Feng Wei is the name we have given to the core Fighting System in Shiro Tora.
In Chinese it means "Phoenix". It is a streetfighting system for the streets of Britain at the start of the 21st Century.
As well as holding a 6th dan in karate, which has Okinawan and Chinese roots, Shihan is a full instructor in Wing Chun Kung Fu. Shihan's training has included classical and modified WC, as well as private training from the late great Master Derek Jones of Body Mind Spirit.
Shihan has been involved for many years in Jun Fan Gung Fu and Jeet Kune Do, so has trained in various aspects of Bruce Lee's art from the modified WC of Oakland to the Seattle Jun Fan to the LA JKD.
So as well as a core of Applied Karate, FW heavily borrows from WC and JF.
There are also elements of Jujutsu, Kali and Muay Thai.
Our Threat Response system is unique to Shiro Tora and the FW class is the best place to learn them.
Classes include: Tool development, lineups, defence and counter drills, attack by combination, HIA traps, locks, chokes, immobilisations, takedowns, KOs, multiple opponent drills, the fence, threat escalation, conflict management.
Whether you want to work in security, or just want an effective Self Protection system, we have it all right here.
This is the best class to start with as it just requires an empty room and people. It's diverse and we train in drills over modules for maximum skill uptake. We've had a lot of success with this format before and it isn't rivalled by anybody else doing the same thing.
It takes the core skills of Wing Chun, but not just traditional WC, but the modified style, and also the BMS system.
We've also added a lot of Jun Fan and JKD drills over the years, and a lot of the boxing skills.
There are also drills from Karate, Thai and Kali, as well as Jujutsu.
We have to call it something other than WC or JF so we call it FW.
(But it's just a name, don't fuss over it!)
We've adapted the functional training for the streets of UK at the start of the 21st century, so it really is a new streetfighting system. It contains the drills we and our doormen and security personnel practice and use, and it's fully effective in those scenarios.
It is done unarmed, one on one, with no equipment or mats.
We start with sequences dealing with punches, kicks and strikes, and counters.
We progress to HIA - Hand Immobilisations - Traps.
Locks from JJ.
Chokes.
NRG - Energy - drills.
Mainly Wing Chun - dan chi, bon lop, luk sao, into full chi sao sparring.
We also have drills from Mantis and Kali.
Sparring is based on 2 ranges from 2 core arts, and done without protective pads:
Wing Chun and Jun Fan Chi sao.
Karate Jiyu kumite.
