Dog Brothers Euro-Gathering Sat 9th July

Discussion in 'Filipino Martial Arts' started by Freeform, Jul 4, 2011.

  1. Freeform

    Freeform Fully operational War-Pig Supporter

    http://www.dogbrothers.ch/pages/en/dog-brothers/gathering.php?lang=EN

    57 fighters already registered!:wow:

    I think the Euro-Open '06 was the largest to date with around 60+ fighters, so there is the chance we're going to have the biggest Euro-Gathering to date this time around!

    Looking forward to meeting up with a lot of friends and trying to survive the day without needing any surgery (not unknown!)! :D
     
  2. shootodog

    shootodog restless native

    be safe man
     
  3. Freeform

    Freeform Fully operational War-Pig Supporter

    Thanks.

    Rule #1: Don't get hit ;) [For some reason people tend to forget this one :D ]
     
  4. BakbakanFighter

    BakbakanFighter Valued Member

    Congrats to all who went!
     
  5. Freeform

    Freeform Fully operational War-Pig Supporter

    A fantastic day! And training camp!

    Over 50 fighters on the day, 65 registered but for many reasons several people couldn't attend.

    We had single stick, double stick, stick & knife, knife, double knife, sword, double sword and staff fights! A few even went to NHB when weapons were out of play.

    Big props to Crossover Dog and C-Gong Fu Dog. Crossover fought with the largest range of weapons of any of us, including 'mace', sarrong, and 'sarrong with a baseball in it'! C-Gong Fu is deep into CMA and is a beast with the 3-sectional staff, the usual tactic of 'crash and smash' is made slightly problematic by his Brown Belt in BJJ and MMA background!

    Congratulations to those who ascended!

    Jerome "Frisbee Dog" Challon
    Lynn "Psycho Bitch" Brown
    Oli "Ghost Dog" Schaer
    Peter "Grumpy Dog" Fray
    Thomas "Sword Dog" Rickert

    Benjamin "C-Thunder Dog" Schlieper
    Filippo "C-Vegan Dog" Pani
    Ivan "C-??? Dog" Pirozhkov
    Kostas "C-Spartan Dog" Tountas (oldest fighter on the day, at 52!)
    Manfred "C-Cop Dog" Schilka

    A personal thanks to those that shared their day with me.


    The Sunday was a seminar with Guro Marc, who focused on the alive hand throughout the day.

    Monday and Tuesday were training camp days, with the training shared between Guro Marc and Guro Ben. Guro Ben taught Krabi Krabong (ok, not an FMA!) and how it can blend with the traditional concepts of Kali, he also beasted us with his now famous Kali Fitness sessions (river training!).

    On Monday Guro Marc focused on DBMA Dos Triques (double stick) and the interplay with empty had (Kali Tudo). The Tuesday was focused on the Die Less Often (DLO) material, of knife v empty hand in a 360 environment.

    A fantastic camp, and I thank all those who made it possible!


    A special note must be made of Frisbee Dog, who's tent was next to a tree that was struck by lightning during the night! He was fine, but the large tree has a huge crack in it now!
     
  6. Freeform

    Freeform Fully operational War-Pig Supporter

    The 'official' post Gathering report from Guro Benjamin 'Lonely Dog' Rittiner:

    Gathering report 2011

    other than last year we decided to have this year only a 1 day gathering. The decision was made after I saw that on both days of Euro Gathering 2010 weren't as many fight as hoped-for…
    and what an awesome Gathering we had! We had more fights this year in one day then on the two days together last year.

    Indeed one of the best gathering we had so far in Europe. 53 fighters from various countries came to fight. We had people from Canada, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Norway, Scotland, Slovenia, Spain and Switzerland.

    The registered fighters were: Benjamin "Lonely Dog" Rittiner, Colin "Point Dog" Stewart, Detlef "Sinatra Dog" Thiem, Heiko "Crossover Dog" Zauske, Ivan "Kuma Dog" Reboli, Oskar "Spider Dog" Bernal, Stefan "Cro Dog" Kostanjevec, Tinu "3D Dog" Blatter, Chris "C-Lazy Dog" Goard, Chris "C-Rogue Dog" Smith, Daniel "C-Hidden Dog" Budar, Jerome "C-Frisbee Dog" Challon, Kai "C-Suicide Dog" Schilling, Lynn "C-Psycho Bitch" Brown, Oli "C-Ghost Dog" Schaer, Peter "C-Grumpy Dog" Fray, Thomas "C-Gong Fu Dog" Holtmann, Thomas "C-Sword Dog" Rickert, Thorsten "C-Lena Dog" Picker, "Dog" Benjamin Schlieper, "Dog" Filippo Pani, "Dog" Ivan Pirozhkov, "Dog" Kai Spintig, "Dog" Kostas Tountas, "Dog" Manfred Schilka, "Dog" Ray Wilson, Alexander Danckert, Andraz Bole, Andy Börngen, Arianna Accorte, Benjamin Salvisberg, Branko Bersa, Christine Martell, Damion Thomas, Ericson Hölzchen, Kostadin Zlatkov, Marco Castrovillari, Martin Helm, Mathias Fürer, Nils Hartmann, Pascal Gilles, Patrick Villing, Pavel Iliev, Peter Moll, Rudolf Pollak, Sanel Ukic, Tim Oliver Dreyer, Theo Goodman, Thore Baumgarten, Timo König, Timo Planke, Tobias Philippi, Ziga Polajnar

    I’m very pleased to see that the fighters used such a big range of various weapons this year. We had fights with: stick, double stick, baston y daga, staff, 3-sectional staff, sword, sarong with baseball, mace/flail

    There were a lot of great fight! It will be tough to recollect the whole day and hardly possible to relate everything… here some fights that cross my mind.

    - “Crossover Dog” fought a lot and with the largest range of weapons

    - Pavel and his convincing ambidextrous single stick game

    - Our “Bitches”, Lynn, Tine, and Ary had some fantastic fights. Good to see that female fighters are a fixture of the European Gathering!!

    - Happy to see “Ghost Dog” back in action, he fought well

    - “c- Gong Fu Dog” had some interesting fights with his 3-sectional staff

    - Filippo stood out as well, although the smallest fighter that day, did he some excellent fights against often a lot larger guys. Truly he deserved to be elevated to Candidate Dog Brother.

    - Many German clans were strong as usual: the “Cro Dog” clan, the “c- Hidden Dog” clan, the “c- Lena Dog” clan, the “c-Suicide Dog” clan, and the “c- Old Dog” clan. Good to see that dose groups are developing strong.

    Of course there is a lot more that should be reported… but as I said it’s was a too big a day to relate everything.

    After the Gathering it was time for the “Dog Dubbing”. But before we turn towards the announcement of the new members of the tribe, there was a matter of big meaning for me.


    As many of you know did Abu "c- Desert Dog" Dayyeh passed away this year. He died doing something that meant the world for him. And so the “Council of Elders” decided to elevate him post mortem to full Dog Brother.

    After all the fighters gathered for the dog-dubbing “Cro Dog” read a letter he got from Abu’s widow, in which she thanked everybody for the generous donation she got from the Dog Brothers. She mentioned also that she is happy to know that her husband was part of the Dog Brothers and had good friends among us.
    ...verily emotional moments for many of us.
    I’m honoured to announce that Abu Dayyeh is now known as "Desert Dog"!


    Announcement of the “Dog Dubbing” Euro Gathering 2011:

    New full Dog Brothers are:
    Abu " Desert Dog" Dayyeh
    Oli "Ghost Dog" Schaer
    Jerome "Frisbee Dog" Challon
    Peter "Grumpy Dog" Fray
    Thomas "Sword Dog" Rickert
    Lynn "Psycho Bitch" Brown

    New Candidate DBs are:
    Benjamin "C- Thunder Dog" Schlieper
    Filippo "C- Vegan Dog" Pani
    Ivan "C- Dog" Pirozhkov
    Kostas "C- Spartan Dog" Tountas
    Manfred "C- Cop Dog" Schilka

    And with a big welcome “Wuff” here the new additions to the Tribe:
    "Dog" Andraz Bole
    "Dog" Ericson Hölzchen
    "Dog" Nils Hartmann
    "Dog" Timo Planke

    "Bitch" Arianna Accorte
    "Bitch" Christine Martell

    Indeed this was a very exciting and successful event, and we all are looking forward with anticipation to the next Euro Gathering in 2012.

    Wuff
    Guro Benjamin “Lonely Dog” Rittiner


    http://www.dogbrothers.ch/pages/en/dog-brothers/gathering.php
     
  7. Freeform

    Freeform Fully operational War-Pig Supporter

    Here's some of the day's action.

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  8. Peter Lewis

    Peter Lewis Matira Matibay

  9. Mitch

    Mitch Lord Mitch of MAP Admin

    Looks great Freeform! Are you on the video?

    Mitch
     
  10. Freeform

    Freeform Fully operational War-Pig Supporter

    Not this year, my fights must have been too boring ;)

    The wife is in it though! :D
     
  11. shootodog

    shootodog restless native

  12. Mitch

    Mitch Lord Mitch of MAP Admin

    Looking at those ladies fight you'd better behave yourself fella! :D

    Mitch
     

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