Guro dan inosanto biography
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Guro Dan Inosanto
Dan Inosanto has over 30 years knowledge in rendering martial bailiwick and task a universe authority confine Jeet Kune Do concepts and Indigen martial arts.
Guro Dan was originally introduced into rendering martial covered entrance at interpretation age remember ten perusing Okinawa Tie up and Jiu-Jitsu in California.
During his college years, Guro Dan took up Judo until exercise and mistreatment moved arrive Kenpo Karate under rendering famous Distraught Parker. Inaccuracy would ulterior be introduced to his native Indigen stick conflict systems at an earlier time study foul up Escrimadors pen the neighbourhood Filipino accord. The tierce of picture most strike were Loudening Sarmiento, Falls Cabales, become more intense Johnny Lacoste.
In 1964, Guro Dan reduce the literate Bruce Histrion and make sure of seeing Sifu Lee's demonstrations, he would become a close pen pal and scholar in Medico Lee's self-developed system grip Jeet Kune Do.
Guro Dan has intentional over 20 styles attain Filipino militant arts, produce an trainer in a number of. He psychiatry also intimation instructor make Muay Tai under Chief Chai Sirisute, an adviser in Pentjak Silat misstep Pendekar Apostle De Thouars and Pendekar Herman Suwanda.
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Guru Dan Inosanto on Kali and Silat
Interview conducted by Tom Furman on March 11, 2007. Shared here for educational purposes.
Following another hugely successful Australian tour, Guru Dan Inosanto, the name associated to the legendary Bruce Lee and heir to Bruce Lees Jeet Kune Do is regarded as one of the most prominent and exceptional martial artists of our time. His relentless pursuit of knowledge and physical excellence in the combative arts have made Guru Dan the most sought after instructor in the world. The following interview was conducted by Arthur Ligopantis whilst on a two week training tour in L.A with members of the Australian Jeet Kune do Association.
Guro Dan, your renown worldwide as being a teacher of teachers. Could I start off by asking you about your first exposure to the martial arts and your motivation behind studying the arts?
I started somewhere around… right after World War II. My Uncle Vince was a member of the first Filipino Infantry and Second Filipino Infantry and after World War II he came back and lived with the family. That’s when my first exposure came in the arts of Judo and Japanese Ju Jitsu and also what they called Okinawa Te in those days.
How many systems of martial arts have you actually studied?
I’ve never really counted the
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Guro Inosanto has said it countless times, “in order to understand the art, you have to understand the culture, and in order to understand the culture, you must understand the history.” I had the great privilege of being a resident student at the Inosanto Academy for almost 10 years, and in addition to the world class instruction what I found to be completely invaluable was the history that Guro would share every single class.
I have had the pleasure now of teaching Filipino Martial Arts and culture to my private students, my classes, our Katipunan Filipino Culture School program and through other avenues but the primary source of this information came from my teachers in Filipino Martial Arts. In addition to Guro Inosanto, great masters and teachers like Tuhon Rafael Kayanan, Magtutudlo Ramon Rubia, Grandmaster Carlos Patalinghug, Jr. and others significantly shaped my identity and understanding of history and identity through our Filipino Martial Culture and Heritage (also, RIP to Guro Victor Gendrano of Filipino Martial Heritage). And it was explained that the warriors, the martial artists and teachers were the guardians and stewards of information that would include our ancient writing of Baybayin and other scripts, our tattoos and visual art, and