Greetings DBMA Association Members!
DBMA – Instructor Class – 2026-10-29
Section Summaries
- The Question and the Chart: Terry’s request for a chart that organizes the clinch and takedown entries from single stick, and when to prefer the overhook or the underhook.
- Entries Behind the Roof Block: How to enter, from the forehead position and neck tie to options on both sides of the head.
- The Clinch and Stick Range: Why empty-handed clinch reflexes leave people in stick range, and how to protect the neck in every throw.
- The Metronome Drill: How the lateral step across the gum of the tooth sets up a corkscrewing thrust and its follow-ups.
- Headlocks Give Back: A practical self-defense lesson for early students.
- The Prongs of the Trident: Mapping entries to the left, center and right prongs, and what to do when he cuts off the angle.
- Teaching Movement and Penetration: Why to name them as two separate steps when you teach.