Dan Inosanto

Dan Inosanto
Born July 24, 1936 (1936-07-24) (age 75)
Stockton, California, United States
Occupation Martial arts Instructor, Actor
Spouse Paula Inosanto, former wife Sue Inosanto
Children Diana Lee Inosanto, Lance Arca Inosanto and Danielle Inosanto
Parents Sebastian Inosanto, Mary Arca Inosanto

Daniel Arca Inosanto (born July 24, 1936) is a Filipino-American martial arts instructor from California who is best known as a student of the late Bruce Lee and authority on Jeet Kune Do Concepts.[1]

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Martial arts

Dan Inosanto teaches The Art and Philosophy of Jeet Kune Do, Filipino martial arts, Shoot wrestling, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Muay Thai, Silat, mixed martial arts and other arts at his Marina del Rey, California school, the Inosanto Academy of Martial Arts. He received a shodan from and was an instructor for Ed Parker in American Kenpo Karate before becoming a student of Bruce Lee.[2] Inosanto is one of three people allowed by Bruce Lee to teach his Martial Arts system (Taky Kimura and James Yimm Lee being the other two), and the only one to be given Instructorship in Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do of the third level.[1] Inosanto also studied with dozens of martial arts masters elsewhere in the United States, Southeast Asia, and Europe, including Johny Lacoste (Kali, or Kamot Lihok, lit. "Hand Movement"), and Chai Sirisute (Muay Thai).[3] After Bruce Lee's death, he has become the principal spokesperson and historian for Jeet Kune Do.[1] He has had minor roles in a number of movies, including Bruce Lee's uncompleted last film Game of Death (1972). During this time period (1967–75), he also taught physical education at Malaga Cove Intermediate School in Palos Verdes Estates, California.

Always a student himself, he continues to train with many highly regarded martial artists. Consequently, he holds Instructor or black belt level ranks in numerous, different martial arts. In addition, he is well known for promoting the Filipino Martial Arts. He is responsible for bringing several obscure forms of the South East Asia Martial Arts into the public eye such as Silat, a hybrid combative form existing in countries as Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines. He has recently acquired his black belt in the Machado Family style of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. He trained Shoot wrestling under Yorinaga Nakamura. Currently he is the vice-president of Lameco International, a recently formed version of Eskrima.

Notable students

Dan Inosanto's notable students include:

Publications

Filmography

Full Filmography for Dan Inosanto at the Internet Movie Database

Actor

Documentaries

Stunts

Further reading

References

  1. ^ a b c Kelly(2000)pp.46-50
  2. ^ Kelly(2000)p.24
  3. ^ Kelly(2000)p.31
  4. ^ http://video.about.com/movies/Book-of-Eli-Denzel-Washington.htm
  5. ^ Kelly (2000) p. 51
  6. ^ a b Kelly (2000) p. 133
  7. ^ a b c d e Kelly(2000)p.130
  8. ^ Imada, Jeff (1984), The Balisong Manual, California: Unique Publications, pp. 130, ISBN 0865681023 
  9. ^ a b Kelly(2000)p.109
  10. ^ http://inosanto.com/?page_id=76
  11. ^ Beasley, Jerry (2001), Jeet Kune Do Experience: Understanding Bruce Lee's Ultimate Martial Art, Paladin Press, pp. 216, ISBN 158160131X 
  12. ^ Kelly(2000)p.131
  13. ^ Combs, Roger (2004), "Emerson Knives", Knives Illustrated 18: 36–41, 65–69 
  14. ^ Kelly(2000)p.145
  15. ^ http://www.pamausa.com/Pages/rick.shtml
  16. ^ http://andersonsmartialarts.com/the-instructors/dan-anderson/

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