Rambling Ruminations

written by Krishna Godhania Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th May. Venue - Newman College, Birmingham, England. Guro Marc Denny (aka Crafty Dog), the driving force behind the Dog Brothers Martial Arts Association, held a unique two day seminar on his concept of the 7...

from Black Belt Magazine LOS ANGELES-Marc Denny, also known as "Crafty Dog," is, along with Eric "Top Dog" Knaus, co-founder and head instructor of Dog Brothers Martial Arts Inc. At 6-feet-l-inch and 190 pounds, Denny cuts an intimidating figure as he wields his...

written by Marc "Crafty Dog" Denny Several years back, a man I had fought at a "Dog Brothers Gathering" went out behind his school and blew his brains out. He was involved in intense law enforcement work and I was told that his marriage was ending. He left two...

written by Marc "Crafty Dog" Denny Crossbreeding Kali and Krabi Krabong SECTION ONE: Cross breeding and fear of Inbreeding One of the great strengths of the Dog Brothers is that we have different clans. Dog Brothers are spread around the United States, Canada, and now...

written by Paul Taylor "Mad dogs and an Englishman beat the living daylights out of each other in the mid-day sun." Apologies to Noel Coward for the misquote, but it seemed so apt. IN September, 1998, Richard Killick flew to L.A. to fight at the tenth anniversary...

written by Marc "Crafty Dog" Denny In DBMA, we have a considerable emphasis on developing both hands ability to work individually and in non-symetrical coordination with either hand be able to function as the dominant one. Through my exposure to NLP and a random...

This past week I was sparring with a young MMA fighter. He was twenty three years old, 6’ 4”, weighed 170 pounds and was getting ready for his fourth amateur fight. I am sixty one, 6’ and 195 pounds and my last full-on fight was in the year 2000. In order for the young fighter to be pushed aerobically the coach had another man split the round with me. He would go for ninety seconds, and then I would jump in for the second ninety seconds.

written by Marc "Crafty Dog" Denny Recently there has been a push in the State of New Jersey to regulate martial arts. Originally it was pushed as protection from child molesters, but when it was pointed out that if that were the case then those regulated should be...

written by Marc "Crafty Dog" Denny The days before the fight are always a powerful crucible. I have a non-martial art teacher who when someone seeks to leave a situation that makes them uncomfortable says, "Whatever you do, keep on being here in this moment." I may...

from Men's Fitness, by Marc Jacobs Iron John? Big wuss. Real me, say the Dog Brothers, beat the crap out of each other with 30-inch clubs. Underdog is flailing away at Dog Steve with a pair of 30-inch sticks before the watchful eye of the Crafty Dog and his canine...

As I sit down to write this, I realize is has been 25 years since a vision came into being over three days in Ramblas Park in San Clemente, CA. It is from this perspective that I would like to share some thoughts as a prelude to the invitation to this year’s “Euro Dog Brothers Gathering of the Pack” in Bern and the “DB Open Gathering of the Pack” in Los Angeles.

written by Marc "Crafty Dog" Denny What follows is a reworking of something that was originally posted on the Eskrima Digest on the subject of trapping. It began with a good question, a slightly edited version of which follows: ", , , , In short, Burt Richardson (and...

Recently I happened to run across a “Rambling Rumination” I wrote many years ago (15?) titled “The Tao of the Dog and the Why of Dog Brothers Martial Arts”

written by Burton Richardson Martial art is a strange endeavor in our modern society. We strive to better ourselves and understand the art better, but we have one restriction that no other artists have to endure: we are forbidden to truly express the art to its...