Shiro Tora STREET FIGHTING Reality Training

Those of you who attend my classes and read my published work will be aware that I don't tell a lot of "war stories".

You will know I was a bouncer for 10 years and everything I teach for reality is based on that - reality. But I don't talk about it a lot or focus on it. You may have wondered why.

(It is why I am so down on kids who still live at home with their parents who think they have been trained by Israeli commandos to be deadly streetfighters - that is just a fantasy that will get you hurt or killed!)

The techniques and tactics that worked for me I taught to my students who worked on my door teams and the methods worked for them as well.

I had many students and clients who I also taught my method to who were never on the frontline at the weekends but for who, through law of averages, came up against the need to defend themselves on occasion, and also found our method to work for them. These were far less regular, but did occur and I am glad to say the "victim" came through unharmed.

It is a mistake to concern yourself too much with HOW my fights happened.

When I was working in a venue I was in a position of power and authority. I would be approaching difficult customers from that perspective, to ask them to calm down or leave. I was taking control of an escalating situation.

You will be in a place minding your own business and somebody will approach YOU and "offer" you violence.

So we start the training from THAT point - from the Fence when the attacker has approached YOU.

And the techniques we teach will work the way we teach for YOU from that point.

Train for reality - don't go into theory or abstraction and certainly don't go off into FANTASY.

You are not a Shaolin, or a Ninja, or a Samurai, or an Israeli commando. You are not even a bouncer. But you are being trained by a bouncer who has trained other bouncers and other "normal" people who have used this method in self defence on numerous occassions over a period of more than a decade.

Keep it REAL!

White Tiger Martial Arts

The best defence against a Choke.


Bite.

(Remember - Dogs don't know kung fu)





Don't open your mouth wide or try to take a big bite at once.

Nibble. Like eating sweetcorn. Take out tiny chunks in quick succession.
He will pull away.
If he is in distance, bite his neck, ear, nose.

If a man has closed to grappling range and got you in a choke he is a dangerous opponent. He has got passed your punches, kicks, traps, locks, HKE, chokes, and got you in a clinch and out manouevered you.

You MUST use 100% response and your most deadly response.

Bite.

You have been practicing this move 100 times a day for at least 3 sessions a day your whole life. It is your most practiced move. Pull it out when you need it - it won't let you down.

White Tiger Martial Arts

The BEST defence against a weapon


Defang.

Take the fang.

Attack the hand holding the weapon.

Use angle #2.
Aim for the back of his hand.

If you have a blade cut his hand, cut the tendons on the back of his hand.
If you have a stick, smash the small bones in his hand.

As soon as the hand holding the weapon comes into range, attack it with #2.

White Tiger Martial Arts

The Three Levels of Threat


At STMA we deal with Threat Response. We find this a more positive term than "Self Defence".

When an enemy attacks you and you DEFEND yourself you REACT to his attack.

With our method you RESPOND to his THREAT.
You are choosing the appropriate method of Response. You are acting not reacting.

Action always beats reaction.

With this in mind we need to decide the level of threat before choosing our response.

There are three levels of threat:

SIMPLE
SERIOUS
LIFE THREATENING

With any threat, get your Fence up so you have your PE ready, as well as all your backup. At this point you must assess the situation to make sure you choose the appropriate level of response and stay within the Law as regards reasonable force.

SIMPLE threat:
A non physical common assault.
An aggresor who steps into your space making a verbal assault, but who does not physically attack you.
You may feel afraid for you safety, or are at the stage when you are about to become so.
A simple threat can, and often is, defused without the need for physical violence.

SERIOUS threat:
An aggressor becomes an attacker, makes a physical assault, intending to cause you injury and pain. The effects of his actions, in the eyes of the Law, would be classed as Actual Bodily Harm or Grevious Bodily Harm.
You are at risk of being hurt, cut, feeling pain, or having a bone broken. You have the right to defend yourself from this attack.
You have the right to use a PE.
If you miss the PE phase, as often happens, you have the right to use all your backup phases - kicks, HKE, chokes, trapping, throws, to end the encounter, to stop the attack, and minimise your physical suffering.
Your attacker has invited your violent response, so don't be afraid to use it.

LIFE THREATENING ATTACK:
This is the most serious level of attack.
Your life can be ended as a result of your attacker's actions.
This is almost always the case if a weapon is involved, especially a bladed weapon such as a knife, and always if there is a gun.
This does not just refer to a life ending attack, one that would end your life, but also a life changing attack, but one that would change the quality of your life.
You must do ANYTHING and EVERYTHING to stop this attack and SAVE YOUR LIFE.

White Tiger Martial Arts

The First Rule of Self Defence

Learn to hit fucking hard.

End the fight at the verbal stage by knocking him out first.

While he's thinking about hitting you, hit him.

Pre Emptive Strike.

The rest is backup.


The Second Rule of Self Defence

Learn to hit fucking hard.

White Tiger Martial Arts

Savate 10 ABCs:

Jab, pied bas, chas bas, revers, cross, fouette figure

jab, jab, lo cross, fouette - bas, r bas, figure

jab, cross, fou bas, r fou fig, chas bas, spin rev fig

jab, hook, r fou bas, rev, spin chas bas

jab, cross, chas bas, spin revers


jab, chas front, hi fouette, lo rear fouette

jab, cross, jab - r chas pied, chas bas, spin rev

jab, cross, hook, h fouett, lo rear fo bas, front chas

jab, f bas - fouette, C, J, dis chas

fou lo/hi, cross, jab, r fou bas, chas front


5 leg def ABCs:

rear fouette - esquive, parade, fouette rear bas, f bas,
cross, fouette fig

rear chas front - soto uke, cross, fou bas, fig

lead fouette - esquive, r cut bas, jab, cross, fouette bas (guard)

lead chas front - ged bar, pied sweep, fou fig, pied

kaak - jab, cross - dte


5 hand def abc:

against double jab
parry, slip
cross, spin revers, fouette, chas front

against jab, cross - parry, slip
lo/hi hook, cross, fouette bas, spin revers

against jab, cross, jab, r fouette bas
parry, slip, slip, shield
loop

direct, fouette, direct

(#5 tba)


10 boxing ABCs:

J C J
C J C
J C J C
C J C J
C H
RU RH H

RU H C
J C H
J C H RU C
Double jab, C


Set 1 remains the same and is still the foundation for boxing training - ABCs on pads

Set 2 has been worked out to a and b and back into a comprehensive set

Set 3 was previously single move defence and counter and has now been expanded to make defensive ABCs that flow together.

There is a also a progressive box defence set in the savate syllabus, which is designed for partner work, but can work with pads.


Box set 1:
J, C, J
C, J, C
J, C, J, C
C, J, C, J
C, H
RU, RH, H

set 2:
Double J, C
J, C, H
- J, C, H, RU, C
RU, H
- RU, H, C
H, double H, lo hi

set 3:
parry J - J, J, C
salute - H C
BW H - C, H
BW RH - H, C


Thai

We have a comprehensive list of Thai ABCs to work on the pads increasing in complexity and adding use of defensive moves

Thai pads:
chok J, C
sok elbows
kao knees
long kao
clinch kao
kradot
dte
tiip

J, C, H, dte, kao
J, C, sal, sok, kao
kaak - double dte
JJ, dte, duck, dte


Thai set 1:
a. J, C, H, RH, kao, double dte
b. elbows

set 2:
tiip, dte, kao, clinch double kao, elbows, kradot

set 3 def:
par C, sal H - sok, sok, kao, dte, dte, C, H, dte

White Tiger Martial Arts

The BEST defence against a bite

One simple rule:

He can't bite and scream at the same time!

The most direct way to do this is as his teeth are clamping round your flesh stick your thumb hard into his eye.

Simple and effective.
Brutal and 100% efficient.

I Ching in White Tiger Kali

An STMA innovaion is to apply the Chinese I Ching to the Filipino Martial Arts.
We do this in 6 count sinawalli.


The Heaven symbol being the unbroken single line for High Heaven strike
The Earth symbol being the broken double line for the Low Earth Strike





we now have 8 drills:



HHH - heaven
HHL - wind
HLL - mountain
HLH - fire

LHH - lake
LHL - water
LLH - thunder
LLL - earth


you will notice the deliberation of opposites:

fire and water is obvious
as is heaven and earth

wind, substance without sound vs thunder, sound without substance is more subtle


the next phase is to split the count in half.

In Heaven 6 you would do HHH then HHH.
What you do in "64" is mix and match.
So you do HHH then HLH
or HHH then LLL
etc
After HHH on the left there are 8 possible trips to do on the right.

Then you go to HHL and do the same, each with 8 answers.

This gives a total of 64 possible combinations, which match the 64 hexagrams in the I Ching.

Or for those with a mathematical or computing mind binary to base 8 to hex.

White Tiger

Yea though I walk through the valley
of the shadow of death

I shall fear no evil

Coz I'm the evilist motherfucker in the valley


Meijin means a master of the martial arts.

Tatsujin means a "completed human being".

It is very difficult to become a complete human being.



To live as a human being means you are not obsessed with who is weak or who is strong.
An animal has to be strong to survive in nature.
Humans can live regardless of their outward strength.

This is the most important realisation of the Human Fighting Arts.

To work to be a meijin is to miss the point.

In STMA, we are not trying to be masters of the individual fighting arts, we are working towards being tatsujin, complete human beings.

Be a White Tiger, not just a person "doing" White Tiger Martial Arts.

White Tiger Kickboxing

White Tiger Kickboxing draws it's techniques, drills and tactics from 4 core arts:

Karate
Boxing
Muay Thai
Savate Boxe Francais





Drills include impact on:

focus pads boxing
savate
Thai pads
shield

Sparring through all ranges and levels

White Tiger Nunchaku

The nunchaku is the third weapon taught at STMA after the stick and the knife.

It appears in FMA as tabok tayok as well as in Okinawan kobudo where it bridges the unarmed phase of Kara Te.

All nuncha waza are combats moves not meanlingless flashy techniques and are taught one at a time with their full application against other weapons, starting with the stick.

3 new STMA Black Belts!

Congratulations to the 3 new STMA Black Belts

Baloo Chip Tork

who know hold the grade of

Shodan 1st Degree Black Belt

in

Shiro Tora Budo Kai

White Tiger Martial Arts

January 2012

Muay Thai fight footage

if you see it taught, you see it fought!

Karate Do

I come to you with only Karate,
my empty hands,
I have no weapons.

But should I be forced to defend myself,
my principles or my honour,
should it be a matter of life or death,
right or wrong,

then here are my weapons,
Karate,
my Empty Hands.

Cage KOs 2011

Dave O Donnell shares his Top Ten KOs of 2011.

Interestingly most of these are still punches.
There is one kick, a spin backfist, and one brilliant kradot kao flying knee.

Through most of the fight clips you see very little except punches.

Mark Weir of GTI TKD, a former champion and master kicker, is KOd twice here when his kicks fail to land.

Fights that go down come back up and the punching starts again, it doesn't flow into grappling.



The message that hand range is still THE range in combat still stands.

STMA 2012

Shiro Tora Budo Kai

White Tiger Martial Arts

White Tiger Martial Arts will be looking to develop our members in the following phases this year:



Karate

5 step, 3 step, one step kumite
jiyu ippon - semi free one step
5 star and 5 star step
karate sparring no pads

we are also looking into further developing SC KB - freestyle karate ABCs and the use of light pads including forearm pads to fill in the gaps in the progressive sparring


Savate

ABCs:
the savate drill list is pretty much set now so members need to learn the list and start applying the ABCs in partner drills and bring it out in sparring.

Impact:
during the boxing focus pad drills we will add the use of savate kicks, in particular the fouettes.
Later we will work to make specific ABCs work on pad as we do with boxing.


Wing Chun

Chi sao
A compehensive set of techniques for chi sao as partner drills then brought out in chi sao sparring

WC Self Defence
similar to kempo but worked in the trapping range
closing the gap (Chum Kil) from kick to punch to trapping range
simultaneously block and strike (lin sil de dar)


NRG:
dan chi, dan chi in roll, bon lop and awase are the prime WC NRG drills.
In addition we have the mantis spring drill to fill in the gaps
hubus seq from kali


Thai

impact:
more padwork and the use of thai ABCs on focus pads including knees and elbows and defensive moves

thai partner drills

knee sparring


boxing:

sparring
more boxing sparring including isolations
use of headgear for those that want to develop


Kempo:

regular use of the kihon and MKs so all members become familiar with these

regular practice in the list of 150 to develop your unarmed combat


Jujutsu:

newaza:
now we all do groundbud, we will work to perfect the drill and add to your list of working ground techniques

mat throws:
more regular throwing practice

Kali:

largo mano:
more drills in the long range, and use of the longer largo stick

STMA Wing Chun 2012

10 HIA:

lop sao
jao sao and lo 12
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

STMA Jujutsu 2012

newaza:
now we all do groundbud, we will work to perfect the drill and add to your list of working ground techniques

mat throws:
more regular throwing practice

10 locks:

5 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


5 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

Nage - Throws

5 STMA Combat Throws

Cross hip koshi guruma
Flying mare seionage
Morote Nage double leg td
O soto gari outer reap
Brazilian clinch


The 10 STMA Jujusu throws:

5 Koshi Guruma or Cross hip or Hip Wheel
Tai Otoshi - body drop
Uchi mata - inner thigh throw
Harai goshi - sweeping hip throw
Seoinage - shoulder throw or flying mare


5 IRIMI entering techniques

O Soto Gari - major outer reap
O Uchi Gari - Major inner reap
Morote Gari - double leg takedown
Single leg takedown
Brazilian clinch takedown

STMA Boxing 2012

10 boxing ABCs:

J C J
C J C
J C J C
C J C J
C H
RU RH H

RU H C
J C H
J C H RU C
Double jab, C


Set 1 remains the same and is still the foundation for boxing training - ABCs on pads

Set 2 has been worked out to a and b and back into a comprehensive set

Set 3 was previously single move defence and counter and has now been expanded to make defensive ABCs that flow together.

There is a also a progressive box defence set in the savate syllabus, which is designed for partner work, but can work with pads.


Box set 1:
J, C, J
C, J, C
J, C, J, C
C, J, C, J
C, H
RU, RH, H

set 2:
Double J, C
J, C, H
- J, C, H, RU, C
RU, H
- RU, H, C
H, double H, lo hi

set 3:
parry J - J, J, C
salute - H C
BW H - C, H
BW RH - H, C

STMA Savate 2012

Savate 10 ABCs:

Jab, pied bas, chas bas, revers, cross, fouette figure

jab, jab, lo cross, fouette - bas, r bas, figure

jab, cross, fou bas, r fou fig, chas bas, spin rev fig

jab, hook, r fou bas, rev, spin chas bas

jab, cross, chas bas, spin revers


jab, chas front, hi fouette, lo rear fouette

jab, cross, jab - r chas pied, chas bas, spin rev

jab, cross, hook, h fouett, lo rear fo bas, front chas

jab, f bas - fouette, C, J, dis chas

fou lo/hi, cross, jab, r fou bas, chas front


5 leg def ABCs:

rear fouette - esquive, parade, fouette rear bas, f bas,
cross, fouette fig

rear chas front - soto uke, cross, fou bas, fig

lead fouette - esquive, r cut bas, jab, cross, fouette bas (guard)

lead chas front - ged bar, pied sweep, fou fig, pied

kaak - jab, cross - dte


5 hand def abc:

against double jab
parry, slip
cross, spin revers, fouette, chas front

against jab, cross - parry, slip
lo/hi hook, cross, fouette bas, spin revers

against jab, cross, jab, r fouette bas
parry, slip, slip, shield
loop

direct, fouette, direct

(#5 tba)

STMA Kali 2012

Kali 10 sinawalli - double stick drills:

1 to 9
krabi drill


largo mano:
more drills in the long range, and use of the longer largo stick

STMA Boxing 2012

Boxing:

Set 1 remains the same and is still the foundation for boxing training - ABCs on pads

Set 2 has been worked out to a and b and back into a comprehensive set

Set 3 was previously single move defence and counter and has now been expanded to make defensive ABCs that flow together.

There is a also a progressive box defence set in the savate syllabus, which is designed for partner work, but can work with pads.


Box set 1:
J, C, J
C, J, C
J, C, J, C
C, J, C, J
C, H
RU, RH, H

set 2:
Double J, C
J, C, H
- J, C, H, RU, C
RU, H
- RU, H, C
H, double H, lo hi

set 3:
parry J - J, J, C
salute - H C
BW H - C, H
BW RH - H, C

STMA Muay Thai 2012

We have a comprehensive list of Thai ABCs to work on the pads increasing in complexity and adding use of defensive moves

Thai pads:
chok J, C
sok elbows
kao knees
long kao
clinch kao
kradot
dte
tiip

J, C, H, dte, kao
J, C, sal, sok, kao
kaak - double dte
JJ, dte, duck, dte


Thai set 1:
a. J, C, H, RH, kao, double dte
b. elbows

set 2:
tiip, dte, kao, clinch double kao, elbows, kradot

set 3 def:
ged tiip - dte, shield, dte, salute, sok
par C, sal H - sok, sok, kao, dte, dte, C, H, dte
slip C - kao, dte, kao

STMA Wing Chun 2012

Wing Chun

Chi sao
A compehensive set of techniques for chi sao as partner drills then brought out in chi sao sparring

WC Self Defence
similar to kempo but worked in the trapping range
closing the gap (Chum Kil) from kick to punch to trapping range
simultaneously block and strike (lin sil de dar)


NRG:
dan chi, dan chi in roll, bon lop and awase are the prime WC NRG drills.
In addition we have the mantis spring drill to fill in the gaps
hubus seq from kali

STMA Savate 2012

Savate

ABCs:
the savate drill list is pretty much set now so members need to learn the list and start applying the ABCs in partner drills and bring it out in sparring.

Impact:
during the boxing focus pad drills we will add the use of savate kicks, in particular the fouettes.
Later we will work to make specific ABCs work on pad as we do with boxing.

STMA 2012 The Power of Three

In certain phase we use the "Power of Three":

3 HKE:

Headbutt, knee, elbow

3 ext:
forearm shiver
shoulder butt
eye gouge

3 shime - chokes:

sleeper hadaka jime - lion killer
guilllotine
scissors


3 single stick ranges:

largo
medio - sombrada
corto - hubud

3 largo drills:

entry 3
backhand 3
return, lob, lob

STMA Kempo 2012

10 Kempo KH - Kihon Fundamentals:

DELAYED SWORD
ALTERNATING MACES
SWORD OF DESTRUCTION
DEFLECTING HAMMER
CAPTURED TWIGS

GRASP OF DEATH
CHECKING THE STORM
MACE OF AGGRESSION
ATTACKING MACE
SWORD AND HAMMER


The Ten Kempo MK - Master Key techniques

Five Swords
Thundering Hammers
Shielding Hammer
Thrusting Salute
Intellectual Departure

Repeating Mace
Lone Kimono
Locked Wing
Parting Wings
Hooking Wings

STMA Savate 2012

Savate

ABCs:
the savate drill list is pretty much set now so members need to learn the list and start applying the ABCs in partner drills and bring it out in sparring.

Impact:
during the boxing focus pad drills we will add the use of savate kicks, in particular the fouettes.
Later we will work to make specific ABCs work on pad as we do with boxing.

STMA Karate 2012

Karate

5 step, 3 step, one step kumite
jiyu ippon - semi free one step
5 star and 5 star step
karate sparring no pads

we are also looking into further developing SC KB - freestyle karate ABCs and the use of light pads including forearm pads to fill in the gaps in the progressive sparring

Karate Do - The Way of the Empty Hand

I come to you with only Karate,
My empty hands,
I have no weapons.

But should I be forced to defend myself,
my principles or my honour,
should it be a matter of life or death,
right or wrong,

then here are my weapons,
Karate,
my empty hands.