PAKALI: South East Asian Inspired System of Self Defense
Pakali is primarily a blend of South East Asian systems of Martial Arts. The arts that have contributed to the system include Muay Thai, Floro Fighting Systems, Dog Brothers Martial Arts (DBMA),and Kalis Ilustrisimo. Other arts which influence my teaching includes western boxing, Russian Sambo, and submission grappling.
I train in a low key, friendly manner. Classes are small and tailored to your needs. Training covers impact and edged weapons, striking, grappling and tactical applications of technique.
A large part of what I do, and who I am is inspired by the Dog Brothers, and their motto “Walk as Warrior for All Your Days”.
The Dog Brothers (DB) are a group of martial artists from various styles, though mostly Filipino arts, who regularly come together to sharpen 
their skills against each other in Real Contact Stick Fighting. These events are known as Gatherings of the Pack, two of which are held in the US as year, a public gathering which anyone may attend and the tribal gathering reserved for members of the DB family.
I’ll leave it to the Guiding Light of the Dog Brothers, Marc “Crafty Dog” Denny to better explain the particularities of the Dog Brothers: http://dogbrothers.com/?page_id=24
As an official Dog Brothers Training Group all aspects of our training can be applied to a Gathering.
What We Train:
Filipino Martial Arts
Often thought of as the bread and butter of Filipino and South East Asian martial arts. Eskrima, Arnis and Kali refer to a class of Filipino martial arts that emphasize weapon-based fighting with sticks, blades and improvised weapons. Although training starts with weapons, empty hand techniques, trapping and limb destruction are core parts of these arts as the weapon is considered merely an extension of the body. Eskrima and Arnis are the most common among the many names often used in the Philippines today to refer to these arts.
The teaching of the basic skills in Eskrima are traditionally simplified. With limited time to teach intricate moves, only techniques that were proven effective in battle and could easily be taught en masse were used. This allowed villagers, generally not professional soldiers, a measure of protection against other villages, as well as foreign invaders. This philosophy of simplicity is still used today and is the underlying base of eskrima. Because of this approach, eskrima and the Filipino martial arts in general are often mistakenly considered to be “simple”. However, this refers only to its systematization, not effectiveness. To the contrary, beyond the basic skills lies a very complex structure and a refined skillset that takes years to master.
Striking: Punching, Kicking, Knees, Elbows, etc.
These techniques come from a variety of sources, western boxing, muay Thai, and Filipino Martial arts. Strikes are used for two purposes
, to keep someone away from you, or knock someone down/out. We don’t want to stand and trade blows like a boxer, but we do want to have the boxers ability to throw heavy sh ots, safely and under pressure. The striking techniques of muay Thai teach us to use kicks effectively as well as fight from within close range using our elbows, knees, and heads. The Filipino arts contribute a very direct approach to targeting certain parts of the body and attacking major muscle groups.
Grappling: How to get up off the ground, put someone down there, and what to do if you get caught there
There are very few occasions when you want fight from the ground, unfortunately in street fights and attacks people often do find themselves on the ground, this aspect of our training will teach you to avoid going to the ground, and if you get to the ground what to do to survive while you are there and finding a way to get back up. It also includes the use of submissions which are used to incapacitate an attacker through unconsciousness or attacking joints and limbs.
Clinch: Fighting from any position where one of you has some grip on the body of the other
We have all seen the school yard fight where the attacker grabs the shirt of another, this is the clinch range, this is the range we fight out of. We learn how to control the opponent standing through use of the clinch. We can limit their ability to hurt us through control of distance. We also learn how to counter the attacker that wants to control us.
I look forward to training with you.
Marc
For more information email:
martialability@gmail.com
