Doug Pierre

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Doug Pierre is a leading authority in the Filipino martial arts, with more than thirty five years of training in the martial arts. Mr. Pierre has studied Kali, Arnis, Eskrima, Karate, Judo/Jujutsu, Boxing and Kickboxing. Additionally he has earned Sifu (teacher) level in Tai Chi Chuan under Grandmaster Chen Weigun. Sifu Pierre began studying Modern Arnis under Grandmaster Remy Presas in 1988 and continued until the grandmaster's illness and subsequent passing in 2001. He is the head of his own organization, Modern Arnis Domog (MAD); Domog refers to Doug's Method Of Grappling and is a play-on-words on the term Dumog (Filipino grappling).

Sifu Pierre, also known as Guro Pierre, is the only practitioner of Modern Arnis to win two world stick fighting titles (in the Philippines). Sifu Pierre has conducted siminars/clinics all over the world, including Poland, Switzerland, Germany, England, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and China. He was the U.S. WEKAF stick fighting coach in 1996. Sifu Pierre has been featured in such publications as Action Martial Arts Magazine, Arnisador Magazine (souvenir edition), and Black Heros of The Martial Arts Volume II. In other media, Sifu Pierre had a fighting role in the movie "Johnny" (filmed in India) and has been featured on the television program Goodmorning America. It is claimed that Modern Arnis Grandmaster Remy Presas promoted him to the rank of 8th degree black belt in 2001, which would make him the highest ranking American practitioner of Modern Arnis; however, this has not been verified.

Source: Wikipedia Modern Arnis Discussion Page.