Crafty told me he would bring up some out takes (I was there stuff.)
He will be here for the 2nd Canadian Dog Brothers Gathering in Canada in 1 1/2 weeks (February 16, 2013)
I cringe in anticipation of it's arrival.
Not for fear that I did well or not, but to be confronted with the reality of what a few years on this planet will do to your body image as opposed to the feeling of rattan-on-flesh-at-speed.
1988 does not seem so long ago. It is great to now see the world's acceptance of this type of fighting. It, or something like it, is practiced on every continent.
Like many good things, it's value is reflected by the quantity and quality of it's imitators.
The first video shoot (Ramblas) only had eight of us in it because everyone else thought we were nuts and were nervous about what was going to happen. Let me assure you, many more were invited. Now there are so many participants at the gatherings that if you don't arrange your fights in advance, and get in line, you don't fight.
Long gone too are the days when you could answer the question "How did you become a Dog brother?", by answering, "I showed up."
25 years this year? Was I ever that young?
Woof, Woof,
Sled Dog
