Great drop step by Lyoto at the beginning of this clip!

In this case, he got the bad end of the stick with this blast.  He only hits Rashad once and Rashad swing steps into right lead to throw his right hooks, hitting him with two hard shots.

IMHO & experience,

Angular footwork & false lead jab work WONDERS countering straight blasts. 

Dog Brothers State College, PA is trying to get our passports in order to make the trip!  We could have as many as 5-6 fighters if people get passports in time.

Not working . . . 

I didn't know you were stickgrappler!  Sorry for my ignorance.

Guro, I'll make sure to bring the CPAMMA crew next year as well and we will crash at the gym so we can do both days.

Great seminar!

Pleased to meet some new friends and train with a bunch of great people.

Guro, you should do NYC at this time of the year every year! 

Looking forward to this!

We have a rather awesome crew coming up to join in on the fun for Saturday.  Dog Steve should be joining us as well.

One of our boxers utilizing the False Lead Jab on Saturday:

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=110056459019831

C-Growling Dog,

First off, AWESOME NAME.  Second, props to you for allowing Sled Dog to assign the name to you.

Sled Dog in a Documentary:

I think he could have finished it if he would have escaped his hips taken his back. 

If I can remember correctly Inosanto FMA teaches this with a "camel clutch" style spine lock from the back.  It could have also turned into the hip lock I know Guro Crafty is very fond of .

Kali-Silat!?

Awesome that this was posted.

When he came down last year we touched base briefly on some KT type techniques, nothing specific.  He is very aware of the outside footwork (Trigg 101).  From my experience, he's also very open and has been exposed to Kali footwork via one of my other instructors.  We could arrange this if you wanted Guro! 

Multiple Attacker Sport Fighting:

I've found a few answers to the "why" of the "spike elbow" being a foul:

1.  Originally it was because of how easy it was to cut the opponent.

2.  More recently they're saying because of the potential foul to the back of the head.

Personally neither hold up in my book.  Many other types of elbows are easier to cut with and if the back of the head is a foul anyway, DON'T HIT IT!

3.  Is because of the ability to have gravity on your side for the elbow (12 to 6 on a clock).  This is why spike elbows from the guard are not a foul which again doesn't make sense to me.

Stupid rule.  MH wasn't put out by the last two grazing spike elbows, it was from the barrage of elbows thrown before hand which Jones was begging the ref to stop from.

At least you made the cut Kaju!    Everyone who sees the video is like, "Just admit it, you didn't fight at that Gathering." LOL.

NICE!  Big props to Night Owl for his editing.   

Awesome!

SOOOO COOL! =) 

Has the highlight clip of the Gathering been scrapped?

Oops!

I didn't properly give credit to the one, the only: Misfits ~ "Halloween"

 

This made me remember the stories I've heard about domesticated dogs that overtake their owner in the event of an attack on their owner.  I'll expound:

There have been cases (I'll look for them later and cite them) where an owner's dogs actually join in on an attack of the owner to try and overthrow the alpha of their pack.  More or less showing that in other species will join in on a violent act because of pressure from the members of their pack.  Other primates do this as well . . .

Ahhh, I thought this would be like the Toronto Camp.

Is this going to be a West Coast event or would the East Coast be a possibility?  I would be willing to offer up my gym for hosting.

Randall "C-Wolf Dog"  

Thanks Guide Dog.  It's an honor. 

What a great weekend.

Guro, thanks for allowing us to train with you Saturday and putting on the Gathering of the Pack!  

Thanks to the North Hollywood gang for allowing us to train with you and helping us out with polishing up some techniques!

Rene and Howie, thanks for the laughs, almost getting us into a fight (NOT AT THE GATHERING) within the first 60 minutes of being in the state of California and for being so hospitable!

Tennessee Dog, thanks for the fight!  I'll be honest, my goal was not to turn down a fight regardless of who asked me as long as I was healthy.  I don't think I would have had the balls to ask you myself so I thank you for helping me jump into the deep end!

Kaju Dog, thanks for agreeing on doing a left handed fight.  I felt like a newbie again in stick range and it was invigorating!  

"Bitch" Linda, you do a great job at killing skinny lanky guys!  Thanks for the fight!

Chhi’med, you were my "unknown" fight that I promised myself I'd have.  I had no clue what I was getting into and man was I impressed.  I felt like I was hitting a brick wall each time we entered clinch and your left handed stick power was as imposing as your right!  Thanks for agreeing to fight me left handed!

Lastly, thank you to my friends and fellow training partners "Dog" Mike and Jon.  The two of you are huge inspirations to me.

Woof!

Ryan "C-Guard Dog" Gruhn

  

Sound Good! 

Guro,

We'll look forward to seeing you @ 11 tomorrow.

Some very smooth lead switching last night from Roger H.

Rene,

We're joining Guro for his class on Saturday if you're interested in joining us. 

Guro,

Will you be teaching next Saturday the day before the Gathering?  If so, the DB State College group would like to join in.

We'll miss you Guide Dog.

PK,

FYI:  Mike Norrell received "Dog" Mike at the last Tribal Gathering.

Kaju Dog,

It's a date. 

Fighters,

I tore my right bicep earlier this week.  Thank God it was just the muscle and wasn't the tendon however, the Doctor said that the next weak link to go would be the tendon the torn muscle is attached to.  He is having me do physical therapy for the next 3 weeks and wants me to hold off for a month until I use it for anything strenuous.  

With that said, I'm looking for experienced fighters to potentially go against me (left handed), you can be either hand and honor a no clinch or grappling rule.  

Please feel free to email me or post back if you're interested: ryangruhn@hotmail.com

Dog Ryan

CONGRATS!

Any news from our Euro friends? 

Guro,

Registrations are in the mail, tickets are purchased for my group . . . . adding to the list:

Nick "Pappy Dog" Papadakis
N. Hollywood, CA

Dean “Kaju Dog” Webster
Lemoore, CA

“Dog” Rene Cocolo
Toronto, CANADA

"Dog" Mike Norrell
State College, PA

"Dog" Ryan Gruhn
State College, PA

Jon Weaver
State College, PA

Josh Scott
San Diego, CA

Kase Wright
Corpus Crisit, TX

Jeff Peters
McLean, VA

Peter Andrada
San Jose, Ca

Josh Scott
San Diego, Ca

Linda Matsumi
Los Gatos, CA

Steve Lawson
Carolina Beach, NC

Mike Getten
Pacific Palisades, CA

Jason Barker
Pacific Palisades, CA

I got pretty good at hitting the tire over the past year however I was promptly reminded how much different splitting wood is.  When you get half way through a log it no longer makes sense to pull the ax back out.  Instead, logic tells me to lift not only the ax but the ax with the log still attached and then try to split it . . . .    Not sure it's the best way but definitely makes for a very interesting workout when you have no clue how many times you're actually going to swing the ax.

Here is my additional training to get ready for the Gathering next month:





An entire triaxle of firewood to cut, split and stack by the time I leave.  I estimate it to be around 8 cords.

Personally I think doing a "camp" DVD would be awesome!  Everyone else is doing it and I know that myself and others buy every "camp" DVD set that comes out!    Dog Brothers Martial Arts Camp 2009 . . . has a good ring!

State College, PA crew is a definite possibility for this! 

Guro,

Any news on the pilot.  I'm excited to see some of the angles they got with that huge boom arm for the camera! 

Guro,

"that" being the superman punch?

I remember seeing it as early as '96 in a Ohio "NHB" show by a guy with full Thai wear on; shorts, arm bands, etc.    Also, interestingly enough Ajarn Chai calls it "Mat Gatun" which means "pushing fist."

Try not to break the cane over your forearm this time!  You guys are crazy 

Anyone have any thoughts on Kyle Maynard fighting?  One side of me says, "if he wants to do it."  While the other side of me says that it's wrong on many levels.

http://blog.ticketbiscuit.com/2009/04/28/kyle-maynard-mma-debut-fight-videos/