Dialogues - 2019

• Personal history and introduction to Dog Brothers.

• What truths emerged from when it started until now?

• Where does RCSFg fit in our society?

• The seven ranges.

• Stick grappling.

• The Dog Brothers Martial Arts system and its three areas (RCSFg, Kali Tudo ®️ , and DLO).

• Is Kali Tudo based upon double stick?

• Current interests.

• Military and law enforcement work.

• Where does DLO/Walk as a warrior fit in DBMA and in our society?

• The legacy he would like to leave behind.

A free flowing conversation on Sumbrada And Cuentada.

• Martial art background.

• Brief introduction to Systema… Tai Chi on steroids.

• “Breathing is the language of the unconscious”

• Posture and structure.

• Weapons and a fighter’s identity.

• Instincts in combat.

• Upcoming book on hacking consciousness.

• What’s coming at Stickmata.

• Bajan stick-fighting.

• Different styles of Bajan stick-fighting.

• Sport vs. ambush stick-fighting.

• Selecting a stick.

• Movement of people between islands and evolution of the art.

• "Propping them on the stick."

• What is grima?

• The social status of early practitioners.

• Negros macheteros.

• Why did people learn grima?

• Women and grima.

• The educational system.

• The nature of conflicts.

• Getting involved with grima.

• The status of grima today.

• History of Garrote.

• Styles of Garrote.

• Weapons used in the different strands.

• Key principles and concepts of Garrote.

• Material technology shaping combative arts. 

• The story of Santoz Perez.

• The connection between Venezulean folklore and Garrote.

• Avenues for learning Garrote.

• Jo (staff) as a tool for coordination.

• The language of jo.

• Changing the rules of a battle.

• Purpose of short, medium and long jo.

• The warrior mindset.

• The mystical jo.

Bruce Juchnik Chats With Mahipal Lunia

• The role of jo in Japanese systems.

• Triangulation with the jo in Kosho Ryu.

• Magic in the Japanese martial arts.

• Skeletal freezing and breaking structure.

• Focussing on principles, learning from different systems.

• Learning from Mitose Sensei and Angel Cabales.

• Essential aspects of learning any art.

• Preparatory arts and reactionary arts.

• Importance of understanding origins.

• Training methodology of Kosho Ryu.