Dan is soooo right about the Philippine arts. You can train in them when you're WAAAY past your prime. I started martial arts at age 11 and in my lifetime studied hung gar Kung fu go ju karate western boxing JKD Muay Thai AAND escrima the more combative arts put a lot of wear rare on my body as I got older and now that I'm in my late fifties it HURTS to even maintain the physicality of the arts I studiedIn contrast, the Philippine arts continued to be FUN to practice especially the patterns I learned involving the double and single sticks. I've even found that after a long layoff my body is still able to get back into the flow of the patterns I've learned while in my twenties and thirties.
Guru Inosanto is a living legend. And although I've never met him I feel blessed to be living in his time frame. Thanks Dan for sharing your knowledge and for standing tall in the marital arts community.
One of my favorite martial artists, I consider Mr. Inosanto a real master. And I appreciate his humility, he doesn't seem at all hung up on rank or titles (a lot of other so called masters, grandmasters, whatever they want to call themselves could certainly learn from his example).
Greatest Martial Artist of all time? he gets my vote. Who living today knows more about as many martial arts and Guro Inosanto? Mabye there are better fighters, but that is a different thing. In reality he is kind of a walking martial arts musuem.
Does anyone know what kind of music is being used? Btw, love Dan and love Eskrima/Kali/Arnis. I've been training since I was a kid with my cousins (who are Filipino) and I love the art. I would love to learn under Guro Inosanto one day. Hopefully. But yeah, love Kali, and love Inosanto.
What major city do you live near? Guru Dan is traveling almost 48 weekends of the year teaching at seminars. It's possible that one of the seminars is not too far from you.
Celestino Red Michaud Yeah, the seminars are over a weekend--5 hours of training per day. I would look up Marcus Charles. I have not trained with any of Guru Dan's guys in Chicago, but Marcus Charles brings in Erik Paulson and Greg Nelson. So he in the family and is definitely one of the guys to look up.
Guys, please remember that, although Dan helped Bruce lee to develop jeet kune do, the form is not limited to a single nation, and that Dan first learned and mastered Kali/escrima, which is a filipino martial art, and that Dan is Filipino. Therefore, he should be addressed as guro, which is the tagalog for teacher, not sifu, which is chinese.
I made 2 sets in wood shop-1 set in Mahogany and 1 set in oak back in high school.... The backs of my arms were black and blue but I got pretty good with them ....I knew Danny Insanto nephews and worked with them.... Duane , Phil and Eric ... Ill leave there last name out of it ...But there last name starts with F.... They live in northern Calif.--Oh ya..... Never bring nun chucks to a gun fight ...
My instructor and friend. Also, the title of which he is called depends on which you are training in at the time. Guru or Mano if FMA /Sifu if JKD or other Chinese art such as Wing Chun. The consumate teacher and student.
Guro Dan..everything a martial artist should be..as one of Guro Ted Lucaylucay's original students a part of your legacy flows through me..with much love and respect.
+Delfin Navea no he's not you moron. he was one of the few who popularized it tho. but definitely not the founder. FMA is dating back in spanish colonization. 1521 was when the first spanish conquistador found philippines and it was already alive before that time.
