Dan Inosanto

Daniel Arca Inosanto (born July 24, 1936 in Stockton, California ) is an American teacher of the Filipino martial arts . As Bruce Lee's successor , he teaches Jeet Kune Do (JKD), as well as Inosanto Kali , Grappling , Muay Thai and Pencak Silat . Before taking lessons from Bruce Lee, he trained American Kenpo under Ed Parker , the founder of this style. Under Inosanto's leadership, numerous outstanding martial artists developed, such as Paul Vunak, the founder of the Progressive Fighting System .

Lee had only authorized three of his students to teach and develop JKD principles: Dan Inosanto, James Yimm Lee, and Taky Kimura.

Inosanto runs the martial arts school The Inosanto Academy in Marina del Rey , California .

Inosanto Kali

In the early 1970s, Inosanto developed the Inosanto Kali, a style of its own in the classic Kali martial arts. The main influences of Inosanto Kali come from the Villabrille Kali , the Pekiti-Tirsia Kali , the Illustrissimo Kali , the Serrada Escrima , the Largo Mano and the Krabi Krabong . Inosanto mixed the principles of Kali with those of the Jeet Kune Do concept.

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SURNAME	Inosanto, Dan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Inosanto, Daniel Arca (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American martial artist
DATE OF BIRTH	July 24, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH	Stockton (California)