{"id":390,"date":"2012-06-25T20:05:31","date_gmt":"2012-06-26T01:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/?page_id=390"},"modified":"2021-10-27T10:46:31","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T17:46:31","slug":"jacy-wright-senior-instructor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/?page_id=390","title":{"rendered":"Jacy Wright &#8211; In Memoriam"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/jacy_01_crop_1200k.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-669\" title=\"jacy_01_crop_1200k\" src=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/jacy_01_crop_1200k.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/jacy_01_crop_1200k.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/jacy_01_crop_1200k-300x189.jpg 300w, http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/jacy_01_crop_1200k-1024x646.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><em>Agalon Guro<strong>&nbsp; <\/strong><\/em>Jacy Wright &#8211; Senior Instructor<\/h3>\n<p>A brother, a son, and a damn good friend.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ezcol ezcol-one-half\">\n<div class=\"hr\"><!-- --><\/div>\n<p>Systems:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4>Pekiti-Tirsia System of Kali<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Rank: Agalon Guro (3rd hagdan)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4>Buddhai Sawan Krabi Krabong<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Rank: Sword master (class 4 level 1) &#8211; red sash<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Dog Brothers Martial Arts<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Rank: Full Dog Brothers fighter &#8211; &#8220;Dogged Dog&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15.555556297302246px; line-height: 26.666667938232422px;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><div class=\"hr\"><!-- --><\/div><\/h3>\n<div class=\"ezcol ezcol-one-half\"><\/div>\n<p>Returning to Vancouver in 2010 from running his own school in Mexico, Jacy attained the rank of Agalon Guro (3rd hagdan) and regularly taught classes with maelstrom at Ancient Fire. &nbsp;Jacy was an active fighter and teacher in the maelstrom Dog Brothers program.&nbsp; Through participation in multiple Dog Brothers Gatherings of the Pack, he&nbsp; developed a powerful combination of BJJ\/wrestling and Kali, which resulted in a strong stick grappling curriculum he shared with maelstrom students and instructors.<\/p>\n<p>Jacy received his full Dog Brothers standing as &#8220;Dogged Dog&#8221; at the Canadian Dog Brothers Tribal in Vancouver, BC in February of 2020.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/DBMA_Jacy_01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-856\" src=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/DBMA_Jacy_01-300x189.jpg\" alt=\"DBMA_Jacy_01\" width=\"300\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/DBMA_Jacy_01-300x189.jpg 300w, http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/DBMA_Jacy_01-1024x646.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/DBMA_Jacy_01.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"ezcol ezcol-one-half ezcol-last\">\n<p><strong>HISTORY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Born in 1977 at St. Paul&#8217;s Hospital in Vancouver B.C, Jacy came to the martial arts at the age of 16 when he started taking Yang Style Tai-Chi while recovering from football related injuries.<\/p>\n<p>After training for a time in Aikido and Kendo he found his home in Pekiti-Tirsia System of Kali at the age of 19 under Tuhon <strong><a title=\"Loki Jorgenson \u2013 Chief Instructor\" href=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/?page_id=375\">Loki Jorgenson<\/a><\/strong>. &nbsp;Moving to Montreal to attend McGill University Jacy had the opportunity to train under&nbsp;<strong><a title=\"Tuhon Philip \u201cSled Dog\u201d Gelinas\" href=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/?page_id=950\">Tuhon Philip Gelinas<\/a><\/strong>, and started training Brazillian Jui-jitsu under Nova Union Black Belt Wagney Fabiano, later receiving his Blue Belt under BTT Black Belt Fabio Hollanda. &nbsp;He attained Lakan Guro ranking in Pekiti-Tirsia System after 7 years of hard training in the art, in 2002. As part of his commitment to the art, he had the honour of housing <strong><a title=\"Grand Tuhon Leo T. Gaje Jr. \u2013 Head of Pekiti Tirsia Kali\" href=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/?page_id=945\">Grand Tuhon Leo Gaje Jr<\/a><\/strong>. for three weeks in Montreal, during his return to giving North American seminars.<\/p>\n<p>Jacy then brought his skills to Mexico, specifically Huatulco, &nbsp;where he taught and trained. There Jacy and his then-wife Ximena Osegueda &#8211; an instructor of capoiera &#8211; formed Trisquellion Martial Arts, with classes in BJJ, Boxing, Capoeira and Kali. &nbsp;He continued training in all of the aforementioned arts, often bringing in instructors for seminars and traveling to Brazil for 3 month on a training vacation.<\/p>\n<p>Returning to Vancouver, Jacy re-joined maelstrom and brought his unique talents and skills to the students and instructors.&nbsp; He helped establish and lead the maelstrom Kali program at the Ancient Fire location.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"ezcol-divider\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Rest in peace.<\/p>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"line-height: 24px;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Agalon Guro&nbsp; Jacy Wright &#8211; Senior Instructor A brother, a son, and a damn good friend. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Rest in peace. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"page-fullwidth.php","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/390"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=390"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8243,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/390\/revisions\/8243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}