KALI
When you train at DBMA Memphis, you’ll learn the system of many styles that is Dog Brothers Martial Arts.
Each class incorporates cardiovascular anaerobic training, yoga, coordination drills, and combat tested weapon and empty hand techniques in a wide array of scenarios and positions.
A System of Many Styles
The core of the DBMA curriculum is the Filipino Martial Arts (FMA). The three principle systems upon which we draw are Inosanto Blend Kali/Silat (Guro Dan Inosanto), Pekiti Tirsia (Grand Tuhon Leo Gaje), and Lameco Eskrima (the late Punong Guro Edgar Sulite) This includes work with staff skills as well as short impact weapons.
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: BJJ plays an important role, both for our Kali Tudo™ (unarmed) system and for Stickgrappling (armed), which will be discussed next.
Stickgrappling: is the DBMA blend of BJJ and FMA, as well as some of stick subsystem of Bando Python from Dr. M. Gyi, Grandmaster of the Bando system. Even with a stick, grappling can happen and in this range the presence of weapons changes things in important ways. A good stickgrappler has good stick skills, good grappling, and good stickgrappling and can keep track of all three simultaneously.
Krabi Krabong: is the weaponry and empty hand art from which Muay Thai Kickboxing descends.
Kali Tudo™: the DBMA empty handed sub-system that aims to search for the totality of the elements of ritual (MMA) and reality (Street): striking,(Kali-panuntukan, Jun Fan Gung Fu (JFGF), Krabi Krabong) trapping, (Kali, JFGF) throwing (Silat and others), grappling (principally BJJ, with some other things), and striking during grappling (Kali, Silat, JFGF).
Die Less Often: The Interface of the Gun, Knife, and Empty Hand: Die Less Often, or DLO, is the reality based component to our training that deals with pre-attack cues, legal issues related to self defense, levels of engagement, preemptive and reactive self-defense strategies, and smoothly transitioning from one weapon and range to another in the adrenal state.For more information on specifics, please visit www.dogbrothers.com
Practicality
The Dog Brothers Martial Arts curriculum is a system of many styles where the ultimate goal is to “walk as a warrior for all your days™.” This means that the greater mission is to have real skills throughout the entirety of one’s life – not just when one is young and competitive. This calls for an open mind. Considerable thought and experience has gone into the development of this curriculum, and as is the case with all things taught in DBMA: “If you see it taught, you see it fought.™”
Consistency Across Categories
The Filipino Martial Arts are unique in that they typical focus on weapons first, and allow the learning that takes place there to inform a practitioner’s empty hand movements and skills. As such, you can expect the movements learned with weapons to be consistent, regardless of the weapon’s length or type. For example, staff movements translate into double and single stick movements. From there the learned skills are taken to the knife, short impact weapon(s), and finally to the empty hand.
Fun, Fit, and Functional
As previously stated, we look to share the long term training goal: “walk as a warrior for all your days™” with you. For the long term, it of the utmost importance that your training is fun to practice, keeps you physically fit, and is functional in real world situations.
Hurting, Healing, and Harmonizing
In addition to combative tools, tactics, and techniques, DBMA also incorporates a healing component to training. We include stick massage and ritual fight preparation as taught by Dr. Maung Gyi of the Bando system, alignment work and joint mobility exercises, and yoga.
INSTRUCTOR
“Dog” Will Dixon has been involved with the martial arts for more than 20 years. His focus is on teaching a well rounded self-defense system to men and women of all skill levels.
Will is a native Memphian who attended the Cleveland Institute of Art in Ohio, where he earned a BFA in Illustration.
Professionally, he published a four-book series entitled “Soul of a Samurai©” through Image Comics®, and is currently the Graphic Designer for the Sharpe Group in Memphis.
Will started training locally in the Memphis Kali Group under Guro Robin Schermerhorn in 1996. Since then, he has studied Inosanto Blend Kali/Silat with Guro Dan Inosanto, Silat Suffian Bela Diri with Maul Mornie, Close Quarter Combat (SFC Combatives) with W. Hock Hochheim, Pekiti Tirsia Kali Systems with Tuhon Leslie Buck Jr. and Dog Brothers Martial Arts under Guro Marc “Crafty Dog” Denny, Eric “Top Dog Knaus and Benjamin “Lonely Dog” Rittener on numerous occasions. He is a two-stripe Blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Mike Hooker, a Roy Dean Affiliate. He has also trained basic Essential Pistol Skills and Shotgun under Will Dougan at Golden Triangle Defensive Tactics (Top Gun Memphis).
He is a member of the Dog Brothers Tribe, and is a recognized Brown Tag (Level 3) Instructor in Dog Brothers Martial Arts.
SCHEDULE
Mondays & Wednesdays 8-9pm
Sign Up Options:
FIRST CLASS FREE!
Use Code “KALI” when signing up for your first class in order to receive a 100% discount
$20 per class drop-in
$125 for 10 class pack
$85 / month Recurring for unlimited KALI classes*
$150 private one-on-one training session (training time lasts 1.5 hours min.)
ALSO - Unlimited Kali included in the Envision Martial Arts Membership (includes unlimited access to KALI, KAJUKENBO, all fitness and yoga classes between Envision and Downtown Yoga plus gym access during operating hours.
(*) $85 / month is a recurring withdraw and valid for 1 person
