These are the basics. We bow prior to entering the dojo, before class after class, prior to engaging a partner, and after engaging a partner. Bowing styles vary and what is more important than technique is the spirit of the move. The style of salutation varies slightly with the class and the material being taught. In weapons class, for instance, since the material being taught has a Filipino origin, the bow is of a traditional Filipino style that is common in weapons-based systems. In Muay Thai class, the bow starts with the traditional Muay Thai style bow and ends with the Japanese bow that finishes in the ready stance. This style of salutation is you unique to our tradition and roots. In the Pankration and Submission Wrestling classes, in respect to this arts Japanese roots and pioneering methods, we use the traditional Japanese style bow. Upon entering the dojo we bow with the Thai and Japanese method which finishes the ready stance. Again if someone came from a different background, perhaps visiting, and they perform their method until our style became ingrained, then that is fine. The Thai and Japanese-style bow is coincidentally the same style that GSP used in his UFC entrances, and this method represents the respect he shows to his styles roots.