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i updated the registered fighters list... we are up to almost 60! fighters

http://www.dogbrothers.ch/pages/en/dog-brothers/gathering.php

Colin "Point Dog" Stewart
Detlef "Sinatra Dog" Thiem
Heiko "Crossover Dog" Zauske
Peter "Grumpy Dog" Fray
Stefan "Cro Dog" Kostanjevec
Thomas "Gong Fu Dog" Holtmann
Thomas "Sword Dog" Rickert

Benjamin "C-Thunder Dog" Schlieper
Chris "C-Rogue Dog" Smith
Daniel "C-Hidden Dog" Budar
Filippo "C-Vegan Dog" Pani
Kai "C-Suicide Dog" Schilling
Kostas "C-Spartan Dog" Tountas
Sigi "C-Dragon Dog" Fischer
Stefan "C-Diligent Dog" Ramsauer
Shawn "C-Wandering Dog" Zirger
Thorsten "C-Lena Dog" Picker
Torben "C-Old Dog" Lorenian

"Dog" Andraz Bole
"Dog" Fabian Tillmanns
"Dog" Gabriele Cortonesi
"Dog" Kai Spintig
"Dog" Michele Gemini
"Dog" Nils Hartmann
"Dog" Ole Leinz
"Dog" Rodolfo Manzano Diaz
"Dog" Sebastian Ehlen
"Dog" Timo Planke

Aaron Salah
Benjamin Schille
Branco Bersa
Damian Dziengo
Daniel Wolanski
David Abel
Denis Kachelmus
Fabian Christmann
Gorazd Demic
Justin Smith
Luka Kandric
Manuel Clemens
Manuel Frank
Markus Langhans
Martin Helm
Maximilian Lorenian
Maximilian Schreiner
Michael Brinkmann
Olaf Knof
Ralph Schenkenhofer
Rok Demic
Sanel Ukic
Stefan Schöning
Stephan Hönig
Timo König
Torge Lohse
Tristan Carmona
Witalij Kühne
Yann Pottier

Lynn "Psycho Bitch" Brown
"Bitch" Arianna Accorte
Bettina Forster
Esther Stephan
Nora Jacob

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Lonely Dog's Workout 008 – Backhands & Plyo Jumps

the topic of this workout is about developing a good backhand strike

wuff
benjamin

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Lonely Dog's Workout 006 – Hip Heist

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Description:
the hip-heist is a important move if you prefer the top position in ground-fighting. it is the skill to scramble to your knees or to sit out while being underneath your opponent.

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Lonely Dog's Workout 005 - Kicking

[youtube]PRkNJjjVg6c[/youtube]

Description:
to be able to train kicking with stick-application, I come up with this modified punching bag...

voilà... clip number three

Lonely Dog's Workout 003 – Lift and Takedown

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUMzZ_O7pFo[/youtube]

Description:
the topic of this workout is strength training in terms to lift your adversary for takedowns.
with techniques as the “High Double” or the “Cameltoe”, exercises for strong legs and explosive hips are key.

here the first clip...

title:
Lonely Dog's Workout 001 – Hitting the Tire

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx4CDgnEhkI&feature=youtu.be

description:
hitting the tire is for the stick fighter as important as it is for a boxer to hit his heavy bag. hitting the tire is good for power and endurance, but it can offer you even more...
with this video i would like to share with you a strategic approach to work on the tire.

indeed i like the idea a lot

it would be also interesting what kind of philosophy and/or principle (maxim/motto/ central theme) the different Training Groups have.

wuff
benjamin

Gathering report 2011

other than last year we decided to have this year only a 1 day gathering. The decision was made after I saw that on both days of Euro Gathering 2010 weren't as many fight as hoped-for…
and what an awesome Gathering we had! We had more fights this year in one day then on the two days together last year.

Indeed one of the best gathering we had so far in Europe. 53 fighters from various countries came to fight. We had people from Canada, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Norway, Scotland, Slovenia,  Spain and Switzerland.

The registered fighters were:  Benjamin "Lonely Dog" Rittiner, Colin "Point Dog" Stewart, Detlef "Sinatra Dog" Thiem, Heiko "Crossover Dog" Zauske, Ivan "Kuma Dog" Reboli, Oskar "Spider Dog" Bernal, Stefan "Cro Dog" Kostanjevec, Tinu "3D Dog" Blatter, Chris "C-Lazy Dog" Goard, Chris "C-Rogue Dog" Smith, Daniel "C-Hidden Dog" Budar, Jerome "C-Frisbee Dog" Challon, Kai "C-Suicide Dog" Schilling, Lynn "C-Psycho Bitch" Brown, Oli "C-Ghost Dog" Schaer, Peter "C-Grumpy Dog" Fray, Thomas "C-Gong Fu Dog" Holtmann, Thomas "C-Sword Dog" Rickert, Thorsten "C-Lena Dog" Picker, "Dog" Benjamin Schlieper, "Dog" Filippo Pani, "Dog" Ivan Pirozhkov, "Dog" Kai Spintig, "Dog" Kostas Tountas, "Dog" Manfred Schilka, "Dog" Ray Wilson, Alexander Danckert, Andraz Bole, Andy Börngen, Arianna Accorte, Benjamin Salvisberg, Branko Bersa, Christine Martell, Damion Thomas, Ericson Hölzchen, Kostadin Zlatkov, Marco Castrovillari, Martin Helm, Mathias Fürer, Nils Hartmann, Pascal Gilles, Patrick Villing, Pavel Iliev, Peter Moll, Rudolf Pollak, Sanel Ukic, Tim Oliver Dreyer, Theo Goodman, Thore Baumgarten, Timo König, Timo Planke, Tobias Philippi, Ziga Polajnar

I’m very pleased to see that the fighters used such a big range of various weapons this year. We had fights with: stick, double stick, baston y daga, staff, 3-sectional staff, sword, sarong with baseball, mace/flail

There were a lot of great fight! It will be tough to recollect the whole day and hardly possible to relate everything… here some fights that cross my mind.

 -  “Crossover Dog” fought a lot and with the largest range of weapons

 -  Pavel and his convincing ambidextrous single stick game

 -  Our “Bitches”, Lynn, Tine, and Ary had some fantastic fights. Good to see that female fighters are a fixture of the European Gathering!!

 -  Happy to see “Ghost Dog” back in action, he fought well

 -  “c- Gong Fu Dog” had some interesting fights with his 3-sectional staff

 -  Filippo stood out as well, although the smallest fighter that day, did he some excellent fights against often a lot larger guys. Truly he deserved to be elevated to Candidate Dog Brother.
 
 -  Many German clans were strong as usual: the “Cro Dog” clan, the “c- Hidden Dog” clan, the “c- Lena Dog” clan, the “c-Suicide Dog” clan, and the “c- Old Dog” clan. Good to see that dose groups are developing strong.

Of course there is a lot more that should be reported… but as I said it’s was a too big a day to relate everything.

After the Gathering it was time for the “Dog Dubbing”. But before we turn towards the announcement of the new members of the tribe, there was a matter of big meaning for me.


As many of you know did Abu "c- Desert Dog" Dayyeh passed away this year. He died doing something that meant the world for him. And so the “Council of Elders” decided to elevate him post mortem to full Dog Brother.

After all the fighters gathered for the dog-dubbing “Cro Dog” read a letter he got from Abu’s widow, in which she thanked everybody for the generous donation she got from the Dog Brothers. She mentioned also that she is happy to know that her husband was part of the Dog Brothers and had good friends among us.   
...verily emotional moments for many of us.
I’m honoured to announce that Abu Dayyeh is now known as "Desert Dog"!


Announcement of the “Dog Dubbing” Euro Gathering 2011:

New full Dog Brothers are:
Abu " Desert Dog" Dayyeh
Oli "Ghost Dog" Schaer
Jerome "Frisbee Dog" Challon
Peter "Grumpy Dog" Fray
Thomas "Sword Dog" Rickert
Lynn "Psycho Bitch" Brown

New Candidate DBs are:
Benjamin "C- Thunder Dog" Schlieper
Filippo "C- Vegan Dog" Pani
Ivan "C- Dog" Pirozhkov
Kostas "C- Spartan Dog" Tountas
Manfred "C- Cop Dog" Schilka
 
And with a big welcome “Wuff” here the new additions to the Tribe:
"Dog" Andraz Bole
"Dog" Ericson Hölzchen
"Dog" Nils Hartmann
"Dog" Timo Planke

"Bitch" Arianna Accorte
"Bitch" Christine Martell

Indeed this was a very exciting and successful event, and we all are looking forward with anticipation to the next Euro Gathering in 2012.

Wuff
Guro Benjamin “Lonely Dog” Rittiner


http://www.dogbrothers.ch/pages/en/dog-brothers/gathering.php

hi colin

very sorry to hear that! hope you will have a good recovery.

curious about the news you have. looking forward to see you soon at the loreley.

benjamin

   http://www.dogbrothers.ch/pages/en.php

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A sad wuff,

Abu "C- Desert Dog" Vanda passed away last Saturday 19. February.

Abu participated last weekend at the Sparring Meeting that is monthly hosted by Torben “c- Old Dog”. A very nice event to which many fighters from all over Germany participate. This S-Day was even a special one as it was the 50th Sparring Meeting of the Wolfpack.

The S-Day commenced very well, the participant were in good mood and the vibes were relaxed and happy.
Abu was warming up with double stick, and hearing music through headsets. He was as always very motivated and elated to do as many fights as possible.

As usual the day started with Knife fights as warm up, Abu did the last Knife fight before switching over to stick fights. 
He did three single stick fights, his fights where very technical and with no hard contact, easy sparring just.

His last two fights where in a row, and his last fight ended up in clinch and ground. There was no hit to the head, no hard takedown, no hard impact at all. He got up and seemed fine, just a bit winded maybe.
He went from the fighting area and sat down on the stairs, talking to his last sparring partner in a friendly manner, whilst the next fight continued. He comment that he feels a bit short-winded, and that two fights in a row might have been a little to much.

After that he was starting to hyperventilate. Torben talked to him and encourage him to breath calmly. View seconds later, his eyes rolled back - no pulse, no breath. One of the fighter that stood near by started immediately with the revival, he indeed acted very professional.

The emergency ambulance was instantly called, and they arrived just a view minutes later. The also started immediately with their revival. They did their work for almost 120 minutes before they declared him dead – It seems that he was dead just when his eyes rolled back.

Abu was part of the munich clan and so I met him the first time. That must be 4 or 5 years ago. Since then I saw him on different seminars I gave in Germany and Switzerland. He also fought regularly at our “Gathering of the Pack” in Switzerland.

I know that Dog Brothers meant all the world for him. He was always enthusiastic when I saw him at seminars and gatherings. He truly loved stickfighting. I know that he was very happy when he got his Candidate DB name.

He died doing what he love the most. He walked as a Warrior for all his days and died as a Stickfighter.

My thoughts are with his family and all the friends he knew.

I talked with Guro Marc “Crafty Dog” and GL Stefan “Cro Dog”, we agreed that we want to do something to help his family monetary. He left behind a wife and 3 kids.

One of the idea is that the Group Leaders who want to help, organize a seminar at their hometown and will donate the proceeds.
If you have interest to do such please get in contact with me.



Abu "C- Desert Dog" Vanda I will truly miss your breeziness…

Guro Benjamin “Lonely Dog” Rittiner

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Hi guys

I would like to update the „DB Pack“ list on the www.dogbrothers.ch site…

To do this I need the name, last name, and "dog status" of the guys who get dubbed at the September gathering.

For all others have a look at: http://www.dogbrothers.ch/pages/en/dog-brothers/the-pack.php  and please check if your "dog status" is correct.

Thanks and wuff
Benjamin "Lonely Dog"

more pics from the euro gathering 2010 here:  http://www.dogbrothers.ch/pages/en.php?lang=EN

wuff
lonely dog

I updated “the Pack” on my website. Dear members of the tribe, could you have a check at the list, and please let my know if you find somebody who is not correct listed…

http://www.dogbrothers.ch/pages/en/dog-brothers/the-pack.php

Wuff
Guro Benjamin “Lonely Dog”

He tells me with great passion that he will be back.

Crafty posting from Lonely Dog s computer.

Great times! and home on Wednesday!

Tail wags for the kind words SgtMac.  I look forward to working with you and yours.

Grateful for a fine day in the glow of the aftermath of the DB Gathering and my seminar.

Crafty Dog

A big “wuff” to all Fighters, Group Leaders, and DBMA members

I changed the plan, and will do now anyway a small "Training Camp" before the Euro Gathering 2010, namely on Wednesday and Thursday (11. + 12. august).

Inspired by Colin “c-Point Dog” and his idea to classify fighter-types for teaching and coaching. I came up with the idea to make a simple 4-type category:  - Stalker, Counter, Attacker, Mobility -
and to put these 4 fighters types in the context with the 4 elements:  - Earth, Water, Fire, Air -
It’s just a try to have a simple matrix to understand fighters and fight-dynamics better. I know that all these theory-models cannot be perfect, and that these archetypes are rare subsistent. Of course personalities (and fighters) are almost always a blend of different elements/types. Nevertheless this 4 archetype model is very useful to understand your adversary and yourself in a fight…

So the plan for the mini training camp is, to spend 90 minutes for each fighters type / element.

The Camp schedule:
Wednesday: 9.30 – 11.00 (1st Type),  17.00 – 18.30 (2nd Type)
Thursday: 9.30 – 11.00 (3rd Type),  17.00 – 18.30 (4th Type)

(beside of this official training I’m sure that you will find plenty of guys who are willing to train a bit during the day)

The training camp fee is: 100 sfr  (70 euro)

The idea is to stay and train at the campsite "Eichholz" www.campingeichholz.ch
The campsite is in my opinion the best possible accommodation to stay for, not just  that it's very close to the gathering / seminar location but also gives the best possibility to meet the other guys and to do some training the days before.

The costs for the campsite will be around 18 sfr (12 euro) per day.


Schedule for the Camp, Gathering, and Seminar:

Tuesday, 10. august
   - arrival at the campsite "Eichholz"

Wednesday & Thursday, 11. + 12. august
   - training camp (each day 2 training sessions: 9.30-11.00 / 17.00.18.30)

Friday, 13. august
   - tribal gathering, 14.00

Saturday, 14. august
   - gathering 14.00

Sunday, 15. august
   - seminar with Guro “Crafty Dog”, 11.00 - 17.00


If you have interest to do some private lessons  with Guro Marc "Crafty Dog"  between 11. – 16. August, please let me know so I can organize them.

Please register until 18. July!!


If you have any questions, please let me know.
I’m very exited to see many of you again.

Wuff
Benjamin “Lonely Dog” Rittiner

A friendly bark,
Mit freundschaftlichem Bellen,
Avec amical aboyer,
Con amichevole abbaiare,
Con amistoso ladrar,

I am very pleased and excited to host together with Guro “Crafty Dog” our annual “Dog Brothers Gathering of the Pack” in Europe.

Please visit: http://www.dogbrothers.ch/pages/en/dog-brothers/gathering.php to get more information, and if you have any questions please don't hesitate to write me an e-mail.

Wuff
Guro Benjamin "Lonely Dog"

all 3 dates are fine with me:

April 24-25
May 1-2
May 8-9

A date before or after these dates will be difficult

Lonely Dog

wuff to all

i'm glad that we have already quite a big fighter list. if you want to have to look at it:

http://www.dogbrothers.ch/pages/en/dog-brothers/gathering.php

benjamin "lonely dog"

I'm pleased to announce one more time the:
European “Dog Brothers Gathering of the Pack” 2009

Schedule:
Friday 24. July, 14:00  “Tribal Gathering”
Saturday 25. July, 14:00  “Open Gathering”
(Sunday 26. July Seminar)

Location:
Turnhalle Schönau, Lindenauweg 1, 3007 Bern, Schweiz

Registration:
FIGHTERS MUST PRE-REGISTER, even if they have fought before. The Fighter's registration form must be filled out and sent to me until 10. July. For registration and the registration-form please contact me at: lonelydog@dogbrothers.ch

Only those who are pre-registered are allowed to fight. You are not registered until your name appears on the list of registered fighters on the website!

I’m looking forward to have one more time a “DB Gathering of the Pack” in Europe! And would be glad to see many of you again.

Wuff
Guro Benjamin “Lonely Dog”

Wuff

I know it took me a while, but the photos from the Tribal Swiss Gathering and the European Gathering 2008 are now ready to watch on my website: http://www.dogbrothers.ch/pages/en/multimedia.php

Lonely Dog

Thanks, the "Pak" list is updated...