Dan Inosanto

( I met him about five times... He is very good teacher... My Deaf Teacher got Certicate from him... It is really worth to learn... In Singapore, I got this book at National Library Board in two days ago, and It is really good book!)

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

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 was an instructor for Ed Parker in American Kenpo Karate before becoming a student of Bruce Lee. Inosanto is one of three people allowed by Bruce Lee to teach his Martial Arts style, and the only one to be given Instructorship in Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do. Inosanto also studied with dozens of martial art masters elsewhere in the United States, Southeast Asia, and Europe. After Bruce Lee's death, he has become the principal spokesperson for Jeet Kune Do. He has had minor roles in a number of movies, including the Game of Death (1973).

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 Filipino Martial Arts into the public eye and saving them from extinction. He has recently acquired his black belt in the Machado Family style of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.


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Inosanto continues to teach and conduct seminars worldwide. He has been directly responsible for introducing many prominent martial artists, including Pendekar Paul de Thouars, Edgar Sulite, Leo Gaje, Maung Gyi, and Rick Faye to the general martial arts community.

Other notable students include Ted lucaylucay, Tim Tackett, Blaise Loong, Chris Kent, Ernie Franco, Erik Paulson, Larry Hartsell, Brandon Lee (Bruce's son), Jeff Imada, Rick Tucci, Cass Magda, Greg Nelson, Burton Richardson, Paul Vunak, Ernest Emerson, Kevin Seaman, Nick Sacoulas, Steve Grody, Rick Faye,Philip Gelinas, Bob Breen, Terry Gibson, Don Garon, Pat Finley, Steve Braun, Pat Tray, Frank Cucci, Clay Johnson(highest ranking physically disabled person under Guro Dan Inosanto), Mateo De Los Reyes [1], Dwight Woods, Ron Balicki and Dan Inosanto's daughter, Diana Lee Inosanto. The full contact stick fighting organization known as "The Dog Brothers" emerged from the Inosanto Academy.