Posted on 05/17/2019 5:42:05 AM PDT by w1n1
Two men in fencing masks circle warily in the center of a gym. Each holds a three-foot long rattan stick in one hand. A sudden rush and both are engaged in a swirl of weapons. The air rings to the sound and smell of rattan sticks striking each other and the duller whomp of sticks striking legs, arms and bodies.
This melee is engaged at full speed and full power. Punches aren't pulled. When the grueling two-minute bout is over, both combatants display an array of bumps, bruises and welts. The fighters embrace and depart the battlefield as friends. Neither has been declared the winner or the loser. The idea of winning or losing is not what its about. This is the Dog Brothers way.
Dog Brothers takes their extreme system to another level of realism by fighting with sticks. Their octane testosterone is "Higher Consciousness thru Harder Contact". Their take is learn whatever you want but here is where you test it out to see if your "Kung Fu" is good.
The formulation was created by Eric "Top Dog" Knaus, Arlan "Salty Dog" Sanford and Marc "Crafty Dog" Denny who is the guiding force of the group. At the time back in the late 80's there were full contact stick fighting tournaments around. However, these full contact stick combatants were fully suited with pads from head to toe which restricted movements and feeling.
Higher Consciousness Level
Dog Brothers took it to another level by only using a headgear and gloves with real rattan sticks. Didn’t matter what kind of headgear you wore, most opted for a fencing headgear. Really?, fencing headgear don’t have the proper safety cushion. Read the rest of contact stick fighting.
Studied Silat under Tuhon Buck in Austin for a bit ... very good stuff
This actually started in the late 70’s in New York City where students of Leo Game of Pekiti Tirsia got together to train realistically. They “borrowed” fencing masks from the Colombia University fencing team and went at it. I studied under Tom Bisio who was Leo’ts top student at the time who happened to be attending Colombia. Eric was one of Tom’s students before me. They tend to use less dense rattan but still go at each other hard.
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