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Tuesday, 22 June 2010
Monday, 14 June 2010
STMA maxims
Accentuate the Positive - Eliminate the Negative
Using no way as Way - Having no limitation as limitation
Absorb What Is Useful - Discard What is Useless -
Add What is specifically your own
If you see it taught you see it fought
Hit Hard - Hit Fast - Hit First!
Train Hard - Fight easy
One fist of iron, one fist of steel.
If the right one don't get you, the left one will!
The first rule of Self Defence - Learn to Hit F***ing Hard!
Monday, 7 June 2010
The Coulsdon Kali and Kickboxing Club
White Tiger Martial Arts of the Shiro Tora Budo Kai
Practical, Realistic and Effective Street Self Defence
Street Self Defence
Kickboxing - Boxing - Muay Thai
Kali - Eskrima
Wing Chun - Jun Fan - Feng Wei
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
Learn from a 6th degree Black Belt with over 30 years experience in the Applied Fighting Arts
New training sessions held in Caterham (Over 18s)
Mondays 8pm to 10pm
Methodist Church, Coulsdon Road, Caterham CR3
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
Practical, Realistic and Effective Street Self Defence
Street Self Defence
Kickboxing - Boxing - Muay Thai
Kali - Eskrima
Wing Chun - Jun Fan - Feng Wei
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
Learn from a 6th degree Black Belt with over 30 years experience in the Applied Fighting Arts
New training sessions held in Caterham (Over 18s)
Mondays 8pm to 10pm
Methodist Church, Coulsdon Road, Caterham CR3
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
Coulsdon Kali and Kickboxing Club
That's what we're going to call the Monday club on the new set of ads.
We're primarily pushing it as Kali and Kickboxing, for which all members will need boxing gloves and stix in their starter pack.
We of course cover the Feng Wei - Wing Chun - Jun Fan element, which includes chi sao and the Street Fighting - Self Defence - Urban Combat.
We will also have mat days for throwing, grappling and Vale Tudo.
We're primarily pushing it as Kali and Kickboxing, for which all members will need boxing gloves and stix in their starter pack.
We of course cover the Feng Wei - Wing Chun - Jun Fan element, which includes chi sao and the Street Fighting - Self Defence - Urban Combat.
We will also have mat days for throwing, grappling and Vale Tudo.
Monday, 17 May 2010
If you see it taught, you see it fought
An STMA maxim.
Quite simply, everything we do has a combat application, from punches and kicks, to traps, to chi sao, to throws, chokes and locks, to sinawalli with sticks, to swords and poles, to nunchaku manipulations.
It all works in sparring in real time, and it all has application in real life.
Nothing is just flashy or show or "for the sake of it".
It's all real and it all works!
Quite simply, everything we do has a combat application, from punches and kicks, to traps, to chi sao, to throws, chokes and locks, to sinawalli with sticks, to swords and poles, to nunchaku manipulations.
It all works in sparring in real time, and it all has application in real life.
Nothing is just flashy or show or "for the sake of it".
It's all real and it all works!
The Pre-Emptive Strike
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!
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!
The Fence
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.
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.
Sunday, 16 May 2010
Feng Wei - Jun Fan sparring
We regularly practice chi sao drilling into sparring and also boxing drilling with pads and gloves into sparring.
We make these drills part of regular training sessions:
Boxing:
Put on focus pads for SDAs and ABCs
Defensive ABCs
Put on gloves for defence and counter drills
sparring
Chi sao:
dan chi
other NRG
luk sao
sparring
There is seperate instruction in the art of Wing Chun and the art of Boxing, as well as the art of Jun Fan which combines them both technically and in the development of concepts.
One of the Shiro Tora maxims is:
If you see it taught, you see it fought
everything you are drilling in class is brought out in sparring, in real time.
We make these drills part of regular training sessions:
Boxing:
Put on focus pads for SDAs and ABCs
Defensive ABCs
Put on gloves for defence and counter drills
sparring
Chi sao:
dan chi
other NRG
luk sao
sparring
There is seperate instruction in the art of Wing Chun and the art of Boxing, as well as the art of Jun Fan which combines them both technically and in the development of concepts.
One of the Shiro Tora maxims is:
If you see it taught, you see it fought
everything you are drilling in class is brought out in sparring, in real time.
Boxing at STMA - abs sparring
At STMA we do regular low punch sparring, known as "abs" sparring.
Karate teaches you gedan barai as a low block and we use the ged bar block and counter drills.
However it is not good to drop to ged bar against a good kicker - you need the kan sao structure from Jun Fan.
And however again, against a boxer you should never lower your hands to block. You can even condition your abs to take shots - but you can't condition your head!
I mentioned Ali was only defeated twice in his prime - by Ken Norton and Joe Frazier who specialised in body blows.
Ali used to say "I am the greatest - I am the prettiest" - a boast that nobody could land a hard blow to his face and mess it up.
Frazier's reply was just as famous:
"Ali can keep his pretty face, I don't want it - I'm going to tear out his kidneys".
Ali's "rope a dope" defence worked perfectly against a low punch specialist. However Smokin Joe took Ali's title with a left hook in the 15th round.
Norton, the other man to take Ali's title, also did so with a left hook.
Norton broke Ali's jaw in the process.
So the importance of attacking and defending abs is highlighted - as is the use of the left hook.
FOOTNOTE: After being defeated by Frazier, Ali beat him in 2 rematches. He did the same with Norton. He made the point of not just regaining his belt from the man who took it, but giving that man a second chance to win it - and coming out on top. And he did it twice. That's why he's The Greatest.
Karate teaches you gedan barai as a low block and we use the ged bar block and counter drills.
However it is not good to drop to ged bar against a good kicker - you need the kan sao structure from Jun Fan.
And however again, against a boxer you should never lower your hands to block. You can even condition your abs to take shots - but you can't condition your head!
I mentioned Ali was only defeated twice in his prime - by Ken Norton and Joe Frazier who specialised in body blows.
Ali used to say "I am the greatest - I am the prettiest" - a boast that nobody could land a hard blow to his face and mess it up.
Frazier's reply was just as famous:
"Ali can keep his pretty face, I don't want it - I'm going to tear out his kidneys".
Ali's "rope a dope" defence worked perfectly against a low punch specialist. However Smokin Joe took Ali's title with a left hook in the 15th round.
Norton, the other man to take Ali's title, also did so with a left hook.
Norton broke Ali's jaw in the process.
So the importance of attacking and defending abs is highlighted - as is the use of the left hook.
FOOTNOTE: After being defeated by Frazier, Ali beat him in 2 rematches. He did the same with Norton. He made the point of not just regaining his belt from the man who took it, but giving that man a second chance to win it - and coming out on top. And he did it twice. That's why he's The Greatest.
Boxing at STMA - rear uppercut
We regularly work the rear uppercut on the "reinforced" pad.
This is a close range unique kind of KO if you an create the angle and optimise the opportunity.
I have referenced Tyson knocing out Bruno with this punch.
If you haven't seen the match, you can here on You Tube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC1KgO-ZoLM
forward to 5.30 mark and see the KO. It's replayed in slow motion several times from different angles in slow motion.
Imagine what you can do when you've perfected this punch!
This is a close range unique kind of KO if you an create the angle and optimise the opportunity.
I have referenced Tyson knocing out Bruno with this punch.
If you haven't seen the match, you can here on You Tube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC1KgO-ZoLM
forward to 5.30 mark and see the KO. It's replayed in slow motion several times from different angles in slow motion.
Imagine what you can do when you've perfected this punch!
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.
Longest weapon to closest target
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.
Longest weapon to closest target
Saturday, 1 May 2010
The Law
The Law states that if an attacker is aggresive and moving forward, and you fear for your safety, you can legally Pre-emptively strike the first blow in Self Defence.
If you are put in fear for your safety by his aggresively advancing into your space he is committing Common Assault.
He has breached the Law and this entitles you to launch a PE.
The Criminal law act (1967) states:
you must restrict yourself to using "only such force as is reasonable in the circumstances".
The Police and Criminal Evidence Act (1984) states:
you must use "the minimum force necessary to achieve this objective".
Landing one PE and stepping away keeps you within the law.
(Kicking him when he is down or pulling out a weapon does not!)
THAT is how we use a PE legally in a Self Defence situation.
If you are put in fear for your safety by his aggresively advancing into your space he is committing Common Assault.
He has breached the Law and this entitles you to launch a PE.
The Criminal law act (1967) states:
you must restrict yourself to using "only such force as is reasonable in the circumstances".
The Police and Criminal Evidence Act (1984) states:
you must use "the minimum force necessary to achieve this objective".
Landing one PE and stepping away keeps you within the law.
(Kicking him when he is down or pulling out a weapon does not!)
THAT is how we use a PE legally in a Self Defence situation.
Different forms of Assault
Common assault
When the victim is not actually being physically hurt. Being physically grabbed or held, being threatened, caused shock or distress.
Actual Bodily Harm (ABH) Section 47
Anything that interferes with the health or comfort of the victim including bruising.
Grievous Bodily Harm (GBH) Section 20
Broken bones or if all 7 layers of skin are broken
Wounding Section 18
Pretty much the same as GBH
When the victim is not actually being physically hurt. Being physically grabbed or held, being threatened, caused shock or distress.
Actual Bodily Harm (ABH) Section 47
Anything that interferes with the health or comfort of the victim including bruising.
Grievous Bodily Harm (GBH) Section 20
Broken bones or if all 7 layers of skin are broken
Wounding Section 18
Pretty much the same as GBH
Tuesday, 27 April 2010
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.
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.
Thursday, 25 March 2010
STMA Locks
Locks
We start our training with one elbow lock and one wristlock which we practice regularly:
hiji waza - elbow - ikkyo or oshi taoshi
tebuki waza - wrist - kote gaeshi
if you only ever learn these two moves, they will work for you in real fights if the need arises.
From each of these we build a set of 5 hiji and 5 tebuki waza.
Beyond that we develop from the secondary and tertiary lists.
Hubud lock set
In hubud we have a list of 5 locks we practice which work in real time:
ikkyo
ude gaeshi
waki gatame
kote geashi
sankyo
and one appendix - oni kudaki - which we apply from the inside.
Irimi and tenkan
With regards to irimi and tenkan in lox, we start examining this concept with ikkyo
Ikkyo irimi - take the elbow through uke's centreline and cut to 3rd point
ikkyo tenkan - step back and spin uke round and down.
Both turn a pin technique into a projection. Perfect examples of henka from a basic technique.
Once these concepts have been learnt in the first lock, they can applied to further lox as you develop.
Another way of looking at is is this - once you have irimi and tenkan you now have 3 techniques, all variations of ikkyo.
We start our training with one elbow lock and one wristlock which we practice regularly:
hiji waza - elbow - ikkyo or oshi taoshi
tebuki waza - wrist - kote gaeshi
if you only ever learn these two moves, they will work for you in real fights if the need arises.
From each of these we build a set of 5 hiji and 5 tebuki waza.
Beyond that we develop from the secondary and tertiary lists.
Hubud lock set
In hubud we have a list of 5 locks we practice which work in real time:
ikkyo
ude gaeshi
waki gatame
kote geashi
sankyo
and one appendix - oni kudaki - which we apply from the inside.
Irimi and tenkan
With regards to irimi and tenkan in lox, we start examining this concept with ikkyo
Ikkyo irimi - take the elbow through uke's centreline and cut to 3rd point
ikkyo tenkan - step back and spin uke round and down.
Both turn a pin technique into a projection. Perfect examples of henka from a basic technique.
Once these concepts have been learnt in the first lock, they can applied to further lox as you develop.
Another way of looking at is is this - once you have irimi and tenkan you now have 3 techniques, all variations of ikkyo.
STMA Throws
The two major throws we start with are:
Koshi nage - a hip throw - a tenkan waza
O soto gari - a reap - an irimi waza
from there we build a set of 5 tenka and 5 irimi waza to practice regularly.
Beyond that you would add other throws from the secondary and tertiary lists.
As these are COMBAT JUJUTSU moves we do atemi - blow before throw, using a headbutt before an irimi and a groin knee before a tenkan.
We also use push-pull concept to set the throw up.
Koshi nage - a hip throw - a tenkan waza
O soto gari - a reap - an irimi waza
from there we build a set of 5 tenka and 5 irimi waza to practice regularly.
Beyond that you would add other throws from the secondary and tertiary lists.
As these are COMBAT JUJUTSU moves we do atemi - blow before throw, using a headbutt before an irimi and a groin knee before a tenkan.
We also use push-pull concept to set the throw up.
Monday, 22 March 2010
STMA basic drills list
STMA is all about evolution and nothing is fixed. This list will evolve as the Group progresses.
Fence - line up KO
Jab loop drill - including jab, block, counter and loop
Thai leg kick
Kick 4 Kick
lo punch
lo punch def
Stix:
2, 4, chain
Entry 3
Pads:
4 boxing punches
round kick
ABCs from box set 1 and karate set 1
A prospect on their first 3 or 4 sessions will practice these drills with the various established members. If they want to join, and they need to to train with us, they will buy the starter pack and move onto kb and kali drills.
Fence - line up KO
Jab loop drill - including jab, block, counter and loop
Thai leg kick
Kick 4 Kick
lo punch
lo punch def
Stix:
2, 4, chain
Entry 3
Pads:
4 boxing punches
round kick
ABCs from box set 1 and karate set 1
A prospect on their first 3 or 4 sessions will practice these drills with the various established members. If they want to join, and they need to to train with us, they will buy the starter pack and move onto kb and kali drills.
Saturday, 20 March 2010
Odd sinawalli
3 is more than just half a 6 count, and starts with a backfist #2.
5 is 4 count with an extra beat.
offside mens you start with the left hand. In a 5 and 7 count it means the extra beat is now also done with the other hand.
7 is the first sinawalli that starts with an earth low strike.
offside 7
9 count is the most complex of the sinawalli
5 is 4 count with an extra beat.
offside mens you start with the left hand. In a 5 and 7 count it means the extra beat is now also done with the other hand.
7 is the first sinawalli that starts with an earth low strike.
offside 7
9 count is the most complex of the sinawalli
Even sinawalli
All sinawallis use the diagonal X angles - 1, 2, 9 and 10.
2 count is based on witik, while 4 count is based on lobtik.
Both drills start from the double caveman chamber.
Footwork to learn is tendensia, torque and fang.
Once you have learnt 2 and 4 seperately you learn to chain them together.
6 count introduces the muto shoulder chamber.
Once 6 count has been learnt you learn to chain 4 and 6.
This involves moving from the last beat of the 4 count to the muto chamber and the last beat of the 6 count to the double caveman.
Some people refer to the 4-6 chain as "10 count".
8 count introduces the hasso chamber and is the first drill to start with a backfist.
Once you have 8 count you learn the 2-4-6-8 chain.
There is a variation of 4 count involving an arco.
There are many variations on 6 count to learn including odd, heaven, earth, umbrella, sipat, stab.
2 count is based on witik, while 4 count is based on lobtik.
Both drills start from the double caveman chamber.
Footwork to learn is tendensia, torque and fang.
Once you have learnt 2 and 4 seperately you learn to chain them together.
6 count introduces the muto shoulder chamber.
Once 6 count has been learnt you learn to chain 4 and 6.
This involves moving from the last beat of the 4 count to the muto chamber and the last beat of the 6 count to the double caveman.
Some people refer to the 4-6 chain as "10 count".
8 count introduces the hasso chamber and is the first drill to start with a backfist.
Once you have 8 count you learn the 2-4-6-8 chain.
There is a variation of 4 count involving an arco.
There are many variations on 6 count to learn including odd, heaven, earth, umbrella, sipat, stab.
Sinawalli progression
2 count
4
2 - 4 chain
footwork - tendensia, torque, fang
6
4 - 6 chain
8
2-4-6-8 chain
4 henka
6 henka - odd, heaven, earth, umbrella, sipat, stab
3
5
offside
7
offside
9
concepts:
mirror, complement, redondo, reverse redondo
gyaku to
4
2 - 4 chain
footwork - tendensia, torque, fang
6
4 - 6 chain
8
2-4-6-8 chain
4 henka
6 henka - odd, heaven, earth, umbrella, sipat, stab
3
5
offside
7
offside
9
concepts:
mirror, complement, redondo, reverse redondo
gyaku to
Tuesday, 16 March 2010
The Groin strike
The groin kick is a move nobody can withstand. But it is also difficult to get the range and angle in a real fight.
(Anybody who tells you otherwise has never been in a real fight and is just theorising about what they think they WOULD do.)
For strikes to the groin, we use the close range knee, or the kin kudaki 12 with the palm slap.
For low kicks we target the shin, knee and thigh.
Having said that, it is worth practicing a few groin kicks in case the opportunity arises.
If he leaves them swinging - set them ringing!
(Anybody who tells you otherwise has never been in a real fight and is just theorising about what they think they WOULD do.)
For strikes to the groin, we use the close range knee, or the kin kudaki 12 with the palm slap.
For low kicks we target the shin, knee and thigh.
Having said that, it is worth practicing a few groin kicks in case the opportunity arises.
If he leaves them swinging - set them ringing!
Saturday, 13 March 2010
STMA Kali and Kobudo
Tonfa: we will examine the links between Krabi and tonfa, karate and tonfa, and Muay Thai. The STMA tonfa program is in depth and comprehensive. There will be some in depth demos of how they are used both in striking and locking.
Kali:
Be prepared for lots of 2, 4 and krabi, and maybe some sparring.
6, 8 and chaining for those working on that.
Serrada, largo.
Seniors will work 5 through 9 plus concepts.
There will be unarmed applications.
We will cover lox with and without stix.
Progressive serrada hubud into unarmed hubud to show the link. Also kadena de mano - knife v knife, knife v empty hand.
Kobudo
Bring bokens, bos, jos, nuncha, tonfa for freeplay.
Nunchaku sparring
Kali:
Be prepared for lots of 2, 4 and krabi, and maybe some sparring.
6, 8 and chaining for those working on that.
Serrada, largo.
Seniors will work 5 through 9 plus concepts.
There will be unarmed applications.
We will cover lox with and without stix.
Progressive serrada hubud into unarmed hubud to show the link. Also kadena de mano - knife v knife, knife v empty hand.
Kobudo
Bring bokens, bos, jos, nuncha, tonfa for freeplay.
Nunchaku sparring
STMA Kickboxing
We will be doing Krabi drill regularly on a Thursday for the next few sessions to examine the links with karate one step, Muay Thai, and how it comes out in Street as well as Freestyle sparring.
Make sure you bring stix and gloves to BOTH sessions - which is now standard practice.
As well as Chi sao sparring for seniors, we will examine karate jiyu kumite - sparring with no PPE and it's links to freestyle.
As usual we will do plenty of impact work to expand member's repertoire of ABCs and drills. I will be working personally with as many members as I can at each session so you all know how to act as "coach", holding pads for each other.
Boxers bring heavy gloves and headgear.
Make sure you bring stix and gloves to BOTH sessions - which is now standard practice.
As well as Chi sao sparring for seniors, we will examine karate jiyu kumite - sparring with no PPE and it's links to freestyle.
As usual we will do plenty of impact work to expand member's repertoire of ABCs and drills. I will be working personally with as many members as I can at each session so you all know how to act as "coach", holding pads for each other.
Boxers bring heavy gloves and headgear.
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