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D.B.M.A.
is the “system of many styles” founded by Guro Marc
“Crafty Dog” Denny.
It
is a FMA based system (Inosanto, Pekiti Tirsia and
Lameco as well as others) with Krabi Krabong, Silat,
BJJ and Bando all playing important roles as
well.
The
fighting of the system is tested principally in "Real
Contact Stickfighting" at a "Dog
Brothers' Gathering of the Pack". This
fighting, which takes place in the Ritual Space, must then
be understood in terms of the requirements of the Real
World. For example, one of the reasons the double
stick is cultivated in the ritual space is for its
development of bilateralism (-the ability to move in any
direction with either side forward and to fluidly shift
between the two-) a skill needed for the realities of a
multiple player world. Another example is that staff
is emphasized so that one may improvise with all items in
the environment requiring two hands. This point is an
important one in understanding the system:
The
skills that we choose to develop and test in the ritual
space are chosen with the real world in mind.
We
want to underline that DBMA is a system for PRACTITIONERS
as well as FIGHTERS. It is not a system only for
young tough males who want to fight. Sure, we do that but
as far as the system of DBMA goes our mission is to
help people be able to walk as a warrior for all their
days.
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