"If you practiced arnis, you would know..."
Don't be such a homo about it wasim. There's absolutely no need whatsoever to talk down to people like that. You're being a dick with that kind of statement. Of course people realize that there are hardwood and other types of sticks out there, and no, they don't need to practice arnis for such sage knowledge.
Of course, if you practiced "real" self-defense, you'd know that almost nobody runs around packing hardwood sticks waiting to jump people so it's a moot point.
Talk all you want about having seen the Dog Brothers' matches, but it's just talk. I used to train on the same floor as Marc Denny at the Inosanto Academy and he and I have had many many conversations about training person to person. I can tell you'd he'd probably be one of the first to dismiss your comments about Fedor because you're right - he does understand fighting and he recognizes that a well prepared, tough, athletic fighter has a chance no matter what the format might be. You know why he and the group started doing BJJ? Because they worked with the Machados and saw the same results over and over again. The guy with the stick experience was getting taken down and choked out. I love what the Dog Brothers do, and I have done it myself for a lot of yeasr (since around 1993 in fact). I'm not suggesting that they don't have the right formula, nor that they don't know what's up in terms of real fighting. What I'm suggesting is that statements like "Fedor would get his ass handed to him by a Dog Brother" is comic bookish at best and it makes you come across like some kind of 1980's ninja-worshipping punkass.
No offense.