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I've fought in a two opens and two tribals, plus several fights outside of gatherings (including Sanchez, myself, and one of his students fighting down here amongst ourselves). I'll leave what I've done for a living out of it, in interest of the Tribe, but I'm thinking there aren't many that have done that for a living, much less in a foreign country.

If you and "Guru" Sanchez (who has fought in one open gathering IIRC), ever decide to have gatherings here in Mexico, I'd be interested.

I'd have liked to have fought in every gathering since I moved to Mexico, unfortunately, Mexican economics aren't what American economics are, or I'd have been at everyone since. I never missed a single one when I was in the States. Hope you all decide to have them in Mexico.

Dog Dayvid

   Guau!!

   Los invitamos cordialmente a que entrenen con nosotros DBMA en la Ciudad de México, con un servidor. Pueden comunicarse conmigo al: 04455-1080 6942.

Saludos
Guro Mauricio Sánchez
SiC-DBMA

Indeed, the way he has "signed" his post, it could deceive the general public into believing that he is a Guro in DBMA - which, according to the list on this site he is NOT.

Not good...

This article was completed over a year ago, but I only now realized that I had mentioned it here, and not followed up with a link.
I apologize to all.  Thanks to Mike "DogZilla" Tibbitts for writing the article, and providing the photos.  The article itself is here .

I'm honoured. Beyond words really. I hope to represent us well here in Mexico, in terms of government work, the tribe, and personally. My brother's words echo my thoughts and feelings, and Spartan Dog, hoping to see you at the tribal in Europe.

I do indeed intend to be at the tribal next year.  It would be really good to finally meet you.  The 2015 tribal will be held in Germany (in August), and not in Bern so maybe we won't get rained on

First of all, thanks for the news.  It is always a pleasure to read about new groups who are working hard.

Several questions come to mind..you used the term "DBMA Instructor"

I am very pleased to announce that Daniel V. and Daniel C. are now DBMA Group Leaders for Rio.

I would also like to announce Diego's promotion to DBMA Instructor.

...is this "Guro" or something different ?

Also, are any of these gentlemen showing any interest in fighting at a Gathering ?

Dog Brothers and Spartan Dog's cat agree-- Spartan Dog is awesome!

Based on your comment above, I couldn't resist the following bit of humor...

I have started this thread, so we can post photos, and news from the Gatherings, Seminars, and events  put on by Guro Crafty, Guro Lonely, Guro Boo Dog, etc..

I have taken the liberty of doing this because I am posting 145 photos from the Dog Brothers 2014 Euro Open Gathering in Bern, and I foresee perhaps posting more photos from Guro Crafty's seminar in Paris.

As many here know, most such photos are available on facebook, but not everybody has access to it, and photos posted there are not always accessible outside of facebook, so here goes...

SPartan Dog, great overview of the Gathering.  Enjoyed reading that!

Thank-you sir! That was written 4 years ago..the person who put it up put a photo of me in a fighting stance on top, which I felt a bit uncomfortable about - there I was, just after my 1st Gathering, and the lead photo had a "look tough" attitude all over it..oh well, at least what I wrote seemed to come out OK...

Just sent an e-mail to Dogzilla, about doing an article on the Hawaiian clan.

Well, it has taken some time, but the article on the Hawaiian Clan is now on-line!

Please see the intro at http://www.dogbrothers.gr/en/articles.html

and the article can be reached from there, or directly at http://www.dogbrothers.gr/en/articles005.html

It has been a pleasure for me to do this article, and also to get to interact with Mike and some of the other members of the Hawaiian clan.

Thanks guys!

Some years ago, I started corresponding with the author of a martial arts blog at http://dojorat.blogspot.com/

After my 1st Gathering in 2009, I was encouraged to write a brief article on what it was like for a 1st-timer to fight at a Dog Brothers Gathering.  I did so, and after it was checked by Crafty Dog, it got posted.

Three years later (meaning Sept. 2012, i.e. this month) I was asked to do an update.

This can now be found here

I tried as best I could to write something which would be interesting, and also relate my own experiences, without having them become the focus.

Hope you all enjoy it.

Just sent an e-mail to Dogzilla, about doing an article on the Hawaiian clan.

Ildefonso has a good DBMA Training Group in Barcelona.  There were at my Madrid seminar and I liked what I saw.

I am not familiar with Ildefonso and his group - I think most of us are not - good candidates for an article.
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Some photos, posted on behalf of Crafty Dog.

These are from an e-mail Crafty received some time ago, via a German practitioner, and demonstrate the injury received from an "aluminum knife" (I assume this means an aluminum trainer).

Dogzilla is not much for forums and such but has been doing outstanding work in Hawaii and leads a very strong clan out there.

Its interesting to see how there are a good number of relatively-unknown groups out there, doing such great work!

In the months ahead, I'll bug him about helping me do a feature on the Hawaiian clan (as was done for the three European Groups).

Dog Sigi gave me a back up copy of his fighter registration form tonight.

Dog Sigi is a strong fighter...I think he will do well.

I do it to pick up chicks.

 

This would be a good place to post those two clips of the Slovenia Group.

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Great photos of the European Gathering are to be found here.  I've not seen these before.

http://www.dogbrothers.gr/en/photos.html

Have I missed any threads commenting on the on the pic in the top, center position with the raging fellow twirling the purple cape?

Glad you liked it - this is the site I put up a few weeks back, hoping to attract the occasional new person to our training group.

I plan to add new articles every six weeks or so, on some of the lesser-known European Dog Brothers training groups.  The first such article should be out within the next few days (for a preview, see below).  This will eventually be expanded to cover non-European (mostly US) groups.  If you still have a training group, I'd be interested in doing an article on that.

About the photos - those of the 2011 Euro Gathering I got from other European tribe members, who, I believe got them from Guro Lonely.  Photos from pre-2011 Euro Gatherings, are made available to European tribe member through Guro Lonely.

The fellow with the purple sarong (there was a baseball in that) is Heiko "Crossover Dog" Zauske from Germany.  He fought at a US Gathering when several Germans visited, a year or two ago, so you may have met him.

Woof,
 Uzi. It's good to know what you might come up against out there.

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                              P.C.

The above link is not correct...see below for what PC intended to share...

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Saw this on facebook, and I was impressed...good video editing, good fights...my hat off to these gentlemen, who will be one of those to be featured on dogbrothers.gr, in about two weeks time..keep up the good work guys!

Hi All.

This is mostly for those of you who are DBMA Group Leaders.  I've posted a similar message on the member's Forum, but its important that it be on the Public Forum as well, so all can view it.

Before I say anything else, let me state that I've checked with Guro Crafty and Guro Lonely regarding the idea I am about to present here, and they agree its worth trying out.

As some of you know, the site I have developed (dogbrothers.gr) is now at a satisfactory stage. Its primary purpose is to provide info on the Dog Brothers and DBMA to Greek-speakers, but its also in English.

Now then...whenever I attend a Gathering in Switzerland, I am amazed at the number of small DBMA training groups, who are relatively unknown in the 'States, but work hard and  IMHO are worth getting to know.

So what I propose, is every few weeks, on the dogbrothers.gr site, I add an article with photos on

• a DBMA training group

  or

• a tribe member who may be training with a few friends/students

I propose starting with three such write-ups (at once), and then an additional one every three to six weeks.

I would also like to feature groups in the US, and elsewhere (to introduce the to European audiences), but at the beginning, there will be a focus on those about whom there is relatively little information.

The idea is to

• help the various US and European groups get to know one another a bit better
• give relatively unknown groups exposure in their own country

The last point, is done in the following way:  I developed the dogbrothers.gr site so someone with a non-English browser, will see the Google translate bar at the top - allowing them to translate the English into their own language with one click.  In this way, an article on a group in France or Slovenia, can be understood by people there.

I hope it will prove to be interesting and beneficial to all.

 

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=223064424431472&set=at.136788269725755.29021.100001837481412.576824802&type=1

The seminar will be presented in Spanish.

The above link points to the following...posted on behalf of Crafty Dog

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Thanks for sharing that, and taking the time to write in detail...I look forward to more 

Point Dog...many thanks for some interesting background info on the martial traditions of Scotland 

Glad to see Point Dog contributing to the conversation.

I too was glad to read your post, Point Dog, and I was also glad to read see some encouragement by Guro Crafty and others, regarding getting other viewpoints.  There were also posts here, by some who disagreed, but nonetheless came across as welcoming a different viewpoint, and the chance to debate the issue.

There also seemed to be a minority who disagreed, and came across quite differently.  Guess this is why people like Point Dog and myself don't much bother posting in such discussions.

...In an old book which is written by a General of the Ming Dynasty, he describes which criteria they used in the military to decide which guy should use which weapon.

I'd be interested in hearing a bit more about this...

Stickgrappler, Xiexie!! Kostas name is C-Spartan Dog, which fits him quite well-Not because he comes from Greek, cause he fights like one!!

Truth is, I stand my ground when sometimes I should not...maybe I should start thinking less like a Spartan - it certainly would result in less colorful bruises 

I still have so much to learn with my weapon. I feel I just scratched the surface of the weapons potential...
But thanks to Guro Crafty I got now lots of new ideas!!! I´m so grateful that he helped me with my game!!!!!
So hopefully in the future I will use the whole potential from that weapon and will fight better...well, at least I will try 

I'm happy to hear you so passionate about this...it shows in your fighting that you have given a lot of thought, and put in work towards really expanding your fighting skills with the 3SS.