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Where Do I Begin?

Greetings — or as we often say around here — Woof! A question we often get is the simple yet profound “I like what I see and want to get involved. Where do I begin?” This question is asked by beginners, and by those with experience in other systems.

QUESTION: What is the difference between “the Dog Brothers”, “Dog Brothers Inc. Martial Arts” (DBIMA) and “Dog Brothers Martial Arts”?

The Dog Brothers are a band of sweaty, smelly, psychopaths with sticks. DBIMA is the corporation founded by Marc “Crafty Dog” Denny.

QUESTION: Where does the name come from?

It comes from the interplay of a couple of serendipitous events.

QUESTION: Do you guys do this all the time?

To do this all the time is something we haven’t done since we were much younger. Ajarn Salty Dog makes a good point when he says that it is probably a good thing to have a phase in one’s evolution where one does do this a lot so as to step through a certain door. For many of us, this was the significance of the “Rumble at Ramblas”- we averaged 20 fights each over the course of three days.

QUESTION: How does someone prepare to do this for the first time?

This can vary wildly. We have had someone go out and fight after only 9 lessons with the stick. However, he had been a nationally ranked collegiate wrestler and then a bounty hunter, was a purple belt in Machado Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and has the tendon strength of an orangutan, (he once opened a fighting pit bull’s jaws!) the neck of a bear, and the skull of a bowling ball.