Dog Brothers, Inc.

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QUESTION: What is the difference between "the Dog Brothers", "Dog Brothers Incorporated 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. It is the vehicle through which the "Gatherings of the Pack" are hosted and through which Guro Crafty teaches. In addition to its business purposes, (e.g. video production) it serves to protect Marc from personal liability. DBMA is "the system of many styles" which has evolved out of the interplay of what we have been taught and our experience. Except for Guro Crafty, all DBMA instructors are NOT employees, agents, etc. of DBIMA. QUESTION: Where does the name come from? It comes from the interplay of a couple of serendipitous events. At "the Rumble at Ramblas" (5/88) we had three fighters named Marc/Mark, (Denny, Balluff, and Sanden) and there was also Mark Lawson, who was part of things, but wasn't at the RAR. Naturally, to minimize confusion the search for nicknames was on. Something happened that led to someone calling me a "crafty dog", and Mark Balluff spoke very well in his interview about how the experience led to a feeling of brotherhood (see the end of DB #1). That week I was reading a Conan the Barbarian comic book wherein Conan is leading a band of warriors into battle saying, "Come on you dog-brothers!!!" and it hit me. Since then the name has revealed itself to be a more fortuitous metaphor than we knew at the time. QUESTION: What does it take to become a Dog Brother? Although many of the Dog Brothers have come out of DBIMA or DBMA instructors, this is NOT necessary in order to become a Dog Brother. If you wish to become a Dog Brother, fight at some of the Gatherings, let the Brothers get to know you, and find someone in the group to present your name to Crafty Dog, Top Dog, or Salty Dog-- by biological reality, the "council of elders"-- and they will take it from there. The first level is "Dog" one is accepted into the tribe. The next level is "Candidate Dog Brother". At this point, one is showing the level of realization in fighting that we expect of a "Dog Brother". A name is tentatively given. Typically, we look for this level to be maintained for at least three Gatherings. Then one reaches the grand exalted status of "Dog Brother". QUESTION: What can you tell us about your credo, "Higher Consciousness through Harder Contact

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