DOG BROTHERS MARTIAL ARTS

Description
The Dog Brothers Martial arts class deals with the reality of stickfighting through sparring with as minimal protection as possible. It has cultivated efficient techniques from many Filipino Martial Arts and combined them all into one system. This is the class where techniques are applied through sparring in the 7 ranges: Snaking range, Long range, Stick Squared range, Medium range, Close Quarter range, Standing grapple, and finally ground.

History
The Dog Brothers were born in May 1988 during three days of non-stop fighting organized by Marc "Crafty Dog" Denny and Eric "Top Dog" Knaus, known within the group as the "Rumble at Ramblas". These fights became the core of the groups video series with Panther Productions, featuring Knaus, the group's best fighter and an outstanding technician trained by Grand Tuhon Leo Gaje of the Pekiti Tirsia system from the island of Negros in the Philippines.*

*[source: http://www.maelstromcore.com/history/]

Class Format
The class usually starts off by doing footwork for warm up, followed by some drills to loosen up and stretch. The class consists of students of all level. We train in double sticks, single sticks, knife or a combination of two. From time to time we will do progressive full contact stick fighting

Attire
Plain shirt/pants with no large logos, Kombat Arts shirts are encouraged, Wrestling/martial arts shoes, or barefeet.
For sparring – hockey/lacrosse gloves, Hard knee & elbow pads,groin protection, fencing/kendo helmets can be provided.