Dark Gift Combat Fighting System
& How we differ from other schools
We are Reality Based Training
We are combat-scenario driven training program

D.G.C. is now available for classes here in HOUSTON TEXAS
D.G.C. was established in Southern California in 1993 in the city of RANCHO CUCAMONG.
D.G.C. has been associated with KING OF THE CAGE fighters.
Mr.Traylor not only trained some of the fighters but trained with them to sharpen his skills in the cage.

Why the name Dark Gift Combat?

DARK is the DARKEST part of Humanity.The meanest part of human nature. the wiliness to inflict bodily harm on a anther with out remorse. A punk does not care about you or your family. GIFT COMBAT, The Gift to Combat the DARKEST part of Humanity. To be able to step up and protect your LOVE ones, the ability to over come a PUNK, ROBBER, THIEF ECT.... any citizen, who leaves the safety of themselves or their family in the hands of any organization, including your local police department, is in for trouble! We all need to take responsibility for our own well-being. This world we live in is getting MEANER by the day. Please take care of yourself and your family, NO ONE ELSE WILL!

Bridging the Gap between the Citizen, the Military, the Police and the Martial Artist.

"Hock's Motto"

Dark Gift Combat is FIRST and Foremost a Reality Based Training/ Martial Arts studio, We are combat-scenario driven training program but offer a wide variety of Martial arts class from the novice wanting to train or just get into shape to the expert combat instructor or martial Arts master. Look at our wide variety of programs we offer.
Cardio Kickboxing
Kids Street Defense
M.M.A./Sport
Womens Street Self-defense"reality based"
And our Reality Based Program.
as Well as these Programs.
A.R.S.T. "action reaction stress training"
A.C.T. "accelerated combative training "
V.E.D.S. "violent encounter defense system"
R.A.T. "rapid Assault Tactics"
R.E.A.C.T. "Rapid Endurance Assertive Combative Training"
Most of the programs listed above are taught in Womens Street Defense & our Reality Based program, or can be taught as individual module for private lessons. Dark Gift Combat Fighting System offers any style quick combative skills that can be applied quickly and effectively. D.G.C.F.S. will help enhance what ever style you study.

"I will be stepping on some toes"

First I want to let you know that there is a lot of info on this page about our school and what we believe. I will be stepping on some toes and in some cases SMASHING them. I do not do this to be mean or hateful, JUST TELLING THE TRUTH as I see it and have experience it in my life's journey. There are traditional school out there that claim to have a complete martial arts system. THAT is Reality Based lets see.

Why are you Bad Mouthing Traditional Martial Art and M.M.A.?

My Traditional Martial Arts is self-defense and reality based to A%$%#@ HOLE!

When the mind is tethered to a center, naturally it is not FREE; it can move only within the LIMITS of that center. Bruce Lee.
So If you are stuck that your style "Traditional Martial Arts" is the answer for Reality Based Training, you are the above caption.
"You don't grow unless you go out of the confines of your own system/style...it is from the old we get security and the new that we get growth" - Dan Inosanto.
understand?
In the long history of HUMANITY, the instinct to follow and imitate seems to be inherent in most
PEOPLE,TEACHERS and students alike. Bruce Lee
that means dont play follow the leader think out side the box. Ask question, see IF it will flow in a real life circumstances.

First and foremost I am instructor and teacher

For me not to inform you that your Traditional Martial Arts/ M.M.A possibly will not work in a real life situation would be carless of me.
so thats why I say what I say, and write what I write.

Here is where I stand on Traditional Martial Arts and M.M.A.

All are advantageous to learn and train in and have tons of health and some spiritually benefits, helps to get you in to shape and helps discipline you and great for kids, I love Traditional Martial Arts and M.M.A. that is my back ground and it will always be BUT There are Instructors out there that claim their STYLE is a complete system. be careful for WANNA BE'S, Make sure that there training will give you REALITY BASED trainig that can save your life and protect your love ones, Other wise RUN, They will get you hurt or killed!!

Look What We teach will enhance any style, I do not intend to replace what you have learned. That is not the reason or purpose Of D.G.C.F.S.
It is to give you additional tools for a street altercation and to let you look out side of your style or system to enhance your fighting ability.
This not just My beleaf, Close Combat Comany, P.F.S., Jimmy Wagner, ect...
So dont get mad at us.

POSSIBLY ?

can you protect your family with Traditional Martial arts / M.M.A.? POSSIBLY
can you protect your-self if a weapon is used, "knife, stick, gun? POSSIBLY
can you protect your-self if stabed or shot? POSSIBLY
can you protect your-self if you strong arm or leg is hurt? POSSIBLY
can you protect your-self if they are multi-attackers? POSSIBLY

Is Possibly a good enough answer?

Look when S#*^%#@@ HITS THE FAN and I have to protect my family I do not want to depend on POSSIBLY. I want training that helps me in all those Category. my life and my family’s maybe at stake. I want to be able to come home and be with the ones I love. PLAIN AND SIMPLY.
My hope is that you NEVER have to fight for your life but IF you do wouldn't you want to have the cards stacked in your favor? HELL YES!

COMPARING the 3 Categories of Martial Arts

TRADITIONAL MARTIAL ARTS to M.M.A.SPORT to REALITY BASED MARTIAL ARTS

Martial arts can be divided into 3 categories Traditional Martial Arts, Mixed Martial Arts, Reality Based Martial Arts. The problem is that thanks to movies, TV, Internet, youtub, Instructors, ect… is that there is no actual proof of any one method of fighting being completely dominant in all situations, Martial Artist have blurred it to the point of non-existence. While all have many overlapping elements, it is important for you to understand that each category is distinctively different and must be treated as such.

TRADITIONAL MARTIAL ARTS

Traditional Martial Arts contains every style from traditional karate, Hapkido, Kenpo, Escrima, Aikido, kung fu, to the countless other cultural Traditional Martial Arts that have been developed throughout history. Some traditional martial arts systems originate from military combat experience and self defense needs for people. These systems have been tested and proven under realistic, condition back in the 500 CE era, when they FOUGHT with HONOR, but has not been PROVEN MODEREN DAY. Things have changed in this world we live in. But none the less all are fun to do, helps to get you in to shape and helps discipline you and great for kids. All are very interesting and all provide an education in world culture and Martial Arts theory. However, no cultural fighting art has any proof of dominant effectiveness in the modern world. That means that Aikido, Karate,Tae-Kwon-Do, Kung Fu, countless other cultural Traditional Martial Arts and even Israel's "Krav Maga" is not proven, effective combat or street application. Nor does it classify as proven, effective combative sport. Such as U.F.C. , Cage Fighting. So without an abundance of proof, it is only martial theory, not fact. Traditional Martial Arts are wonderful for exploring a method of self perfection, how pretty the forms are, but has no place in self protection. Don’t get me wrong all of these styles can possibly help you out of a tough jam. Because a scientific way of combat is better than NO way of combat BUT.... Instructors give there student a false sense of security. Traditional Martial Arts DOES NOT TEACH Reality Based Scenarios, Material or Resistance training.

MIXED MARTIAL ARTS/ COMBATIVE SPORT

M.M.A./Combative Sports include Olympic judo, Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, Muay Thai kickboxing, all forms of wrestling, western boxing, M.M.A.(mixed martial arts) which has been popularized by events such as the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). In combative sport you are forced to prove the effectiveness of your methods and skill in live combat. There is no guesswork, no debate. It either works and you win, or it doesn't work and you lose. Everybody in the world saw Combat Sport Brazilian Jiu-jujitsu stylist Royce Gracie easily pick apart the cultural fighting art practitioners in the first few Ultimate Fighting. If you watch Olympic Judo, you'll see the highest caliber athletes in the world competing in a sport that is symbolic of combat in that the entire basis is to establish a dominant position. Combative Sport is a very, very important component of testing the validity and effectiveness of a martial art, BUT it too is not reality based martial arts/combat driven. It is only a training and conditioning method for self-defense. Combative sport is what you use to train yourself to make sure that your self-defense works under sport conditions. Do you understand? A great example is simply that that the rules, regulations, and referees that are required in combative sport are NOT going to be there when someone is trying mug you, rape you or trying to hurt a family member or trying to kill you in a dark alley. SO NO, even today's most popular training methods: Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Muay Thai, Wrestling, Judo, Boxing, Mixed Martial Arts, etc. are not methods of reality based martial arts either.
(Training for self defense application yes, self defense no.)

REALITY BASED TRAINING/ MARTIAL ARTS/ COMBAT

"The definition of the term Reality-Based"
Training and survival skills based on modern conflict situations that the practitioner is likely to encounter in their environment
(their "reality").Â

Sounds simple right? The real issue is that there are a million-and-one different ways you can be attacked. Everything from a drunk tackling you at the local bar, armed mugging on your way home from work, a carjacking, to being caught in the middle of a military or terrorist operation, A.T.M. mugging in progress.Therefore, Reality-Based Martial Arts has one purpose, and one purpose only; To survive. What we mean is that no sane person, soldiers, professional fighters, or trained martial artists truly want to hurt or kill a human being. But when it comes to bodily injury or kill or be killed situation , your natural survival instinct WILL take over and do whatever it can to save your life so you can go home to your family. Learning to properly defend yourself is much more than just avoiding injury, humiliation, or even death. Our greatest enemy of all: Fear & Incorrect Training. There IS no 100% answer to anything. But when it comes to matters of bodily injury or life and death or protecting loved ones, the smart thing to do is stack the odds in your favor.

PROOF REALITY BASED TRAINING/MARTIAL ARTS IS THE ANSWER

To understand this statement I just made fully you have to understand what actually happens to your body during a true combative or life or death situation. Depending on your physical fitness level, your heart typically beats at 60-80 beats per minute. This is known as a resting heart rate and everything in your sympathetic nervous system is performing normally. But when frightened your heart rate jumps to 115 beats per minute some times more, your fine motor skills deteriorate. The ability to put a key in a car door or even tie your shoes becomes increasingly difficult, why? You panic, Interesting enough this 115 to 145 beats per minute is the optimal survival and combat performance level for complex motor skills, visual reaction time, and cognitive thinking. Complex motor skills that are multi-muscle involved movements as found in all martial arts. Reverse punch, front kick, wrist lock, arm bar, hip throw, etc. This is the target heart rate of most professional athletes and fighters. They are able to stay at this rate because they know that no one is trying to kill them. If you are able to train your body to respond appropriately to fear induced stress under competitive conditions, you will be better able to survive during battle. At 145 beats per minute, your complex motor skills immediately begin to deteriorate. And at 175 you can't think straight, you lose peripheral vision, your hearing excludes everything not in that tunnel vision, and vasoconstriction sets in as a natural way to reduce bleeding from any wounds you're about to suffer.  Finally, above 175 is where irrational fight or flight sets in, as well as natural submissive behavior, combat freezing.
Dark gift Combat will train you to handle almost any situation

Does your Martial Art school train you in that way?

NO, WELL I rest my case.This just the tip of what we teach. There is so much more to say Look come and try a class you have nothing to lose and a whole lot to gain. IF you want to know more, Go to our REALITY BASED PROGRAM.