At Dog Brothers Martial Arts Bloomington/Normal, we believe in the power of real contact stick fighting. Our approach combines fun, fitness, and functional self-defense techniques to empower our students. Weapons based martial arts training will enhance your survivability in a self defense encounter.
Our beginner's classes are designed to teach the fundamentals of martial arts and stick fighting. We focus on form, technique, drills and basic conditioning to build a solid foundation for our students. Before we send you out to apply the next step of what you have learned we make sure you are prepared.
Once you have mastered the basics, we continue to offer a more challenging training experience. To get to that point we focus on progressive resistance sparring. By progressive we mean gradual and light to start with. As you develop over time, we help you to determine your goals. This is done in a way that challenges you but keeps you safe as you gain the skills and confidence that comes from the process.
While the stick skills translate to the empty hand, we know that punching, kicks, knees and elbows all happen in a fight where a weapon is present. We also know standing clinch and ground-based fighting consistently occurs in self-defense situations. We provide you with a system for street level self-defense that includes weapons and unarmed tactics.
We do offer one-on-one private lessons for students who want a more personalized training experience. Our expert instructors will work with you to develop a customized training plan that meets your unique needs and goals.
DBMA plays well with other systems like, BJJ, Muay Thai, Boxing, Krav Maga, Wrestling, TKD, Karate, Jeet Kune Do, Silat and Firearms Training to name but a few. It is especially useful for adding weapons-based awareness and techniques to striking and grappling based martial arts systems.
All techniques that are taught have been tested in full resistance environment by our instructors. Nothing is taught that hasn't been shown to work under duress. It is particularly useful if you are in Law Enforcement, Corrections, the Military or Security. "We speak use of force". As a matter of fact one of our apprentice instructors has literally written the book on that.