Korean Tang Soo Do - Japanese Ninjuka 

Shaolin Kempo - Okinawan Goju

The above styles are the main

parts that make up my

 

American Iron Fist

Shin Gan Ninjuka Tang Soo Do 

 

Traditional / Modern / Streetwise Self-Defense / Wilderness Combat Survival

(Michigan Martial Arts Self-Defense Combat Systems)

 

 Belt Level Rankings

 

This is an American Martial Arts System!

 

• White Belt / no stripes -- 10th gup warrior level (gup or kyu) -- beginner, new to system 

 

• {Yellow} / Orange Belt  -- 9^th gup warrior level

 

• Yellow / {Orange Belt}  -- 8^th gup warrior level

 

• {Orange} / Green Belt  -- 7^th gup warrior level

 

• Orange / {Green Belt}  -- 6^th gup warrior level

 

• {Green} / Brown Belt  -- 5^th gup warrior level

 

• Green / {Brown} Belt  -- 4^th gup warrior level

 

• {Brown} / Red Belt  --3^rd gup warrior level

 

• Brown / {Red} Belt  --2nd gup warrior level

• Red Belt with a black stripe down center  -- 1^st gup warrior level / Yebi Cho Dan Bo warrior level   Note: (Pre-Dan) Yebi Cho Dan Bo Test Level before Black Belt) Continue to Red Belt with black  stripe down center

 

• Black Belt / one yellow/gold stripe -- 1^st warrior degree

 

• Black Belt / two yellow/gold stripes -- 2^nd warrior degree

 

• Black Belt / three yellow/gold stripes -- ^3rd warrior degree

 

• Master Black Belt / black belt with one red stripe running full length of belt center -- 4^th, 5^th, 6^{th warrior degree}

 

• Grand Master Belts / black belt with two red stripes running full length of belt center -- 7th warrior degree -- 8th warrior degree and -- 9th warrior degree

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• Head Master / Founder / Grand Master Belts / black belt with red trim running full length on outer edges of belt {part 1} or  red belt with black and yellow trim running full length on outer edges of belt -- both 10th warrior degree / founder only 

NOTE: ranking  yellow / gold stripe degrees on Master and Grandmaster belts are optional

 

 

Tang Soo Do Forms (option)

and

Bokido Kai Iron Fist Fighting Forms

 

Forms (Long Katas or Hyungs)

 

  There are 5 Bokido Kai Iron Fist Empty Hand Fighting Forms and 17 Iron Fist Weapon Fighting Forms in this system. The Iron Fist Fighting Form's concepts were created by me, Grand Master Don Boivin. The Bokido Kai Iron Fist Tiger (part 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5) Fighthing Forms, will be learned in parts and then performed as one solid form (Spirit of the Tiger) for the Pre-Dan test. The other 25 are the Tang Soo Do Fighting Forms that I studied and learned from my many years in Tang Soo Do, they are optional to learn  by all black belts.

  Dakota Trondle created the first 2 Iron Fist Short Stick Weapon Fighting Forms for Colored Belts and I brought in the rest of the Forms for the Color Belts and Black Belts. The rest are five Bo Forms, three Nunchaku Forms, two Sword Forms, one Knife Form, one Tonfa Form, one Sai Form, one kama Form and one Cane Form. Any Freestyle Black Belt Weapon Forms that are used, is up to each Black Belt learning and performing them for each rank level... These are added to each level if they want to perform them besides the preset Forms and the same goes for any added Empty Hand Forms.  

  NOTE: The Kempo 5 Animal Kung Fu Forms , can also be studied and performed in Black Belt testings...

   Remember that a traditional matter is not the way you would exactly fight in the street, it is a training tool to carry the history of martial arts and the systems on through the ages. The applications within the forms are for the street / wilderness and these must be done in a street wise self-defense way. It is the Instructor that must teach and make the student understand the different. A lot of systems just want to learn how to fight and do away with everything else... That is fine if you want to study that way, but to me, the martial arts is a way of life and what you learn from the whole of a system is so much better for the student, than learning only part of it... So the forms can be done in a traditional matter, but eventually the applications that you learn from the Forms are done in a street version for maximum efficiency... There are a total of 43 Preset Empty Hand / Weapon Forms in this system.

 

Colored Belt Forms

* Ki Cho Il Bu Iron Fist Fighting Form (1) - for 9th gup level Yellow / Orange Belt

* Ki Cho Ee Bu (2) - Ki Cho Sam Bu (3) Iron Fist Fighting Forms - for 8th gup level Yellow / Orange Belt

* Ki Cho Sa Bu (4) - Ki Cho Oh Bu (5) Iron Fist Fighting Forms - for 7th gup level Orange / Green Belt

* Pyung Ahn Cho Dan Iron Fist Fighting Form (6) - for 6th gup level Orange / Green Belt

* Pyung Ahn Ee Dan Iron Fist Fighting Form (7) - for 5th gup level Green / Brown Belt

* Pyung Ahn Sam Dan Iron Fist Fighting Form (8) - for 4th gup level Green / Brown Belt

* Pyung Ahn Sa Dan (9) Bokido Kai Tiger (part 1) Iron Fist Fighting Forms - for 3rd gup level Brown / Red Belt

* Pyung Ahn Oh Dan (10) Bokido Kai Tiger (part 2) Iron Fist Fighting Forms - for 2nd gup level Brown / Red Belt

* Bassai (11) - Bokido Kai Tiger (part 3) Iron Fist Fighting Forms - for 1st gup level Red Belt with Black stripe down center of belt

* Naihanchi Cho Dan (12) - Bokido Kai Tiger (part 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 and 5) will be performed as one solid form (Spirit of the Tiger) # (13) Iron Fist Fighting Form - for Pre-Dan / Yebi Cho Dan Bo test before Black Belt

 

Color Belt Weapon Forms

* Short Stick Iron Fist Fighting Form (1) - for 7th gup level Orange / Green Belt

* Short Stick Iron Fist Fighting Form (2) - for 6th  gup level Orange / Green Belt

* Bo (5' or 6' staff) Iron Fist Fighting Form (1) - for 5th gup level Green / Brown Belt

* Bo (5' or 6' staff) Iron Fist Fighting Form (2) - for 4th gup level Green / Brown Belt

* Nunchaku Iron Fist Fighting Form (1) - for 3rd gup level Brown / Red Belt

* Nunchaku Iron Fist Fighting Form (2) - for 2nd gup level Brown / Red Belt

* Tonfa Iron Fist Fighting Form (1) - for 1st gup level Brown / Red Belt

* Knife Iron Fist Fighting Form (1) - for Pre-Dan Yebi Cho Dan Bo before Black Belt

 

  NOTE: There are other weapons we will practice, but they are not set for forms yet... 

 

Black Belt Forms

* Naihanchi Ee Dan (14) and Naihanchi Sam Dan (15) Empty Hand / Sword (1) Weapon Iron Fist Fighting Forms - for 2nd degree Black Belt

* Sip Soo (16) and Jin Do (17) Empty Hand / Kama (1) and Bo (3) Weapons Iron Fist Fighting Forms - for 3rd degree Black Belt

* Ro Hai (18) and E Sip Sa Bo (19) Empty Hand / Nunchaku (3) and Sai (1) Weapons Iron Fist Fighting Forms - for 4th degree Master Black Belt 

* Kong Sang Koon (20) and Wang Shu (21) Empty Hand / Bo (4) Weapon Iron Fist Fighting Forms - for 5th degree Master Black Belt

* Shi Shan (22) and Ji-On (23)  (Empty Hand / Sword (2) Weapon Iron Fist Fighting Forms - for 6th degree Master Black Belt

* O Sip Sa Bo (24) and Hwa Sun (25) Empty Hand / Bo (5) Weapon Iron Fist Fighting Forms - for 7th degree Grand Master Black Belt

* So Rim Jang Kwon (26) Empty Hand / Cane (1) Weapon Iron Fist Fighting Forms - For 8th degree Grand Master Black Belt

 

  NOTE: The forms can be changed to one pre-set and one free-style fighting forms for black belts if okayed by Head Instructor... More info on the higher ranks later...