Agalon Guro  Jacy Wright – Senior Instructor

A brother, a son, and a damn good friend.

Systems:

  • Pekiti-Tirsia System of Kali

    • Rank: Agalon Guro (3rd hagdan)

  • Buddhai Sawan Krabi Krabong

    • Rank: Sword master (class 4 level 1) – red sash

  • Dog Brothers Martial Arts

    • Rank: Full Dog Brothers fighter – “Dogged Dog”

 

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.  Jacy was an active fighter and teacher in the maelstrom Dog Brothers program.  Through participation in multiple Dog Brothers Gatherings of the Pack, he  developed a powerful combination of BJJ/wrestling and Kali, which resulted in a strong stick grappling curriculum he shared with maelstrom students and instructors.

Jacy received his full Dog Brothers standing as “Dogged Dog” at the Canadian Dog Brothers Tribal in Vancouver, BC in February of 2020.

 

 


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HISTORY

Born in 1977 at St. Paul’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.

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 Loki Jorgenson.  Moving to Montreal to attend McGill University Jacy had the opportunity to train under Tuhon Philip Gelinas, and started training Brazillian Jui-jitsu under Nova Union Black Belt Wagney Fabiano, later receiving his Blue Belt under BTT Black Belt Fabio Hollanda.  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 Grand Tuhon Leo Gaje Jr. for three weeks in Montreal, during his return to giving North American seminars.

Jacy then brought his skills to Mexico, specifically Huatulco,  where he taught and trained. There Jacy and his then-wife Ximena Osegueda – an instructor of capoiera – formed Trisquellion Martial Arts, with classes in BJJ, Boxing, Capoeira and Kali.  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.

Returning to Vancouver, Jacy re-joined maelstrom and brought his unique talents and skills to the students and instructors.  He helped establish and lead the maelstrom Kali program at the Ancient Fire location.

 

Rest in peace.