's the first bill - you rush to pay the red letter, the final demand that threatens to cut you off.
Out of the 3 attackers, one will be the main man, the other will be his 2 mates backing him up.
Take out the main man - the "red letter" with a pre-emptive KO.
Then you can hit the next two with a double tap.
Sometimes it won't work out clean - you get the second man and end up in a grapple with the third, but that's OK, coz you're now one on one.
Sometimes the third man wil back right out of range when the first two go down, which is fine as well - let him run away.
Dealing with 5 or more attackers
This is a combat concept.
This is maybe the most difficult scenario and is a matter of spirit before tactic before technique.
Very few people can really fight through 5 attackers. I have seen it done, but that is an exceptionally well trained and tough person and a lot of luck.
The first thing to do is change your mind set:
there is actually no such thing as being attacked by 5 people.
You are being attacked by one plus one plus one plus one plus one.
The main man will be coming for you and his mates will be folowing him.
If he takes you down, they will all follow his lead and pile in.
You have to reverse this.
The best method is to double tap the main man and the closest of his mates.
BANG! BANG!
"Who's f**king next?!!"
Now, if all 3 rushed you they would cause you a problem.
But you are not dealing with THREE people. You are dealing with
one plus one plus one.
Each ONE of them is thinking "Not me" and backing off.
The Karate kata Jutte means "Ten hands" - meaning the ability to fight opponent's at once. It is the 2nd dan kata. This is where our spirit, tactics, and LASTLY techniques can be found.
The Jerry Springer syndrome
This is a Combat Concept.
You've seen the Jerry Springer Show where "guests" on stage are arguing, the argument escalates until they are really shouting, then BANG they go at each other and they go straight to Vertical Grappling phase, with other people trying to pull them apart.
This is how most real fights happen, certainly in pubs and clubs.
You have the verbal stage of build up before the BANG into VG - that's JS Syndrome.
In clubs I manage - I am always the Head Doorman where I work, I never work on somebody else's team with somebody else's rules and methods - I stand so I can watch the bar, the dance floor, and the seating area. I watch for changes in movement that are precursors to a fight.
Have you ever been in a club where a fight suddenly kicks off and the bouncers are already there pulling the aggressors apart, while the rest of the security team are monitoring their friends to make sure it doesn't turn into an all out brawl?
Well that's how we do it - the Head Door will watch for JS Syn and order his bouncers to "dance floor" or "bar" as appopriate. We know these guys will be in a fight before they do.
In SD it is important not to get into JS Syn yourself - avoid the whole verbal stage. Keep the attacker on the Fence and keep calm, keep a cool head. Take him out with a pre-emptive strike while he's still in the verbal stage.
All bouncers who have seen JS Syn from the third person POV will recognise it from the Defensive POV and know how to deal with it.
At STMA we pass this knowledge onto you, so you can apply it when needed.
Blow before throw - atemi
This is a combat concept.
In Jujutsu and grappling we practice throws.
But for VT and street we lead into a throw with a strike - an atemi. This causes pain and distracts the opponent from resisting and countering.
In a clinch, we might use HKE before a throw. A knee before turning into uchi mata is a good example. A head before o soto gari is another.
Third point
This is a combat concept.
(Skillfully avoiding the obvious jokes) nobody has 3 legs like a stool or a tripod.
If you wobble a tripod it's balance will redistribute to the 3rd leg.
Wobble a person and they have to either step to where the third leg isn't or they fall over.
This is Third Point theory - the place where there is no leg.
Throw your opponent to the third point without allowing him to step to regain his balance and he will fall that way.
This is a combat concept.
It means what it says:
Use your low lead kick to hit the opponent's leg as he steps into range.
Use your lead jab to his face, or eye jab to the eye as he moves in.
That "coffee table" moment
This is a combat concept.
You have all had that experience where you've "barked" your shin on the coffee table when crossing the room in a hurry. It makes you forget what you were originally rushing to do and focusses all your attention on the site of the pain.
In combat we strike kokutsu, the shinbone, with a hard kick, to give him that "coffee table moment". It makes him forget all about attacking us.
Buffalo eyebrow
This is a combat concept.
One of our primary concepts is that we defend angles of attack rather than worry about specific weapons or what style the attacker trains in.
The strike that comes in to the left side of your head is angle #1. You defend it with the appropriate block.
It doesn't matter if the attacker is:
a "street fighter" throwing a haymaker
a boxer throwing a hook
a karate stylist throwing a shuto
another stylist throwing a ridge hand
throwing a crane beak
throwing a "buffalo eyebrow"
or anything else
"Buffalo eyebrow" is of course made up. It's not a real technique (as far as we know!)
It provokes laughter when we cover this concept in class and that helps you remember it.
Lin Sil Die Dar
This is a combat concept.
It means similtanous block and strike.
We have various ways of practicing this.
It's harder to do, but more effective than "block then punch".
The Fence
This is a combat concept.
Keep your hands between you and the attacker, as a protective "fence" around your property.
Keep him at arms length so he has to close the gap to attack you.
Don't just stand there with your arms by the side - get in a bladed stance and get your fence up.
You can then line him up for your Pre-Emptive strike.
The Pre-Emptive Strike
This is a combat concept.
This is when you have an attacker on The Fence at the Verbal Phase.
He's busy telling you what he's going to do to you, before he launches his attack - which will probably be a right hand punch.
He is in your space, making threatening behaviour.
He is committing common assault.
You have the LEGAL RIGHT to hit him once in Self Defence if you think your safety is threatened - if you honestly believe you feel afraid for your safety.
Hit hard - hit fast - hit first!
Double tap
This is a combat concept.
Against 2 opponent's, get them lined up during the verbal phase and then treat them like two focus mitts - land a cross to each of them.
This is very effective in a live situation.
Sometimes the second shot is not as clean as you'd like, but then you just go into a followup in a one one one.
Red letter day
This is a combat concept.
Against three or more attackers.
Think of them like bills coming through your door on the same day. You don't rush to pay the one that's the first bill - you rush to pay the red letter, the final demand that threatens to cut you off.
Out of the 3 attackers, one will be the main man, the other will be his 2 mates backing him up.
Take out the main man - the "red letter" with a pre-emptive KO.
Then you can hit the next two with a double tap.
Sometimes it won't work out clean - you get the second man and end up in a grapple with the third, but that's OK, coz you're now one on one.
Sometimes the third man wil back right out of range when the first two go down, which is fine as well - let him run away.
Dealing with 5 or more attackers
This is a combat concept.
This is maybe the most difficult scenario and is a matter of spirit before tactic before technique.
Very few people can really fight through 5 attackers. I have seen it done, but that is an exceptionally well trained and tough person and a lot of luck.
The first thing to do is change your mind set:
there is actually no such thing as being attacked by 5 people.
You are being attacked by one plus one plus one plus one plus one.
The main man will be coming for you and his mates will be folowing him.
If he takes you down, they will all follow his lead and pile in.
You have to reverse this.
The best method is to double tap the main man and the closest of his mates.
BANG! BANG!
"Who's f**king next?!!"
Now, if all 3 rushed you they would cause you a problem.
But you are not dealing with THREE people. You are dealing with
one plus one plus one.
Each ONE of them is thinking "Not me" and backing off.
The Karate kata Jutte means "Ten hands" - meaning the ability to fight opponent's at once. It is the 2nd dan kata. This is where our spirit, tactics, and LASTLY techniques can be found.
The Jerry Springer syndrome
This is a Combat Concept.
You've seen the Jerry Springer Show where "guests" on stage are arguing, the argument escalates until they are really shouting, then BANG they go at each other and they go straight to Vertical Grappling phase, with other people trying to pull them apart.
This is how most real fights happen, certainly in pubs and clubs.
You have the verbal stage of build up before the BANG into VG - that's JS Syndrome.
In clubs I manage - I am always the Head Doorman where I work, I never work on somebody else's team with somebody else's rules and methods - I stand so I can watch the bar, the dance floor, and the seating area. I watch for changes in movement that are precursors to a fight.
Have you ever been in a club where a fight suddenly kicks off and the bouncers are already there pulling the aggressors apart, while the rest of the security team are monitoring their friends to make sure it doesn't turn into an all out brawl?
Well that's how we do it - the Head Door will watch for JS Syn and order his bouncers to "dance floor" or "bar" as appopriate. We know these guys will be in a fight before they do.
In SD it is important not to get into JS Syn yourself - avoid the whole verbal stage. Keep the attacker on the Fence and keep calm, keep a cool head. Take him out with a pre-emptive strike while he's still in the verbal stage.
All bouncers who have seen JS Syn from the third person POV will recognise it from the Defensive POV and know how to deal with it.
At STMA we pass this knowledge onto you, so you can apply it when needed.
Blow before throw - atemi
This is a combat concept.
In Jujutsu and grappling we practice throws.
But for VT and street we lead into a throw with a strike - an atemi. This causes pain and distracts the opponent from resisting and countering.
In a clinch, we might use HKE before a throw. A knee before turning into uchi mata is a good example. A head before o soto gari is another.
Third point
This is a combat concept.
(Skillfully avoiding the obvious jokes) nobody has 3 legs like a stool or a tripod.
If you wobble a tripod it's balance will redistribute to the 3rd leg.
Wobble a person and they have to either step to where the third leg isn't or they fall over.
This is Third Point theory - the place where there is no leg.
Throw your opponent to the third point without allowing him to step to regain his balance and he will fall that way.
Tuesday, 6 October 2009
Real fights
It comes down to repetitive drilling - drilling a technique so it becomes second nature - and instinctive response.
I've been in some bad fights in my time on the door.
One of the worst was a night when 3 of us were working and a big kick off happened and it went right out of control, so we had to wade in to deal with it.
I got hit from the side and my right eye closed, and the left one was seeing stars. We were getting pummelled. The training took over and I just zeroed in on chins with my right cross. I was getting hit, but not as hard as they were, and we managed to turn the situation around.
Had I started flailing wildly I would have been in trouble - it was focussing that made my shots work and conditioning that enabled me to take the shots they were sending me.
Boxing was mentioned above and that is a great way to develop this kind of instinctive response. So is Muay Thai and Judo.
Pressure testing - don't rely on a ref to stops things if you start taking too much punishment. If you go down you have to get back up again. You can't tap out.
It's not really a case of remembering your art - it's a case of that art being made functional for real combat in the first place.
If you've been standing on a sugar pedastal it'll just collapse when the rain falls.
I've been in some bad fights in my time on the door.
One of the worst was a night when 3 of us were working and a big kick off happened and it went right out of control, so we had to wade in to deal with it.
I got hit from the side and my right eye closed, and the left one was seeing stars. We were getting pummelled. The training took over and I just zeroed in on chins with my right cross. I was getting hit, but not as hard as they were, and we managed to turn the situation around.
Had I started flailing wildly I would have been in trouble - it was focussing that made my shots work and conditioning that enabled me to take the shots they were sending me.
Boxing was mentioned above and that is a great way to develop this kind of instinctive response. So is Muay Thai and Judo.
Pressure testing - don't rely on a ref to stops things if you start taking too much punishment. If you go down you have to get back up again. You can't tap out.
It's not really a case of remembering your art - it's a case of that art being made functional for real combat in the first place.
If you've been standing on a sugar pedastal it'll just collapse when the rain falls.
The 7 dimensions of grappling
We train through all 7 dimensions of grappling combat.
Newaza
Groundgrappling, as in Judo, BJJ and wrestling. Pins, chokes, and locks.
We grapple with gi jackets and without.
We also have Ground Fighting as in Vale Tudo and MMA where we keep the gloves on and allow striking in ground range.
Nage - Throws
As in Judo. We practice all kinds of throws and then apply them in randori free sparring.
As well as gi grappling, we use the wrestling concept of tieing up without grabbing the clothes.
Takedowns
Not the same as throws.
Double and single leg takedowns down from the outrange fall into this category.
After a takedown you have the option of following into grappling, locking the leg from standing, striking, or breaking away.
Catch kick takedowns
Fighting at Kickboxing range we catch or "shelf" the kick and perform our takedown.
Karate Sweeps
Fighting at Kickboxing range we sweep the leg to takedown the opponent, as part of an attack combination, or in defence
Projections
As in aikido, when we are grabbed on the wrist, sleeve or collar we use arm and wristlocks to project the opponent to the mat.
Handachi
This is when you are down and the opponent is standing.
In aikido there is a whole section called handachi for this. However, in the West, we don't kneel on the floor as they do in Japan. If you find yourself kneeling in front of a standing opponent you are at the takedown phase, so do a morote gari.
Our handachi would apply if you were sitting in a chair when attacked for example.
But the worst example of this is if you go down and are lying there while your opponent still stands and tries to kick you. The grappling response is to affect a leg takedown, which allows you to follow to grappling, or to get up and reverse the position - you standing, him lying.
Newaza
Groundgrappling, as in Judo, BJJ and wrestling. Pins, chokes, and locks.
We grapple with gi jackets and without.
We also have Ground Fighting as in Vale Tudo and MMA where we keep the gloves on and allow striking in ground range.
Nage - Throws
As in Judo. We practice all kinds of throws and then apply them in randori free sparring.
As well as gi grappling, we use the wrestling concept of tieing up without grabbing the clothes.
Takedowns
Not the same as throws.
Double and single leg takedowns down from the outrange fall into this category.
After a takedown you have the option of following into grappling, locking the leg from standing, striking, or breaking away.
Catch kick takedowns
Fighting at Kickboxing range we catch or "shelf" the kick and perform our takedown.
Karate Sweeps
Fighting at Kickboxing range we sweep the leg to takedown the opponent, as part of an attack combination, or in defence
Projections
As in aikido, when we are grabbed on the wrist, sleeve or collar we use arm and wristlocks to project the opponent to the mat.
Handachi
This is when you are down and the opponent is standing.
In aikido there is a whole section called handachi for this. However, in the West, we don't kneel on the floor as they do in Japan. If you find yourself kneeling in front of a standing opponent you are at the takedown phase, so do a morote gari.
Our handachi would apply if you were sitting in a chair when attacked for example.
But the worst example of this is if you go down and are lying there while your opponent still stands and tries to kick you. The grappling response is to affect a leg takedown, which allows you to follow to grappling, or to get up and reverse the position - you standing, him lying.
Locks
We have 5 major HIJI WAZA elbow locks and five major TEBUKI WAZA wrist locks we practice in STMA.
Hiji - elbow:
ikkyo - oshi taoshi - straight arm bar push down
ude gaeshi - figure four arm twist
hiki taoshi - inside arm bar push down
ude hineri - branch up arm twist
waki gatame - arm bar
tebuki - wrist:
kote gaeshi - wrist twist - supination
kote hineri - wrist turn - pronation
nikyo - hon gyaku - bent arm wrist bend
tenkai kote gaeshi
tenkai kote hineri - into sankyo, then hiki taoshi
sankyo - a variation on kote hineri
Shioda Shihan 10th Dan Aikido lists 160 techniques in his texts, though it must be said that many of these are just very subtle variations.
He lists 10 variations of ikkyo alone. However 5 of these are individual waza in their own right. The same applies to the first three forms of nikyo.
So it is fair to say there are 100 locks in Jujutsu, just as there are 100 throws.
That makes 200 techniques to learn from standing grappling!
Hiji - elbow:
ikkyo - oshi taoshi - straight arm bar push down
ude gaeshi - figure four arm twist
hiki taoshi - inside arm bar push down
ude hineri - branch up arm twist
waki gatame - arm bar
tebuki - wrist:
kote gaeshi - wrist twist - supination
kote hineri - wrist turn - pronation
nikyo - hon gyaku - bent arm wrist bend
tenkai kote gaeshi
tenkai kote hineri - into sankyo, then hiki taoshi
sankyo - a variation on kote hineri
Shioda Shihan 10th Dan Aikido lists 160 techniques in his texts, though it must be said that many of these are just very subtle variations.
He lists 10 variations of ikkyo alone. However 5 of these are individual waza in their own right. The same applies to the first three forms of nikyo.
So it is fair to say there are 100 locks in Jujutsu, just as there are 100 throws.
That makes 200 techniques to learn from standing grappling!
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Sunday, 4 October 2009
The 4 dimensions of Combat
The 1st Dimension
Length. Advancing and retreating.
This is best demonstrated in the Krabi drill - moving straight forward, hitting on one line with one angle.
Also seen in Jun Fan's Jik Chun Choy straight blast.
Rather then being limiting, this tactic takes away our need to have to think - we crash forward with power and pressure. The enemy is forced to retreat, he runs backward.
In boxing or Thai we drive him back onto the ropes or into the corner.
2nd dimension
Height. Attacking high and low.
In boxing this means bringing in body shots as well as the head shots. Same applies in KB and karate.
In lo kix and Thai we add leg kicks and the leg block.
A whole new dimension to give the enemy a wholenew set of problems.
3rd dimension
Width. Lateral movement.
The triangle footwork from Kali.
This can be applied in stickfighting, karate, boxing and KB.
4th dimension
As all Sci Fi geeks know, the 4th dimension is Time.
Having the 3 dimensions of space covered - Do-ai - distancing, we need to cover the dimension of Ma-ai - timing.
You can't go instantly from outrange to corto - you progress there and that takes time - what we call beats.
Imagine an opponent attacking with a J,C,H ABC - you defend using parry, roll, salute.
To defeat him with timing you Intercept him on the half beat.
No matter how fast he is you will always get there first. You have moved ahead in Time - you have moved through the 4th dimension!
The Fifth Dimension
5D is where we start getting into the metaphysical stuff of MA.
Mushin - Wu Wei - No Mind.
The empty cup, the Void, the 5th level of the Godai, the 5th element.
In Mushin we go beyond Doai and Maai, the dimensions of space and time, and we just are.
I could write volumes on this one topic or I could write nothing.
The point is - you get there when you get there. It can't be forced, it can't be rushed.
Think of Neo in The Matrix when he realises he is The One. He sees the green code for what it is, not what it appears to be. Once he's achieved this,defeating his "unbeatable" enemy is easy.
This is where YOU want to be!
Length. Advancing and retreating.
This is best demonstrated in the Krabi drill - moving straight forward, hitting on one line with one angle.
Also seen in Jun Fan's Jik Chun Choy straight blast.
Rather then being limiting, this tactic takes away our need to have to think - we crash forward with power and pressure. The enemy is forced to retreat, he runs backward.
In boxing or Thai we drive him back onto the ropes or into the corner.
2nd dimension
Height. Attacking high and low.
In boxing this means bringing in body shots as well as the head shots. Same applies in KB and karate.
In lo kix and Thai we add leg kicks and the leg block.
A whole new dimension to give the enemy a wholenew set of problems.
3rd dimension
Width. Lateral movement.
The triangle footwork from Kali.
This can be applied in stickfighting, karate, boxing and KB.
4th dimension
As all Sci Fi geeks know, the 4th dimension is Time.
Having the 3 dimensions of space covered - Do-ai - distancing, we need to cover the dimension of Ma-ai - timing.
You can't go instantly from outrange to corto - you progress there and that takes time - what we call beats.
Imagine an opponent attacking with a J,C,H ABC - you defend using parry, roll, salute.
To defeat him with timing you Intercept him on the half beat.
No matter how fast he is you will always get there first. You have moved ahead in Time - you have moved through the 4th dimension!
The Fifth Dimension
5D is where we start getting into the metaphysical stuff of MA.
Mushin - Wu Wei - No Mind.
The empty cup, the Void, the 5th level of the Godai, the 5th element.
In Mushin we go beyond Doai and Maai, the dimensions of space and time, and we just are.
I could write volumes on this one topic or I could write nothing.
The point is - you get there when you get there. It can't be forced, it can't be rushed.
Think of Neo in The Matrix when he realises he is The One. He sees the green code for what it is, not what it appears to be. Once he's achieved this,defeating his "unbeatable" enemy is easy.
This is where YOU want to be!
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Friday, 2 October 2009
Weapons at STMA!
Krabi
Krabi Krabong is the weapons art of Thailand, the military weapons forerunner to the unarmed combat art of Muay Thai and the ring sport of Thai Boxing.
Krabi uses twin stix, the number 1 strike and jodan uke block.
It uses an advancing pushing, pressure step, and retreats with defence.
5 step sparring involves advancing and retreating in attack and defence.
We start with a single step and strike, then progress to a double step and strike.
We finish the sequence with a power strike, a "kradot" jumping strike or a double "tenchi" strike.
It is also possible to put in a kick at the end of the sequence.
The stixs represent swords, as in kali. Though brutal as a stick combat art, the ultimate intention is to train for blade combat.
It is , like boxing, a very basic and primative art, with not a lot to learn. Which is what makes it so effective.
Eskrima and Kali
Eskrima and Kali are the weapons arts of the Philipines, referred to as Filipino Martial Arts or FMA.
Training is done with the short stick, single or double.
In Eskrima we fight with the stick, so stick training represents stick combat.
In Kali we fight with swords, so stick training represents blade combat. That is the real distinction between the two. Kali is a lot like Krabi, but also very different, as you will see.
Eskrima training consists of:
Sinawalli - double sticks
Largo mano - long range single stick
Serrada - close range single stick
Kadena de mano - knife and hand
Largo
Largo is the long range.
Largo mano actually means long hand, but we use it to cover weapons method as well.
The basic drill is an advancing and retreating 5 step kumite.
This can be done with the single stick, the longer stick, the sword and the staff, both jo and bo.
We can also mix and match weapons:
stick v 2 stix
boken v stix
boken v bo
boken v jo
jo v stix
bo v stix
tonfa v stix
tonfa v boken
tonfa v jo
tonfa v bo
Sinawalli
Sinawalli means "weaving". It refers to the patterns the stick make in the drills.
Sinawalli is done with double sticks at the largo range.
The first thing you learn is the basic different counts:
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
4 count also has a twirl and sipat henka
5 also has a sipta henka
5 and 7 are also performed "offside"
6 count is a series in it's own right, containing standard, heaven, earth, redondo, stab and sipat henka.
The second thing you learn is "chains" - 2 and 4,
4 and 6,
2, 4, 6
6 chains such as heaven, earth
Then you learn concepts:
chaining, matching, mirroring, redondo, chasing, etc.
It is a very dynamic, thorough and fulfilling art to learn and practice.
It's also a lot of fun!
Serrada
Serrada is the close range system done at the medio and corto ranges.
Drills include:
sombrada - both 3 and 5 count
box sombrada
hubud
entry from largo to medio and out again
move from largo to medio to corto and out
locks with stick
Serrada uses the 12 angle number system of Cabales Eskrima.
We can also drill with tonfa at serrada, and even nuncha (called tayok in FMA)
Knife
Though we do Japanese tanto training from kobudo and ninpo, the bulk of our knife training is from Eskrima.
Kadena de mano means knife and hand. It is the close range art of fighting and defending with the knife.
Knife to knife, hand to knife, and hand to hand are the 3 phases.
Knife uses the first 7 angles of Eskrima.
Knife defence we work on at an early level.
Knife "fighting" itself is taught to seniors.
Tonfa and nunchaku
We play tonfa and nuncha in serrada range as well as largo.
stick v tonfa
stick v nuncha
tonfa v nuncha
nuncha v nuncha
tonfa v tonfa
Bokken, Jo and Bo
We play these at largo range, extending the range out as needed.
Grappling and MMA at STMA!
The way we do this class is start on the ground. We do some stretches from yoga that are relevant to the muscles used in grappling, then play some moves and transitions as a warmup. Then we pair up and play pins. We use the Newaza from Judo and the basic ground moves from Brazilian Jujutsu as they complement each other perfectly and don't leave any gaps.
Each pin has an escape and we play these, also drills such as pass the guard-escape the mount. Then we look at finishes from each position - chokes and locks. Then we look at the counters and reversals.
Then we stand up and look at throws, simple moves from Judo and wrestling such as Kata guruma - cross hip, seoinage - flying mare, o soto gari, simple stuff like that, so we know how to get there, and moves such as morote gari and other leg takedowns, and how not to get caught in the guard. Also pad drills on the ground, punching the pads while in the mount and guard.
Then by adding back in strikes to vertical grappling, the Thai clinch drill, and HKE, we can progress to kickboxing on the mat, and from the clinch, go to ground, practice ground and pound, and grappling.
With the new mats at the club, we can regularly explore grappling, MMA and Vale Tudo, and devote maybe an hour from a 2 hour class to this dimension of our fight training.
Sparring at STMA!
Boxing
This is Western boxing, hands only fighting.
The main tools are:
Jab, Cross, Hook, Uppercut
The target is the head, the purpose is the knockout.
With lead and rear hooks and uppercuts, this generates 6 basic punches. You learn and practice these on the pads, then try them out in sparring.
Drilling is progressive:
Basic punches - the "big 6"
Defences
Attack combinations
Defensive combinations
Sparring
Kickboxing - Full Contact
This is basically boxing with the addition of the 4 primary karate kicks:
front kick - mygeri
Round kick - mawashigeri
Side Kick - kekome
Back kick - ushiro geri
These are learnt on the shield and primarily delivered to the stomach.
Head kicks are secondary and you don't have to learn them unless you want to.
Other secondary kicks include the hook kick, done to the head, and jump kicks.
Practice is progressive:
ABCs:
Hand, hand
Hand, Foot
Foot, hand
Foot, foot
There are of course defences for the kicks and defensive combinations.
Then there is progressive sparring:
Boxing v boxing
Boxing v kickboxing
Kickboxing v kb
Then isolation sparring:
Lead hand only
Lead hand and leg only
LH and LL against kb
...etc
Semi Contact Kickboxing
This is the same as Freestyle karate.
Primary drilling is done on the focus mitts. Sparring uses the lighter mitts and is touch or semi contact only.
Additional hand techniques include the ridge hand and backfist.
The stance tends to be more side on the FC, and there is more use of the side push kick than the front push kick.
Good head kicking is necessary to become really proficient at SC KB.
Lo Kix KB
Same as FC KB but includes low kicks to the leg, and involves the leg block.
Thai boxing
With KB we have taken our drilling mainly from karate and boxing.
Thai boxing takes training methods from Muay Thai, a different MA.
This involves the use of the knee, and training on the Thai pads.
Thursday 1 October
Our most intense session so far.
No newbies or beginners, all experienced members.
We split the class into 2 groups:
woodies - doing Kali drills with the stix
paddies - drilling Muay Thai on pads.
Chick and Duck together on the Thai pads which is always a winning combination!
The woodies examined complex sinawalli drills before going into serrada single stick.
The paddies worked intense Muay Thai combinations on the pads.
We were able to demo the full use of driving punches, elbows, and the 3 uses of the knee - long, clinch and kradot.
Josh and I were able to take Kravi to the next level with the double strikes and we showed how Krabi's concepts of driving power and pressure are achieved on the Thai pads with two long ABCs - one starting from punching, one starting from kicking.
Paul and I were able to demo long use of the bokken through the two ranges of sword.
And there was great sparring at the end as always.
On a session like last night we will be able to split the class into woodies and paddies again. 2 groups of 5. This enables me to float between the 2 groups, working in a 6, so every member gets maximum skill uptake on their chosen element.
Stix:
We will make sure all woodies go through the sinawalli drills and serrada drills so they can work together.
We will introduce the krabi drill for all woody members.
Those who want to take up bokken will be able to join in with the boken drills Paul and I are playing from kenjutsu.
There will be the option for all woodies to play stix vs bokken.
Paddies:
We will develop advanced ABCs on both the focus pads for boxing and Thai pads for Thai Boxing, as well as use of the shield. We will make sure we drill to functionalise these ABCs and bring them out in free sparring.
Everyone can spar freestyle SC. We know this.
Our aim is to get more members competant at boxing and FC KB, then add lo kix. As Chico found last night, proper freestyling with the low kix and the leg block changes the game completely.
Thai boxing is a lot more than just kickboxing with low kicks added - it is an entire art and one we've only just really began to tap at STMA.
And that's before we start adding knees in the clinch.
And that's before we bring it on the mat for MMA and add throws!
No newbies or beginners, all experienced members.
We split the class into 2 groups:
woodies - doing Kali drills with the stix
paddies - drilling Muay Thai on pads.
Chick and Duck together on the Thai pads which is always a winning combination!
The woodies examined complex sinawalli drills before going into serrada single stick.
The paddies worked intense Muay Thai combinations on the pads.
We were able to demo the full use of driving punches, elbows, and the 3 uses of the knee - long, clinch and kradot.
Josh and I were able to take Kravi to the next level with the double strikes and we showed how Krabi's concepts of driving power and pressure are achieved on the Thai pads with two long ABCs - one starting from punching, one starting from kicking.
Paul and I were able to demo long use of the bokken through the two ranges of sword.
And there was great sparring at the end as always.
On a session like last night we will be able to split the class into woodies and paddies again. 2 groups of 5. This enables me to float between the 2 groups, working in a 6, so every member gets maximum skill uptake on their chosen element.
Stix:
We will make sure all woodies go through the sinawalli drills and serrada drills so they can work together.
We will introduce the krabi drill for all woody members.
Those who want to take up bokken will be able to join in with the boken drills Paul and I are playing from kenjutsu.
There will be the option for all woodies to play stix vs bokken.
Paddies:
We will develop advanced ABCs on both the focus pads for boxing and Thai pads for Thai Boxing, as well as use of the shield. We will make sure we drill to functionalise these ABCs and bring them out in free sparring.
Everyone can spar freestyle SC. We know this.
Our aim is to get more members competant at boxing and FC KB, then add lo kix. As Chico found last night, proper freestyling with the low kix and the leg block changes the game completely.
Thai boxing is a lot more than just kickboxing with low kicks added - it is an entire art and one we've only just really began to tap at STMA.
And that's before we start adding knees in the clinch.
And that's before we bring it on the mat for MMA and add throws!
Thursday, 1 October 2009
Forms
As well as the 30 karate kata we also practice the 3 Wing Chun forms:
Sil Lum Tao
Chum Kil
Bil Jee
WC also has a form practiced on the Mok Jong wooden dummy.
At STMA we practice this form as a 4th unarmed form before applying it on a dummy and on a partner.
We also practice the Yang Tai Chi Short Form.
This gives us 5 additional unarmed forms.
For weapons:
WC has 2 weapons, each of which has a form:
Bart Charm Dao "8 Cut" swords or "Butterfly Knives"
Kwane - the "Dragon Pole"
Ok-Kob has a form for each weapon:
Bo, tonfa, nuncha, kama, sai
We actually have a total of 5 nuncha kata in STMA
Jap-kob has no forms for it's weapons, but we do have the
Jo form from aikido.
This makes a total of 12 weapon forms at STMA
Sil Lum Tao
Chum Kil
Bil Jee
WC also has a form practiced on the Mok Jong wooden dummy.
At STMA we practice this form as a 4th unarmed form before applying it on a dummy and on a partner.
We also practice the Yang Tai Chi Short Form.
This gives us 5 additional unarmed forms.
For weapons:
WC has 2 weapons, each of which has a form:
Bart Charm Dao "8 Cut" swords or "Butterfly Knives"
Kwane - the "Dragon Pole"
Ok-Kob has a form for each weapon:
Bo, tonfa, nuncha, kama, sai
We actually have a total of 5 nuncha kata in STMA
Jap-kob has no forms for it's weapons, but we do have the
Jo form from aikido.
This makes a total of 12 weapon forms at STMA
Wednesday 30 September
We went over lock flows with everyone getting the chance to perfect the hiji sequence of five elbow locks. We then looked at some wristlocks.
We then went into Thai structure and examined some drills using open hand, boxing focus pads and Thai pads.
There was the usual sparring.
There was chi sao for those on chi sao.
There was stick work for those working on stix - krabi, sinawalli and serrada.
We will aim to get everyone familiar with lock flows, the 5 hiji and 5 tebuki so when we say "let's do lock flow" everybody can.
We're on the learning curve for chi sao now, and aim to get everybody rolling then sparring in chi sao by XMas when Ren returns.
Stix - I'll be specialising stick people through the various elements and then cross training them so we get maximum skill uptake in the shortest possible time without leaving any gaps in anyone's knowledge.
Those who don't have stix are advised to buy them soon and get into the stick element of class.
Impact - we'll do more complex drills with the pads for the main structures:
SC - Boxing - Kickboxing - Thai
We'll start seeing these new skills come out in sparring.
Members are encouraged to invest in FC gear to allow freeplay in the harder structures.
We then went into Thai structure and examined some drills using open hand, boxing focus pads and Thai pads.
There was the usual sparring.
There was chi sao for those on chi sao.
There was stick work for those working on stix - krabi, sinawalli and serrada.
We will aim to get everyone familiar with lock flows, the 5 hiji and 5 tebuki so when we say "let's do lock flow" everybody can.
We're on the learning curve for chi sao now, and aim to get everybody rolling then sparring in chi sao by XMas when Ren returns.
Stix - I'll be specialising stick people through the various elements and then cross training them so we get maximum skill uptake in the shortest possible time without leaving any gaps in anyone's knowledge.
Those who don't have stix are advised to buy them soon and get into the stick element of class.
Impact - we'll do more complex drills with the pads for the main structures:
SC - Boxing - Kickboxing - Thai
We'll start seeing these new skills come out in sparring.
Members are encouraged to invest in FC gear to allow freeplay in the harder structures.
Wednesday, 30 September 2009
Astronomy analogy
Being Start Trek/Star Wars geeks we naturally have developed a good Astometrics analogy for how STMA works.
The astronomy model is a star which has planets orbitting it.
A planet can have moons orbitting it.
A star is formed when a planetary body becomes so massive it collapse and ignites.
We use this model to describe an MA system. With ST Karate, after many years, it got so massive it "ignited" and became a system in its own right.
Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system. Jupiter was almost massive enough to become a star in it's own right, although it did not. As it is, Jupiter has several moons about the same size as Earth, Venus and Mars, a little sub solar system. Had Jupiter ignited, these moons would now form a planetary system.
We can see binary star systems in our own galaxy - a smaller star orbitting a larger star. This is what potential could have happened in our system with Jupiter.
In STMA, our Jujutsu system did achieve critical mass and ignited becoming a star in it's own right, a seperate system.
ST Karate is our core star with ST JJ orbitting, forming a binary star system.
The other arts that make up STMA are planets that orbit our stars. The subsystems are the moons.
ST Kobudo is a planet orbitting ST Karate, a system made up of the weapons of karate. The moons are the individual weapons themselves.
If you wanted to specialise in Nunchaku Do, you would land on the nunchaku moon orbitting the kobudo planet. There you would spend time learning the kihon, kata and kumite of the nunchaku.
Kobudo and eskrima are a binary planet system, much like Pluto and Charon are now understood to be.
Eskrima's moons consist of largo, serrada, sinawalli, kadena, etc.
JJ, being a star, has Judo and Aikido as planets. Though I am only a 1st dan in Judo and never graded in aikido, what I teach is ST JJ, and the planets are my interpretation of what those arts manifest as.
ST kobudo may one day become a star.
We also have an analogy based on Quantum Mechanics - but that is far too complicated to post here!)
The astronomy model is a star which has planets orbitting it.
A planet can have moons orbitting it.
A star is formed when a planetary body becomes so massive it collapse and ignites.
We use this model to describe an MA system. With ST Karate, after many years, it got so massive it "ignited" and became a system in its own right.
Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system. Jupiter was almost massive enough to become a star in it's own right, although it did not. As it is, Jupiter has several moons about the same size as Earth, Venus and Mars, a little sub solar system. Had Jupiter ignited, these moons would now form a planetary system.
We can see binary star systems in our own galaxy - a smaller star orbitting a larger star. This is what potential could have happened in our system with Jupiter.
In STMA, our Jujutsu system did achieve critical mass and ignited becoming a star in it's own right, a seperate system.
ST Karate is our core star with ST JJ orbitting, forming a binary star system.
The other arts that make up STMA are planets that orbit our stars. The subsystems are the moons.
ST Kobudo is a planet orbitting ST Karate, a system made up of the weapons of karate. The moons are the individual weapons themselves.
If you wanted to specialise in Nunchaku Do, you would land on the nunchaku moon orbitting the kobudo planet. There you would spend time learning the kihon, kata and kumite of the nunchaku.
Kobudo and eskrima are a binary planet system, much like Pluto and Charon are now understood to be.
Eskrima's moons consist of largo, serrada, sinawalli, kadena, etc.
JJ, being a star, has Judo and Aikido as planets. Though I am only a 1st dan in Judo and never graded in aikido, what I teach is ST JJ, and the planets are my interpretation of what those arts manifest as.
ST kobudo may one day become a star.
We also have an analogy based on Quantum Mechanics - but that is far too complicated to post here!)
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