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You may want to add in a bit about his working with other MAists to add to the curriculum with arts like Mande Muda Pentjak Silat, Lameco Escrima, SHOOTO, Pekiti Tirsia Kali and Muay Thai by bringing and studying under guys like Pak Herman Suwanda, Punong Guro Edgar Sulite, Sensei Yori Nakamura, GT Leo Gaje, Jr and Ajarn Chai Sirisute as well as notable students who expanded the broad base he had established by incorporating what he learned from these men. His notable students include Erik Paulson, Terry Gibson, etc.
Don’t forget him studying under the Machados to add BJJ to his repetoire.
well, then a supporting member (looks at PoiDog) can edit the article and add that stuff. :toothy10:
I forgot that he became an RCJ Machado BJJ affiliate after he got his black belt at like 70. Sorry about that.
Seriously, the guy is amazing.
I like Inosanto’s open mind, and his willingness to keep improving himself in every aspect of his life.
Here is the list I have for Guro Dan’s FMA teachers. It’s a combination of a few different lists he has presented, but he’s mentioned that they are all incomplete, so this may leave out some instructors. Also, he does not have rank under all of them. Some he trained with for years and still does (like Tuhon Gaje) and some he has only trained with for a short period. The list is in alphabetical order by last name:
- Pedro Apilado
- Ising Atillo
- Kadid Brabante
- Angel Cabales
- Cacoy Canete
- Diony Canete
- John Eliab
- Rev. Ramiro Estalilla
- John Evangelista
- Vincent Evangelista
- Leo Gaje
- Leo Giron
- Regino Ilustrisimo
- Juanito Lacoste
- Ben Largusa
- Greg Lontayao
- Lucky Lucaylucay
- Flesimo Maxcende
- Art Mirafloor
- Pasqual Ovalles
- Braulio Pedoy
- Tedero Ramos
- Dentoy Revillar
- Jack Santos
- Max Sarmiento
- Emil Saturion
- Bo Sayoc (and family)
- Telesporo Subing Subing
- Mel Subitan (or Sugitan)
- Edgar Sulite
- Sam Tendencia
- Gilbert Tenio
- Floro Villabrille
I can’t find my list of his silat teachers, but off the top of my head:
- Juanito Lacoste
- Uyuah Suwanda
- Herman Suwanda
- Rita Suwanda
- Paul DeThoures
- Viktor DeThoures
- John Dejunges
- Eddie Jafri
This list is bigger, I’ll have to look through my notes to find it.
In terms of the FMA/Kali teachers, I know Guro Dan has a relationship with Guro Jun DeLeon of Toronto. I attended a seminar with both of them and I thought Dan mentioned that he’d been working with Jun. That said, I’m not sure if Jun would be considered one of Inasanto’s instructors.
I’ll check into that.
- Matt
well, now we’ve got two supporting members on here who know stuff about him.
cough cough edit the article cough cough
sorry, had something caught in my e-throat.
You might want to add Remy Presas of Modern Arnis to that list of FMA practitioners.
Rick Young is a student under Guro Dan. Rick is a columnist in Martial Arts Illustrated and holds BB in Judo and BJJ and God knows what else.
He has written of Guro Dan’s generosity towards him in both teaching and (in the initial stages) paying for his instruction. What a Quality Bloke.
Living legend in MA’s for sure.
a Kali stick?
Agreed. My instructor has tapes of some of the Guro Dan seminars that he went to years ago. We don’t fully include escrima as a style we include escrima training where I study and it’s so much fun. There is no FMA schools in my area that I am away of. Most of it mainly Korean TKD or TSD schools. I think we have a few Isshin ryu schools around and that’s about it.
How come nobody added Paul Vunak to the list?
Whom did Dan study Silat under?
Guru Dan also studied Thai Boxing under Master Chai Sirisute.
I heard a saying about how a name is worth more than riches.
Guru Dan Inosanto has many friends throughtout the world that would help him in a moments notice.
He’s reputation is well deserved.
I go to Guro Dan’s JKD class. Although I haven’t yet had the previlege of taking a class class under him (except for an FMA class I took once which was way out of my league), All the instructors I’ve come across, mean business.
I know name of only one JKD instructor, Yori Nakamura. He is a great teacher. He teaches by demonstrating. I love how he and other instructors, when they observe my technique, they only tell me one thing to fix. They seem to spend less time talking and more time doing. This makes the classes a lot of fun.
p.s. I’m an MA newbie.
See above, post #7
[QUOTE=Phoenix;1638441]How come nobody added Paul Vunak to the list?[/QUOTE]
I know this thread is ancient, so I apologize. I did however want to address this question. Vunak was one of Guro Dan’s early students, not the other way around.
As to the others who have stated how amazing Guro Dan is, I concur. I have had the good fortune to attend some seminars with him and I am consistently blown away by his ability, and his dedication. He has so much to show and teach that his seminars end up like trying to take a drink from a fire hose.