At STMA our sparring encompasses kb, grappling, MMA and chi sao.
It's hard to explain chi sao in writing and it's quite hard to see what it actually is if you are uninitated.
We practice basic luk sao roll drill as part of our FW drilling. It will instantly improve your trapping and locking sensitivity.
Chi sao has to be handed to a student by a Sifu and one stage at a time. I have to constantly check your position before allowing you to advance with each other. It takes time, but it's worth it.
We take the Jun Fan approach rather than the hard fixed WC approach, and you don't need to learn Sil Lum Tao first.
Chi sao is one of the areas in MA that is not often taught properly, especially by Westerners taught by Westerners with no real Chinese lineage.
As it's hard to see what it really is, unlike boxing or grappling, it's easy to misinterpret and get wrong.
Our chi sao is very adapted. It starts in Traditional WC, then works to Modified, the Jun Fan, which is much looser and works from a boxing stance.
WC enters quickly to chi sao, while JF is fully functional in the KB phase.
It's been said that chi sao is an expression of the Sil Lum Tao form in combat. I always interpret that as refering to an expression of the concepts of Sil Lum Tao as opposed to the literal techiques.
I won't be expecting members to learn the Sil Lum Tao form, or any WC forms, but we will do SLT exercises and definately expound the concepts in combat.
I was talking to one of the STMA students who had some previous chi sao experience and he mentioned something he had been told previously about the position of bon sao having to be 45 degrees.
This is a classic example of somebody who doesn't know what they are talking about!
This person did not understand Sil Lum Tao or Chi Sao at all.
Let me explain.
The first thing you learn is Tan Sao. In tan sao the arm is fixed at 45 deg. You use this as a bridge and block.
You then learn fok sao - the "bridge arm".
Once you have these you roll tan to bon sao.
Bon sao is the third arm position you learn.
If your tan sao is properly developed before you start rolling
YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE BON SAO AT 45 DEG!
What Paul mentioned was a class where the student's structures collapse and the hand at bon pulls in towards the body. This is because they were not taught SLT properly - how to fix tan sao and fok sao before ever rolling to bon sao.
If tan sao and the roll are properly trained there is no need to ever think about this bon sao "compensation"!
SLT training ensures the structures are correct from day one so there is no need for later correction.
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Saturday, 31 October 2009
MMA and VT progression
The best way to get MMA sessions working is to do the hard, heavy, sweaty rolling first, then stand up and add back in the kb phase.
Also, a fighter will be tired and well into the fight at this point so it feels more like a real fight than a sparring session. The range closes down quickly as the 2 fighters are prepared to go to the ground and carry on there.
We'll drill Thai roll, VT chokes, and HKE, as a standard part of this session, as well as some functional throws and takedowns, see if they come out naturally in the matches.
One thing we did note was that the proer use of Muay Thai makes all the difference - just using the cross to cave the guard and hacking the leg changes the game dramatically. We'll drill for that as well.
Also, a fighter will be tired and well into the fight at this point so it feels more like a real fight than a sparring session. The range closes down quickly as the 2 fighters are prepared to go to the ground and carry on there.
We'll drill Thai roll, VT chokes, and HKE, as a standard part of this session, as well as some functional throws and takedowns, see if they come out naturally in the matches.
One thing we did note was that the proer use of Muay Thai makes all the difference - just using the cross to cave the guard and hacking the leg changes the game dramatically. We'll drill for that as well.
Closing the gap
Defending the clinch to "stop a fight going to the ground" is a lot harder than you might think. Anyone who's done full ranges MMA sparring wil know this.
Unfortunately many who haven't assume they have the answers.
There are a lot of Wing Chun people who claim to have effective "defences against a Kickboxer" or "against a grappler" but they never try them out in free sparring real time, they just do them in theory.
If you watch things like UFC you don't see WC people entering and keeping the grapplers at bay with traps and blasts - it just doesn't happen that way.
Having said that, the WC adaptations into Jun Fan that Bruce made do work against a KB or grappler, and are played regularly in JKD training clubs - we do the same drills here.
So as for the "Wing Chun" phase the JF will work on the mat in MMA as will the Feng Wei, as they cover the KB and grappling phases.
But don't expect some WC stuff you've been shown in some club by a landswimmer who's only seen MMA and UFC on TV from the comfort of his armchair to work against a real shoot - the clinch will happen and you will go down!
A good example I've been using - go outside the confines of MA and watch concepts from athletics. An athlete can do a 100 metre sprint in around 10 seconds. That's 10 metres a second.
How fast does the gap of under 2 metres across the mat get closed? That's why grappling range happens and why it's almost impossible to stop.
You need to learn how to fight on the floor.
Unfortunately many who haven't assume they have the answers.
There are a lot of Wing Chun people who claim to have effective "defences against a Kickboxer" or "against a grappler" but they never try them out in free sparring real time, they just do them in theory.
If you watch things like UFC you don't see WC people entering and keeping the grapplers at bay with traps and blasts - it just doesn't happen that way.
Having said that, the WC adaptations into Jun Fan that Bruce made do work against a KB or grappler, and are played regularly in JKD training clubs - we do the same drills here.
So as for the "Wing Chun" phase the JF will work on the mat in MMA as will the Feng Wei, as they cover the KB and grappling phases.
But don't expect some WC stuff you've been shown in some club by a landswimmer who's only seen MMA and UFC on TV from the comfort of his armchair to work against a real shoot - the clinch will happen and you will go down!
A good example I've been using - go outside the confines of MA and watch concepts from athletics. An athlete can do a 100 metre sprint in around 10 seconds. That's 10 metres a second.
How fast does the gap of under 2 metres across the mat get closed? That's why grappling range happens and why it's almost impossible to stop.
You need to learn how to fight on the floor.
Thursday, 29 October 2009
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Corto range
The corto range is the place where ranges overlap and contrasts collide.
An obvious example is hubud - a Kali drill that can be performed with stick, knife, or empty hand, or empty hand against knife, against stick, or stick against knife. As locks work best at corto, these will differ depending on whether the opponent holds a stick or a knife, if you do, or if you both do.
In unarmed combat - boxers get kind of stuck in corto and wait for the referee to seperate them, while Thai boxers clinch and use the knee. Grapplers want to be in corto, in a clinch, safe from being kicked and punched, where they can work at getting a throw or takedown so they can be on the floor where they are master.
We will work at making corto a functional range for weapons and unarmed combat.
To be a White Tiger means that you fear no man at ANY range!
An obvious example is hubud - a Kali drill that can be performed with stick, knife, or empty hand, or empty hand against knife, against stick, or stick against knife. As locks work best at corto, these will differ depending on whether the opponent holds a stick or a knife, if you do, or if you both do.
In unarmed combat - boxers get kind of stuck in corto and wait for the referee to seperate them, while Thai boxers clinch and use the knee. Grapplers want to be in corto, in a clinch, safe from being kicked and punched, where they can work at getting a throw or takedown so they can be on the floor where they are master.
We will work at making corto a functional range for weapons and unarmed combat.
To be a White Tiger means that you fear no man at ANY range!
Wednesday 28th October
This was our most advanced grappling session yet and we were really able to get into some depth with the application of Jujutsu on the ground.
Attended by all seniors - no beginners, new members or beginners - and everyone had a gi jacket - and 6 members training on 10 mats throughout the session.
We started from standing and looked at the neck clinch, the Thai roll drill, and pull to hara clinch and the belt. We then looked at the 2 main hadaka VT shime - the sleeper and guillotine.
Then we went to the mat.
From kneeling we looked at how to get to the pin with different kneeling "throws". We looked at strategies to use against different kind of opponents such as Judoka, Jujutsu fighter, wrestlers, and shooter who have mastered "knee walking".
We looked at stabilising the pins - kesa, yoko and the mount, and how to get finishes from there with armlocks and chokes.
We looked at the guard, how to stablise as well as pass and counter. We looked at ways to finish from the guard using a lock or choke.
Finally all members were able to roll and try their grappling out in free sparring.
This was more or less a total ground session, an advanced total ground session. There was no KB or MMA element, or any weapons.
Obviously new members will need to learn basic grappling - the pins and finishes.
But for senior members we will be able to build on what we did last night, with more complicated finishes and drills, things we can bring out in your ground-sparring.
And we still need to look at ways to get there - ie throws, and make the throw for throw drill a regular part of mat day.
I will most likely instruct the seniors first in throw for throw while new members work on the basics they need.
We will look deeper into the Thai roll drill and the escapes, and we will work to perfect the VT standing chokes, their use in Self Defence, in "bouncing", and how they can be used on the ground.
As we are getting the seniors into chi sao at this time, we will blend the three arts of Wing Chun, Muay Thai and Jujutsu at this standing grappling range to create a comprehensive personal program that works!
The corto range is the place where ranges overlap and contrasts collide.
An obvious example is hubud - a Kali drill that can be performed with stick, knife, or empty hand, or empty hand against knife, against stick, or stick against knife. As locks work best at corto, these will differ depending on whether the opponent holds a stick or a knife, if you do, or if you both do.
In unarmed combat - boxers get kind of stuck in corto and wait for the referee to seperate them, while Thai boxers clinch and use the knee. Grapplers want to be in corto, in a clinch, safe from being kicked and punched, where they can work at getting a throw or takedown so they can be on the floor where they are master.
We will work at making corto a functional range for weapons and unarmed combat.
To be a White Tiger means that you fear no man at ANY range!
Attended by all seniors - no beginners, new members or beginners - and everyone had a gi jacket - and 6 members training on 10 mats throughout the session.
We started from standing and looked at the neck clinch, the Thai roll drill, and pull to hara clinch and the belt. We then looked at the 2 main hadaka VT shime - the sleeper and guillotine.
Then we went to the mat.
From kneeling we looked at how to get to the pin with different kneeling "throws". We looked at strategies to use against different kind of opponents such as Judoka, Jujutsu fighter, wrestlers, and shooter who have mastered "knee walking".
We looked at stabilising the pins - kesa, yoko and the mount, and how to get finishes from there with armlocks and chokes.
We looked at the guard, how to stablise as well as pass and counter. We looked at ways to finish from the guard using a lock or choke.
Finally all members were able to roll and try their grappling out in free sparring.
This was more or less a total ground session, an advanced total ground session. There was no KB or MMA element, or any weapons.
Obviously new members will need to learn basic grappling - the pins and finishes.
But for senior members we will be able to build on what we did last night, with more complicated finishes and drills, things we can bring out in your ground-sparring.
And we still need to look at ways to get there - ie throws, and make the throw for throw drill a regular part of mat day.
I will most likely instruct the seniors first in throw for throw while new members work on the basics they need.
We will look deeper into the Thai roll drill and the escapes, and we will work to perfect the VT standing chokes, their use in Self Defence, in "bouncing", and how they can be used on the ground.
As we are getting the seniors into chi sao at this time, we will blend the three arts of Wing Chun, Muay Thai and Jujutsu at this standing grappling range to create a comprehensive personal program that works!
The corto range is the place where ranges overlap and contrasts collide.
An obvious example is hubud - a Kali drill that can be performed with stick, knife, or empty hand, or empty hand against knife, against stick, or stick against knife. As locks work best at corto, these will differ depending on whether the opponent holds a stick or a knife, if you do, or if you both do.
In unarmed combat - boxers get kind of stuck in corto and wait for the referee to seperate them, while Thai boxers clinch and use the knee. Grapplers want to be in corto, in a clinch, safe from being kicked and punched, where they can work at getting a throw or takedown so they can be on the floor where they are master.
We will work at making corto a functional range for weapons and unarmed combat.
To be a White Tiger means that you fear no man at ANY range!
Wednesday, 28 October 2009
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.
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!
Ground fighting progression
It is important to drill the progression from grappling to MMA to Vale Tudo.
In Judo you can win by holding the pin. In Submission wrestling you have to get the tap. In MMA there will be strikes with the gloves, and in all out Vale Tudo and the fights we saw in the original UFC you will have heads, knees and elbows to deal with.
But as Royce Gracie so expertly showed us, get that pin secured and there's nothing the opponent will be able to get you with. Then you can work your finish.
In Judo you can win by holding the pin. In Submission wrestling you have to get the tap. In MMA there will be strikes with the gloves, and in all out Vale Tudo and the fights we saw in the original UFC you will have heads, knees and elbows to deal with.
But as Royce Gracie so expertly showed us, get that pin secured and there's nothing the opponent will be able to get you with. Then you can work your finish.
Vale Tudo and MMA sparring
Vale Tudo literally means "anything goes". It is where Martial Artists meet to try all out fighting. It is very different from the watered down safety ruled MMA of today. See original UFCs 1 to 5 for details.
Vale Tudo is to MMA what bare knuckle boxing is to boxing or original Muay Thai, with rope bound hands and full contact elbows is to modern Europen Thai Boxing.
MMA sparring is a safe way to combine kb and grappling.
MMA, in it's basic form it is a combination of kb and rolling.
OK, we deal with the vertical grappling phase with Thai HKE and we practice various throws. But, if you watch MMA, you rarely see a skilled throw, and never an "ippon" that finishes the fight - it kind of just goes to the ground and it is there that you need rolling skill to finish.
We do this by sparring until a clinch occurred generically. As you know from boxing matches, this happens all the time.
We remove the vertical grappling deliberately by freezing at this point, then kneeling, to continue with rolling. This practice also gives the fighter who prefers to wear boxing gloves for the kb phase to remove them for grappling.
We examine the element that in MMA and VT there will be striking in the ground phase, not just submission wrestling.
We capitalise on the MMA on the mat by having the usual "wood" kb, mat rolling, and then Mixed Martial Arts on mat mixing the martial arts of kb and grappling.
(Maybe we could call this MWTMA - Mixed White Tiger Martial Arts!?)
What we also do is look at the throws and takedowns phase seperately.
If you watch UFC and MMA contests you don't see skilled throws as you do in Judo or wrestling.
The reason for this is the striking at the vertical grappling phase. In Judo you grab on and then fight for throws. The same in wrestling. When your opponent is hitting you with knees it changes the game.
You do get a lot of improvised takedowns -when the knee-er is on one leg he is easier to off balance. Also the leg can be caught. But the grappler needs to be wary of being hit with that knee.
And in VT or street combat you will also have to worry about the elbow and the head, the full HKE.
So we will drill skilled throwing, and those who want can practice Judo randori and wrestling freestyle.
However for MMA we need to do realistic drilling that incorporates the HKE in the vertical grappling phase. Once we have this we won't need to "stop and kneel" everytime.
(Though stop and kneel is a good isolation exercise)
Similarly, in the kb we play the Thai knee phase.
In Thai, there is knee sparring where you tie up and fight with just knees, which is an important phase of Thai and a great skill in itself. If the opponent goes to the floor in knee spar, in Thai you break. In MMA, VT or Street, you would follow in with a strike - a drop knee or kick.
The Thai "throw" is called a "thum" and is a very effective throw for VT.
Vale Tudo is to MMA what bare knuckle boxing is to boxing or original Muay Thai, with rope bound hands and full contact elbows is to modern Europen Thai Boxing.
MMA sparring is a safe way to combine kb and grappling.
MMA, in it's basic form it is a combination of kb and rolling.
OK, we deal with the vertical grappling phase with Thai HKE and we practice various throws. But, if you watch MMA, you rarely see a skilled throw, and never an "ippon" that finishes the fight - it kind of just goes to the ground and it is there that you need rolling skill to finish.
We do this by sparring until a clinch occurred generically. As you know from boxing matches, this happens all the time.
We remove the vertical grappling deliberately by freezing at this point, then kneeling, to continue with rolling. This practice also gives the fighter who prefers to wear boxing gloves for the kb phase to remove them for grappling.
We examine the element that in MMA and VT there will be striking in the ground phase, not just submission wrestling.
We capitalise on the MMA on the mat by having the usual "wood" kb, mat rolling, and then Mixed Martial Arts on mat mixing the martial arts of kb and grappling.
(Maybe we could call this MWTMA - Mixed White Tiger Martial Arts!?)
What we also do is look at the throws and takedowns phase seperately.
If you watch UFC and MMA contests you don't see skilled throws as you do in Judo or wrestling.
The reason for this is the striking at the vertical grappling phase. In Judo you grab on and then fight for throws. The same in wrestling. When your opponent is hitting you with knees it changes the game.
You do get a lot of improvised takedowns -when the knee-er is on one leg he is easier to off balance. Also the leg can be caught. But the grappler needs to be wary of being hit with that knee.
And in VT or street combat you will also have to worry about the elbow and the head, the full HKE.
So we will drill skilled throwing, and those who want can practice Judo randori and wrestling freestyle.
However for MMA we need to do realistic drilling that incorporates the HKE in the vertical grappling phase. Once we have this we won't need to "stop and kneel" everytime.
(Though stop and kneel is a good isolation exercise)
Similarly, in the kb we play the Thai knee phase.
In Thai, there is knee sparring where you tie up and fight with just knees, which is an important phase of Thai and a great skill in itself. If the opponent goes to the floor in knee spar, in Thai you break. In MMA, VT or Street, you would follow in with a strike - a drop knee or kick.
The Thai "throw" is called a "thum" and is a very effective throw for VT.
Vale Tudo
Vale Tudo is from the Brazilian, it means "anything goes".
Basically it mixes kickboxing and grappling, what is now being referred to as Mixed Martial Arts in competitions.
There is also the lighter option of Jujutsu Kumite which mixes light contact karate style points sparring with Judo throws and newaza.
VT also includes "ground and pound" - striking while on the ground in a grapple.
Every dimension of unarmed combat is examined, drilled and sparred.
Basically it mixes kickboxing and grappling, what is now being referred to as Mixed Martial Arts in competitions.
There is also the lighter option of Jujutsu Kumite which mixes light contact karate style points sparring with Judo throws and newaza.
VT also includes "ground and pound" - striking while on the ground in a grapple.
Every dimension of unarmed combat is examined, drilled and sparred.
Locks
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!
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!
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
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
Jujutsu at White Tiger
Jujutsu at White Tiger
Our Jujutsu is based on Traditional Koryo Jujutsu, Kempo Goshin Jutsu and Sports Jujutsu.
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.
Our Jujutsu is based on Traditional Koryo Jujutsu, Kempo Goshin Jutsu and Sports Jujutsu.
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.
Jujutsu
The Jujutsu we practice here is Kempo Jujutsu.
It uses the close range kicks, punches and strikes of Kempo (Iron Fist) backed up with the techniques of Jujutsu such as chokes, strangles, locks, controls, throws, takedowns, groundfighting, and grappling.
Also called Goshin Jutsu and Combat Jujutsu it is a modern systems of self defence and the perfect complement to the Combat Karate of Shiro Tora.
It uses the close range kicks, punches and strikes of Kempo (Iron Fist) backed up with the techniques of Jujutsu such as chokes, strangles, locks, controls, throws, takedowns, groundfighting, and grappling.
Also called Goshin Jutsu and Combat Jujutsu it is a modern systems of self defence and the perfect complement to the Combat Karate of Shiro Tora.
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Tuesday, 27 October 2009
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Saturday, 24 October 2009
Karate compared to Kenjutsu
Karatedo in Japan is practiced a lot like Kenjutsu.
One of Funakoshi's maxims was "think of your hands and feet as swords".
Kendo is like karate kumite - you line up one step with a partner and put on armour for free sparring.
Iaido is kata - you practice with a live blade for a live feel, pre-arranged moves in sequence, and they all have bunkai which you need to understand in depth.
Batto is like tameshiwari - you cut for real against straw targets.
(You can't do this with a replica sword from Battle Orders!)
One of Funakoshi's maxims was "think of your hands and feet as swords".
Kendo is like karate kumite - you line up one step with a partner and put on armour for free sparring.
Iaido is kata - you practice with a live blade for a live feel, pre-arranged moves in sequence, and they all have bunkai which you need to understand in depth.
Batto is like tameshiwari - you cut for real against straw targets.
(You can't do this with a replica sword from Battle Orders!)
Shorin and Shorei kata
The Shorin katas are lighter and faster and suited for a smaller person, or people who like kicking.
This fighting style includes freestyle karate, semi contact, Lau Gar, TKD, largo mano.
The Shorei katas are heavier and stronger and suited for a larger person, or those who like to get stuck in.
This fighting style includes boxing, Thai boxing, FC KB, Judo, Wrestling, Krabi.
In sporting terms, Shorin is football and Shorei is rugby.
The katas are split between Shorin and Shorei.
Shorin includes:
3 Taikyoku
5 Heians
2 Kanku
Enpi
Shorei includes:
3 Tekkis
2 Bassai
Jion
Jitte
Ji'in
Hangetsu
So by the time you have done the first 20 kata, at 3rd dan, you will have 11 Shorin kata and 9 Shorei, a good mix.
This fighting style includes freestyle karate, semi contact, Lau Gar, TKD, largo mano.
The Shorei katas are heavier and stronger and suited for a larger person, or those who like to get stuck in.
This fighting style includes boxing, Thai boxing, FC KB, Judo, Wrestling, Krabi.
In sporting terms, Shorin is football and Shorei is rugby.
The katas are split between Shorin and Shorei.
Shorin includes:
3 Taikyoku
5 Heians
2 Kanku
Enpi
Shorei includes:
3 Tekkis
2 Bassai
Jion
Jitte
Ji'in
Hangetsu
So by the time you have done the first 20 kata, at 3rd dan, you will have 11 Shorin kata and 9 Shorei, a good mix.
Karate Katas - an explanation
Kihon kata
The basic kata. Teaches one step, one block and one strike. Also how to turn. The heian katas, and many other Shorin katas, are based on this basic pattern.
Heian
Called Pinan on Okinawa. Heian means "Peaceful mind", meaning that somebody who has perfected this series of 5 kata has a complete Self defence system and can protect themselves confidently.
Tekki
Called Naihinchi on Okinawa, as they were performed in the Naihinchi stance. Tekki are all performed in the Kiba Dachi horse stance. There are 3 Tekki kata, Tekki Shodan being the first you learn. They are strong Shorei kata.
Tekki means "Victory". Funakoshi was told by his teacher that they are the easiest and the hardest to learn. He spent 3 years learning each kata, spending a decade on the Tekki series alone. Like Heian, Tekki is almost a MA in it's own right.
Bassai
Called passai on Okinawa. Another Shorin kata, based on the moves of heian, specifically heian godan. A powerful combat kata meaning "to storm a fortress".
Bassai Dai is the second of the two bassai kata, but the first you learn.
Kanku
Called Kushanku on Okinawa after the Chinese fighting monk who introduced it to the island.
Kanku means "to look at the sky".
A Shorin kata, again based on the Heians, primarily Yondan and Nidan.
Jion
A powerful Shotokan kata that makes up a series with Heian Godan and the two Bassai.
At STMA this is the black belt kata
Jitte
The favourite kata of Master Enoeda. Meaning "10 Hands" - the person who has perfected this kata can successfully defend himself against 5 opponents.
This is the 2nd dan kata.
Taikyoku
Taikyoku refers to the singularity before the split into Ying and Yang polarity. It means harmony with the Universe, the goal of Zen.
Taikyoku Shodan is actually the Kihon Kata. However, practiced at black belt level it takes on a whole new meaning as basic technique becomes advanced technique.
The difference between a white belt doing Kihon kata and a black belt doing Taikyoku Shodan will be obvious to any observer.
A set of 3 kata.
Taikyoku Nidan introduces the high punch.
Taikyoku Sandan introduces the back stance and middle block.
On Okinawa, students learn the 3 taikyoku before the Pinans.
In STMA it's not until you get to black belt that you learn the other two Taikyoku.
You now have a greater appreciation of the Heians - they are no longer just some katas you did to get your first few belts.
The 3 Taikyokus and Heian Shodan make a nice series of 4.
H Ni to Go also makes a nice series of 4.
For 3rd dan there is no set kata or grading as such.
However you need to learn the next 2 Taikyoku, so you have all three, the next two tekki, so you have all three, and the next Bassai and Kanku. This fleshes out your understanding.
You then learn Ji'in, a Shorin kata based on Jion and Jitte, that makes a set of 3.
With Heian Godan, the Bassais, and the Jis, you have powerful set of 6 kata to perform.
Also, it's not just a case of knowing these kata, it's being able to break them down, perform the bunkai and teach them.
At 3rd dan you are awarded the title "Sensei" and the right to teach and grade your own students.
It is not something given away lightly, it as to be earned!
You now have the following kata:
3 Taikyoku
5 Heian
3 Tekki
2 Bassai
2 Kanku
Jion, Jitte and Jion
The next kata you learn are Enpi and Hangetsu.
Enpi is a Shorin kata, while Hangetsu is a strong Shorei kata.
You now have a total of 20 kata.
This is around the level we would look to promote you to 4th dan and award the title of Renshi
There are now 10 more kata we practice that you can learn over your progressive years in black belt training, if you wish:
Chinte, Gankaku, Meikyo, Seienchin, Wankan
Unsu, Nijushisho, Sochin, Gojushiho Dai, Gojushiho Sho
This makes a total of 30 Karate-Do Kata.
The basic kata. Teaches one step, one block and one strike. Also how to turn. The heian katas, and many other Shorin katas, are based on this basic pattern.
Heian
Called Pinan on Okinawa. Heian means "Peaceful mind", meaning that somebody who has perfected this series of 5 kata has a complete Self defence system and can protect themselves confidently.
Tekki
Called Naihinchi on Okinawa, as they were performed in the Naihinchi stance. Tekki are all performed in the Kiba Dachi horse stance. There are 3 Tekki kata, Tekki Shodan being the first you learn. They are strong Shorei kata.
Tekki means "Victory". Funakoshi was told by his teacher that they are the easiest and the hardest to learn. He spent 3 years learning each kata, spending a decade on the Tekki series alone. Like Heian, Tekki is almost a MA in it's own right.
Bassai
Called passai on Okinawa. Another Shorin kata, based on the moves of heian, specifically heian godan. A powerful combat kata meaning "to storm a fortress".
Bassai Dai is the second of the two bassai kata, but the first you learn.
Kanku
Called Kushanku on Okinawa after the Chinese fighting monk who introduced it to the island.
Kanku means "to look at the sky".
A Shorin kata, again based on the Heians, primarily Yondan and Nidan.
Jion
A powerful Shotokan kata that makes up a series with Heian Godan and the two Bassai.
At STMA this is the black belt kata
Jitte
The favourite kata of Master Enoeda. Meaning "10 Hands" - the person who has perfected this kata can successfully defend himself against 5 opponents.
This is the 2nd dan kata.
Taikyoku
Taikyoku refers to the singularity before the split into Ying and Yang polarity. It means harmony with the Universe, the goal of Zen.
Taikyoku Shodan is actually the Kihon Kata. However, practiced at black belt level it takes on a whole new meaning as basic technique becomes advanced technique.
The difference between a white belt doing Kihon kata and a black belt doing Taikyoku Shodan will be obvious to any observer.
A set of 3 kata.
Taikyoku Nidan introduces the high punch.
Taikyoku Sandan introduces the back stance and middle block.
On Okinawa, students learn the 3 taikyoku before the Pinans.
In STMA it's not until you get to black belt that you learn the other two Taikyoku.
You now have a greater appreciation of the Heians - they are no longer just some katas you did to get your first few belts.
The 3 Taikyokus and Heian Shodan make a nice series of 4.
H Ni to Go also makes a nice series of 4.
For 3rd dan there is no set kata or grading as such.
However you need to learn the next 2 Taikyoku, so you have all three, the next two tekki, so you have all three, and the next Bassai and Kanku. This fleshes out your understanding.
You then learn Ji'in, a Shorin kata based on Jion and Jitte, that makes a set of 3.
With Heian Godan, the Bassais, and the Jis, you have powerful set of 6 kata to perform.
Also, it's not just a case of knowing these kata, it's being able to break them down, perform the bunkai and teach them.
At 3rd dan you are awarded the title "Sensei" and the right to teach and grade your own students.
It is not something given away lightly, it as to be earned!
You now have the following kata:
3 Taikyoku
5 Heian
3 Tekki
2 Bassai
2 Kanku
Jion, Jitte and Jion
The next kata you learn are Enpi and Hangetsu.
Enpi is a Shorin kata, while Hangetsu is a strong Shorei kata.
You now have a total of 20 kata.
This is around the level we would look to promote you to 4th dan and award the title of Renshi
There are now 10 more kata we practice that you can learn over your progressive years in black belt training, if you wish:
Chinte, Gankaku, Meikyo, Seienchin, Wankan
Unsu, Nijushisho, Sochin, Gojushiho Dai, Gojushiho Sho
This makes a total of 30 Karate-Do Kata.
Karate Kata
For those wanting to grade in Traditional Karate-Do there is a kata assigned to each belt level:
9th Kihon kata
8th Heian Shodan
7th Heian Nidan
6th Heian Sandan
5th Heian Yondan
4th Heian Godan
3rd Tekki Shodan
2nd Bassai Dai
1st kyu Kanku Dai
black belts:
1st dan Jion
2nd Jitte
The kata we practice here is Japanese Shotokan kata.
However we also look at the ShotoKai versions of the kata for a more fuller understanding, and the Okinawan versions of the kata.
The Heians are called Pinan on Okinawa and performed slightly different. The Tekki are called Naihinchi, etc.
Nobody has to learn kata for STMA and I don't teach it in class regularly. It's there for people who want to add the dimension of kata to their training, or for those who want to learn the Traditional karate-Do.
I will sometimes teach a kata move and it's bunkai in class, explaining where it came from, to give students a deeper understanding, but they don't have to learn the whole kata.
In fact, I tend to start with bunkai and work back, so a kata is really a sequence of bunkai. This gives a greater understanding of what you are doing it for.
We also teach the 3 Wing Chun forms:
Sil Lum Tao
Chum Kil
Bil Jee
We also teach the Yang Tai Chi short form.
There will be weapons kata in the future for those who want to add that dimension to their kobudo.
We have kata for each of the Okinawan weapons:
Bo
Nuncha
Tonfa
Kama
Sai
in fact there are several nuncha kata we use.
There are forms for the WC Bart Charm Dao swords and the Kwane "Dragon" Pole, which is very different from Bo.
For the Japanese kobudo, "kata" means something different, so there are no set forms, although there is a Jo "kata" in Aikido worth learning.
9th Kihon kata
8th Heian Shodan
7th Heian Nidan
6th Heian Sandan
5th Heian Yondan
4th Heian Godan
3rd Tekki Shodan
2nd Bassai Dai
1st kyu Kanku Dai
black belts:
1st dan Jion
2nd Jitte
The kata we practice here is Japanese Shotokan kata.
However we also look at the ShotoKai versions of the kata for a more fuller understanding, and the Okinawan versions of the kata.
The Heians are called Pinan on Okinawa and performed slightly different. The Tekki are called Naihinchi, etc.
Nobody has to learn kata for STMA and I don't teach it in class regularly. It's there for people who want to add the dimension of kata to their training, or for those who want to learn the Traditional karate-Do.
I will sometimes teach a kata move and it's bunkai in class, explaining where it came from, to give students a deeper understanding, but they don't have to learn the whole kata.
In fact, I tend to start with bunkai and work back, so a kata is really a sequence of bunkai. This gives a greater understanding of what you are doing it for.
We also teach the 3 Wing Chun forms:
Sil Lum Tao
Chum Kil
Bil Jee
We also teach the Yang Tai Chi short form.
There will be weapons kata in the future for those who want to add that dimension to their kobudo.
We have kata for each of the Okinawan weapons:
Bo
Nuncha
Tonfa
Kama
Sai
in fact there are several nuncha kata we use.
There are forms for the WC Bart Charm Dao swords and the Kwane "Dragon" Pole, which is very different from Bo.
For the Japanese kobudo, "kata" means something different, so there are no set forms, although there is a Jo "kata" in Aikido worth learning.
Shiro Tora Karate - the White Tiger style
Our karate is Shiro Tora, Shihan's own style. As a 6th dan Kyoshi, Shihan is entitled to found his own style and call it what he wants. The style is Shiro Tora, the White Tiger style.
The background is the Funakoshi style developed in Japan from 1930 to 1950, originally called Shoto Kan (shoto's house). The modern Shotokan practiced in the UK is developed from Master Nakayama's 1957 JKA style. What is now called Shoto-Kai (Shoto's council), founded by Master Egami, is closer to Funakoshi's original Shoto-Kan.
Hence our style draws from modern Shotokan, which has more kumite drills, and ShotoKai, whch has more kata applications.
We also trace our style back to the Shorin and Shorei styles of Okinawa.
We also draw from Master Oyama's powerful kyukushinkai, especially some of our harder drills and knockdown kumite.
We have also studied Okinawan Goju and American Kenpo, to get a full flavour of the evolution of karate.
This karate system is kata based. We practice the 5 heian, 3 tekki, 2 bassai and 2 kanku as our first 12 forms. We then study a further 18 forms. Our study is heavy on bunkai, the application of the kata moves in self protection.
There are strong comparisons with Japanese Jujutsu and Chinese kung fu.
We also practice kihon solo drills, and kumite partner drills.
The background is the Funakoshi style developed in Japan from 1930 to 1950, originally called Shoto Kan (shoto's house). The modern Shotokan practiced in the UK is developed from Master Nakayama's 1957 JKA style. What is now called Shoto-Kai (Shoto's council), founded by Master Egami, is closer to Funakoshi's original Shoto-Kan.
Hence our style draws from modern Shotokan, which has more kumite drills, and ShotoKai, whch has more kata applications.
We also trace our style back to the Shorin and Shorei styles of Okinawa.
We also draw from Master Oyama's powerful kyukushinkai, especially some of our harder drills and knockdown kumite.
We have also studied Okinawan Goju and American Kenpo, to get a full flavour of the evolution of karate.
This karate system is kata based. We practice the 5 heian, 3 tekki, 2 bassai and 2 kanku as our first 12 forms. We then study a further 18 forms. Our study is heavy on bunkai, the application of the kata moves in self protection.
There are strong comparisons with Japanese Jujutsu and Chinese kung fu.
We also practice kihon solo drills, and kumite partner drills.
Freestyle Karate
Freestyle Karate and Semi Contact Kickboxing are pretty much the same thing. They have the same moves and ABCs and the same protective equipment and sparring rules.
J - Jab
gz - gyaku zuki
maw - mawashigeri - round kick
ura - uraken - backfist
haito - ridge hand
kek - kekome - side kick
mae - mygeri - front kick
hk - hook kick
r - rear
l - low
Basic ABCs:
J - gz
J - maw
gz - r ura
maw - gz
j - ura - gz
Gz - r haito
- henka "drive by"
- henka g, h, maw, ura
gz - j - gz
haito - gz
ura - gz - r maw
kek - ura
r maw - ura
ura - gz
mae - ura
maw - ura
angle maw
gz - r maw - gz
Advanced ABCs:
kek - maw - gz
gz - haito - r maw
hk - maw - kek
r maw - j - haito - hk
jump spin hook - gz
hk - spin hk - gz
(r hk) ura - spin ura - gz
lo j - spin hk
feint - hk - maw
kek - maw
maw - spin hk
gz - hk
gz - r hk
jump gz - maw
gz side door
- box guard
- SC guard
Sweeps:
hk, sweep, gz
ura - reap
de ashi - gz - r maw
Retreating:
jump haito
jump kek - spin hk
jump hk
kek, spin hook
defensive ABCs:
uke gz - r ged bar - r ura
uke gz - lo bon - ura
uke j - slip block - sweep - gz
J - Jab
gz - gyaku zuki
maw - mawashigeri - round kick
ura - uraken - backfist
haito - ridge hand
kek - kekome - side kick
mae - mygeri - front kick
hk - hook kick
r - rear
l - low
Basic ABCs:
J - gz
J - maw
gz - r ura
maw - gz
j - ura - gz
Gz - r haito
- henka "drive by"
- henka g, h, maw, ura
gz - j - gz
haito - gz
ura - gz - r maw
kek - ura
r maw - ura
ura - gz
mae - ura
maw - ura
angle maw
gz - r maw - gz
Advanced ABCs:
kek - maw - gz
gz - haito - r maw
hk - maw - kek
r maw - j - haito - hk
jump spin hook - gz
hk - spin hk - gz
(r hk) ura - spin ura - gz
lo j - spin hk
feint - hk - maw
kek - maw
maw - spin hk
gz - hk
gz - r hk
jump gz - maw
gz side door
- box guard
- SC guard
Sweeps:
hk, sweep, gz
ura - reap
de ashi - gz - r maw
Retreating:
jump haito
jump kek - spin hk
jump hk
kek, spin hook
defensive ABCs:
uke gz - r ged bar - r ura
uke gz - lo bon - ura
uke j - slip block - sweep - gz
Kihon - kata - kumite
Karate is made up of 3 parts - kihon, kata and kumite.
Kata I've explained in it's own post.
Kihon is a set of moved you practice on your own. Single punches, kicks, blocks and strikes.
These are first practiced on the spot, then moving - forward, backward, and turning.
Then you practice combinations.
Kumite is pre-arranged partner exercises.
Tori steps forward and punches, uke steps back and blocks. That sort of thing.
There is 5 step, 3 step and one step sparring, then one step semi free. Free kumite is free sparring.
In a way kata incorporates kihon and kumite, if done to it's obvious potential.
Take a section of kata and you are practicing kihon. Practice the bunkai with a partner and you are practicing kumite.
In fact, at Black Belt classes this is how I teach kata.
Students learn the basic kata on the way to Black Belt. I then use the kihon and kumite method to teach the advanced katas.
Kata I've explained in it's own post.
Kihon is a set of moved you practice on your own. Single punches, kicks, blocks and strikes.
These are first practiced on the spot, then moving - forward, backward, and turning.
Then you practice combinations.
Kumite is pre-arranged partner exercises.
Tori steps forward and punches, uke steps back and blocks. That sort of thing.
There is 5 step, 3 step and one step sparring, then one step semi free. Free kumite is free sparring.
In a way kata incorporates kihon and kumite, if done to it's obvious potential.
Take a section of kata and you are practicing kihon. Practice the bunkai with a partner and you are practicing kumite.
In fact, at Black Belt classes this is how I teach kata.
Students learn the basic kata on the way to Black Belt. I then use the kihon and kumite method to teach the advanced katas.
Tameshiwari
Tameshiwari means "trial by wood". It is the breaking of wood boards with the body weapons.
Traditionally this is done on a pine board as it has the same density as human bone.
It is said that to break 3 boards with a technique means you have mastered that technique.
Kyukushinkai have taken breaking to it's extreme, breaking bricks, stone, ice, and using all body weapons including the head.
TKD break boards with a range of kicks.
For 1st dan at ST Karate you need to break a board with both fudoken clenched fist and shuto knife hand.
For 2nd dan you need to break two boards.
For 3rd dan you need to break a stack of 3 boards with each. This shows you have mastered both the closed fist and knife had of karate.
Traditionally this is done on a pine board as it has the same density as human bone.
It is said that to break 3 boards with a technique means you have mastered that technique.
Kyukushinkai have taken breaking to it's extreme, breaking bricks, stone, ice, and using all body weapons including the head.
TKD break boards with a range of kicks.
For 1st dan at ST Karate you need to break a board with both fudoken clenched fist and shuto knife hand.
For 2nd dan you need to break two boards.
For 3rd dan you need to break a stack of 3 boards with each. This shows you have mastered both the closed fist and knife had of karate.
Friday, 23 October 2009
STMA kit - Essential and recommended list
At some point every member will need kit to progress so we are now going to label certain kit as essential for STMA training:
Essential list
Gloves for sparring
You can make do with bag gloves for impact and light sparring.
However at some point you might want to consider boxing gloves for FC. You will also need a gumshield.
Stix
A pair of stix for krabi, sinawalli and serrada.
Even if you are not intending to take your weapons training to any particular level, you will need to do these basic drills to make your STMA fully functional.
Judo gi
Specifically the jacket.
You need to wear something for grappling, and the proper gi is the best thing. Also advanced grappling and self defence makes use of the collar.
Recomended list:
Groin guard
for guys
Headguard
SC foam head
FC full face
Shinguards
For kb
Clothing
Kung fu pants
Boxing boots
Weapons
Bokken
Tonfa
Check the price list here:
http://shirotoratiger.blogspot.com/2009/08/feng-wei-at-white-tiger.html
Essential list
Gloves for sparring
You can make do with bag gloves for impact and light sparring.
However at some point you might want to consider boxing gloves for FC. You will also need a gumshield.
Stix
A pair of stix for krabi, sinawalli and serrada.
Even if you are not intending to take your weapons training to any particular level, you will need to do these basic drills to make your STMA fully functional.
Judo gi
Specifically the jacket.
You need to wear something for grappling, and the proper gi is the best thing. Also advanced grappling and self defence makes use of the collar.
Recomended list:
Groin guard
for guys
Headguard
SC foam head
FC full face
Shinguards
For kb
Clothing
Kung fu pants
Boxing boots
Weapons
Bokken
Tonfa
Check the price list here:
http://shirotoratiger.blogspot.com/2009/08/feng-wei-at-white-tiger.html
Weapons sparring in 2010
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)
One of the goals for 2010 at STMA will be to add stick and the sword sparring in the armour.
We will use the excess funds to purchase 2 sets of student armour, then work to build up skill until weapon sparrng is as regular as rolling and kb.
We also spar nunchaku - with the foam chucks, though in armour we can use rattan chux.
Obviously we have the rattan stix for single and double sparring.
Members will need to look at getting either a rattan sword or shinai for kendo, rattan nuncha, and then later the longer rattan sticks Jo and Bo.
Oak weapons are OK for drilling but are not suitable for sparring, even in armour - we will use the lighter rattan weapons.
We'll start with stix then progress through the weapons.
As we have moved KB sparring up to Full Contact structure, adding boxing, kb and Thai, and full use of pads for drills, then protective equipment for the sparring, we'll do the same in the kobudo for those who want to take it to it's extremes.
Nobody HAS to do weapons work or sparring, it is something we are adding for those interested in exploring this diemnsion of MA and combat.
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)
One of the goals for 2010 at STMA will be to add stick and the sword sparring in the armour.
We will use the excess funds to purchase 2 sets of student armour, then work to build up skill until weapon sparrng is as regular as rolling and kb.
We also spar nunchaku - with the foam chucks, though in armour we can use rattan chux.
Obviously we have the rattan stix for single and double sparring.
Members will need to look at getting either a rattan sword or shinai for kendo, rattan nuncha, and then later the longer rattan sticks Jo and Bo.
Oak weapons are OK for drilling but are not suitable for sparring, even in armour - we will use the lighter rattan weapons.
We'll start with stix then progress through the weapons.
As we have moved KB sparring up to Full Contact structure, adding boxing, kb and Thai, and full use of pads for drills, then protective equipment for the sparring, we'll do the same in the kobudo for those who want to take it to it's extremes.
Nobody HAS to do weapons work or sparring, it is something we are adding for those interested in exploring this diemnsion of MA and combat.
STMA Kit Price List
Essential list
Gloves for sparring
Bag gloves for impact and light sparring £15
Boxing gloves for FC £20
Gumshield £1.50
Stix £15
A pair of stix for krabi, sinawalli and serrada.
Judo gi £30
Recomended list:
Groin guard £10
for guys
Headguard
SC foam head £15
FC full face £30
Shinguards £10
For kb
Clothing
Kung fu pants or gi pants £10
Boxing boots £25
Weapons
Bokken £10
Tonfa £20 pair
Shinai £20
Gloves for sparring
Bag gloves for impact and light sparring £15
Boxing gloves for FC £20
Gumshield £1.50
Stix £15
A pair of stix for krabi, sinawalli and serrada.
Judo gi £30
Recomended list:
Groin guard £10
for guys
Headguard
SC foam head £15
FC full face £30
Shinguards £10
For kb
Clothing
Kung fu pants or gi pants £10
Boxing boots £25
Weapons
Bokken £10
Tonfa £20 pair
Shinai £20
Thursday 22 October
We started with a group working for the first hour on traditional Jujutsu waza.
This involved responses against grabs to the gi collar.
This training comes from a traditional Jujutsu ryu and goes back centuries. We are able to give it a modern application as the 3 most common attacks in a street fight are:
1. Collar grab and reverse punch
2. Reverse punch
3. Double collar grab
Obviously people don't wear gi these days. But in winter you will most likely be wearing an overcoat or a leather jacket. If I am standing outside a nightclub at 11pm in November I certainly will be.
So I dress accordingly.
So I expect my collar to be grabbed
So I train accodingly
Make sense?
Against the grab and punch - using the back stance - kokutsu dachi - we gained control and then responded with a ken kudaki (not a block) and then variations on the basic wristlocks kote gaeshi and kote hineri.
Against the double collar grab we used two techniques to lock the shoulder and takedown or throw.
As we had time we also looked at Crane - an application from Bassai kata against the collar grab - striking to various kyusho pressure points including uchi jaku zawa, yako, and areas such as the ribs and sternum.
Seniors also practiced the ude kansetsu kyusho in the grab, and came to appreciate the usefulness of REAL pressure point fighting.
We then bifurcated the class into karate and kobudo where I was able to drill the paddies in karate ABCs for sparring, and drill the woodies in sinwallli and bokken.
There was sparring for all at the end during the freeplay.
POINTS TO NOTE:
There are 3 Points of View in a fight.
The attacker
The defender
A third person watching
It is important to view the fight from all 3 POVs to completely understand it. We cover this reguarly in STMA training.
Pressure points are one of the most misunderstood and exaggerated areas of MA.
Kyusho is the Japanese word.
PSNA stands for Pressure Sensitive Nerve Areas, an American anacronysm.
People who don't know about them claim there are anywhere between 25 and 360 and they do various things. You can buy lists and charts showing all kinds of alleged PSNA. Most of these do nothing. The ones that do something are meaningless unless you are shown how to apply them in combat in real tme.
For example, we punch to the chin for a KO. A groin kick will stop an attacker. But to actually land these shots you need to train for them, not just know them theoretically. So it is with PSNA.
I teach a primary list of 54 PSNA for use in combat.
(One for each week of the year more or less!)
I do not give out lists and charts to be memorised. You learn these PSNA in context, in the dojo, and you remember them.
There are 3 kinds of PSNA:
ones you strike
ones you press
ones you rub
What I NEVER want to see is people in class trying to explain to each other what PSNA are "There's one there", "there's one there", things like that. You learn these at the proper time in the proper context, not from some chart or book, or what "a mate who does Jujutsu showed me".
Practice, not theory!
Keep I mind you can strike and grind these points with stick as well as your "body tools".
Torite is the art of seizing limbs and locking joints.
It also covers kyusho - Pressure Points.
In Chinese this system is called Chin Na.
Although it is a subset of Jujutsu, Karate, Kung Fu, Kali, etc, it is also a complete MA system in it's own right if developed to a high enough level.
In class, you may hear me refer to Chin Na or Torite in context, or that we are having a "Chin Na" session.
Most Martial Arts teach you HOW to do a technique, how to punch, how to kick.
So do we - it's the basics.
But most MA have no idea WHY you do that technique or WHEN in the fight you do it.
WHY do you do a cross there?
WHY do a kick that particular way?
WHY use that throw or that lock?
WHY use that counter to that attack?
WHEN do you do it?
You can have the fastest punch or strongest kick in the world, but without a sense or proper timing you'll never land it. Without the proper sense of distance you'll never be in range, always too near or too far.
We don't just teach the HOW at STMA, we teach the WHY and WHEN.
This involved responses against grabs to the gi collar.
This training comes from a traditional Jujutsu ryu and goes back centuries. We are able to give it a modern application as the 3 most common attacks in a street fight are:
1. Collar grab and reverse punch
2. Reverse punch
3. Double collar grab
Obviously people don't wear gi these days. But in winter you will most likely be wearing an overcoat or a leather jacket. If I am standing outside a nightclub at 11pm in November I certainly will be.
So I dress accordingly.
So I expect my collar to be grabbed
So I train accodingly
Make sense?
Against the grab and punch - using the back stance - kokutsu dachi - we gained control and then responded with a ken kudaki (not a block) and then variations on the basic wristlocks kote gaeshi and kote hineri.
Against the double collar grab we used two techniques to lock the shoulder and takedown or throw.
As we had time we also looked at Crane - an application from Bassai kata against the collar grab - striking to various kyusho pressure points including uchi jaku zawa, yako, and areas such as the ribs and sternum.
Seniors also practiced the ude kansetsu kyusho in the grab, and came to appreciate the usefulness of REAL pressure point fighting.
We then bifurcated the class into karate and kobudo where I was able to drill the paddies in karate ABCs for sparring, and drill the woodies in sinwallli and bokken.
There was sparring for all at the end during the freeplay.
POINTS TO NOTE:
There are 3 Points of View in a fight.
The attacker
The defender
A third person watching
It is important to view the fight from all 3 POVs to completely understand it. We cover this reguarly in STMA training.
Pressure points are one of the most misunderstood and exaggerated areas of MA.
Kyusho is the Japanese word.
PSNA stands for Pressure Sensitive Nerve Areas, an American anacronysm.
People who don't know about them claim there are anywhere between 25 and 360 and they do various things. You can buy lists and charts showing all kinds of alleged PSNA. Most of these do nothing. The ones that do something are meaningless unless you are shown how to apply them in combat in real tme.
For example, we punch to the chin for a KO. A groin kick will stop an attacker. But to actually land these shots you need to train for them, not just know them theoretically. So it is with PSNA.
I teach a primary list of 54 PSNA for use in combat.
(One for each week of the year more or less!)
I do not give out lists and charts to be memorised. You learn these PSNA in context, in the dojo, and you remember them.
There are 3 kinds of PSNA:
ones you strike
ones you press
ones you rub
What I NEVER want to see is people in class trying to explain to each other what PSNA are "There's one there", "there's one there", things like that. You learn these at the proper time in the proper context, not from some chart or book, or what "a mate who does Jujutsu showed me".
Practice, not theory!
Keep I mind you can strike and grind these points with stick as well as your "body tools".
Torite is the art of seizing limbs and locking joints.
It also covers kyusho - Pressure Points.
In Chinese this system is called Chin Na.
Although it is a subset of Jujutsu, Karate, Kung Fu, Kali, etc, it is also a complete MA system in it's own right if developed to a high enough level.
In class, you may hear me refer to Chin Na or Torite in context, or that we are having a "Chin Na" session.
Most Martial Arts teach you HOW to do a technique, how to punch, how to kick.
So do we - it's the basics.
But most MA have no idea WHY you do that technique or WHEN in the fight you do it.
WHY do you do a cross there?
WHY do a kick that particular way?
WHY use that throw or that lock?
WHY use that counter to that attack?
WHEN do you do it?
You can have the fastest punch or strongest kick in the world, but without a sense or proper timing you'll never land it. Without the proper sense of distance you'll never be in range, always too near or too far.
We don't just teach the HOW at STMA, we teach the WHY and WHEN.
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