Old Inosanto Academy footage

[@KesselRunner606]

Feel strange to say this, but watching this was incredibly emotional. The swell of memories from the 90s, being fortunate to have visited this gym and learned from the great Guro Dan here and in his many seminars. One of the highlights of my life, and memories I will always treasure.

[@matarahmadal_atif9359]

Indeed, all these memories remain forever engraved in our brains and their emotions are intense...but please tell me, if I am not mistaken, that they practice French boxing "savate" , is it true or am wrong ?

[@MrPin1947]

I was there training un 1992 . It was a fantastic days . Thank you sifu Dan for allow mi to training at your academy .

[@dagaffer2269]

Dan Inosanto is one of the big gest frau dst ers in martial arts. His "as many arts as possible" (his words). Was designed to keep students coming in paying him money. Sc s ammer.

[@scoast00]

This is fantastic, this was first Marina Del Rey school, recognize quite a few faces here… will not mention names for privacy but 2 here are now world famous as directors and lead stunt coordinators, these guys inspired me when I tagged along with a older friend of mine when I was a kid, attended many seminars here. Brought back a lot of memories…should be late 80s or early 90s before move to school closer to LAX.

[@KevinLeeVlog]

💯💯💯💯💯

[@scoast00]

No, Imada is not in this video, he was at original Kali academy in Torrance before IMB was established.

[@Spanktron9]

Yup. This was during my time at the academy. This was an upper level class, the names you aren't mentioning were my phase 1 instructors when Larry Hartsell wasn't teaching. So cool to see this footage, brings back so many memories.

[@shaunsnow192]

@Pat Luxor the guy with with the ponytail demoing the Muay Thai four count is Chad Stahelski, director of the John Wick films, and Keanu Reeves’ stunt double on the Matrix films. He also doubled for Brandon Lee on The Crow.

[@dagaffer2269]

Dan Inosanto is one of the biggest fraudsters in martial arts. His "as many arts as possible" ( his words). Was designed to keep students coming in paying him money. Scammer.

[@JCW-zs6yn]

Chad in his Martrial Art prime...Mr John vick man.

[@sjustus7]

Great footage! I recognize a few faces but most of all the interior, it's the Marina Del Rey Inosanto Academy from the early 90s. It was an awesome place to train, so many good teachers and exposure to all sorts of martial arts. I moved away from Southern California many years ago but the three things I really miss about the area are the weather, the beaches, and the Inosanto Academy.

[@kevincouch5225]

Just absolutely great as close to a closed door sessions or a basic lesson as you can get with guro or sifu dan. Thank you very very much

[@TheSubwaysurfer]

The JKD my instructor Ralph Mitchell who is certified on the Paul Vanek, felt my particular aptitude was in Filipino martial arts and SAVATE. I’m focused my training on that seeing that I had the aptitude and attitude for those two art.we Also studied the standard JKD concepts and did all the exercises that are featured here. I did this in the 80s and 90s and it brings back good memories to see this

[@eddiegee2940]

Who was Paul Vanek , student of Bruce Lee? Quite number of people like to mention in comment sections they had close connections with Bruce Lee through his former students, whether they were student of Kimura or Jesse Glover, BUT THEY NEVER DEFEND BRUCE LEE from naysayers. Was it one of the reasons is probably because they were students who, didn’t graduate, couldn’t cut it to be a fighter, cancelled future fighting lessons was embarrassed by his/her instructor.

[@TheSubwaysurfer]

You can tell that the JKD guys were a custom to doing for contact! I know this because Dan feels the need to say more than once, to keep it light his fighters! LolI just finished watching a series of SAVATE videos and can definitely see the SAVATE influence in their movements.

[@JKDVIPER]

Fabulous video.. I always study Dan whenever possible

[@Bladestar7]

This is Gold. Ohh to train with these guys back in the day. Great footage.

[@josefraguas2768]

Chad, Damon, Tsuyoshi, Tim, Ron, Yori...hahaha!!!!!!!!!

[@MrPin1947]

Hi José Fraguas , you are alright , I was there to . How are you goin , i,m Felipe from Valencia , I Hope you are allí well .

[@Bruceleekungfoo]

I was there too!!! Not that exact day. Great times!!

[@Vizzini922]

Dan has a calming voice.

[@gunnerhiro394]

He mentioned shoot wrestling - just wondering if this was before the first UFC. Great footage, by the way - please upload more.

[@luxurybuzz3681]

This looks early 90s. This was probably just when UFC first began. But I think shoot wrestling was apart of Inosanto curriculum since the 80s.

[@alexscott730]

Shoot wrestling was around long before the UFC came around.

[@scoast00]

Nakamura sensei is in the video, he was uchi deshi for Sorayama sense in in Japan for Shoo-to. This may have been before UFC 1992, Paulson was competing in Japan and could not leave the organization for UFC. Paulson is not in video.

[@Bladestar7]

This was definitely before the UFC.

[@Genethagenius]

Love Sifu Inosanto! I had barely been doing martial arts for 6 weeks when I first met him at a seminar at Sifu Fong’s. He took the time to help an uncoordinated 18-year-old over 20 years ago. Meant so much to me. Great to see Jun Fan sparring! And Sifu Ron Balicki looking great sparring! (With Sifu Dicky Harrell I believe, another great instructor and practioner who taught my first JFJKD instructor, Sifu Bruce Jolly!).

[@mikalrahman]

Love to see where JKD:Concepts comes from

[@jasoncaine7829]

He is a genius instructor

[@bronzetiger6360]

Absolutely Great content. The long range tools, the short and mid range, great stuff. So much Martial knowledge.

[@canaldospider4238]

Really amazing!!!!!!!!

[@punasurf4697]

Love the hinge principal.

[@60gidget]

Thank you........shame the camera on the pads and Shield was a little way off. Thank you all the same.

[@Sasha-hh3xi]

Much Respect Master Dan Ins 😊

[@skipskiperton4992]

I miss the old torrance academy 🙏🏼

[@Bitcoin_Gold]

It was in Carson

[@skipskiperton4992]

@@Bitcoin_Gold now that you mention it, this does look a bit different. It must have been in Carson after Torrance. I was at the Academy in Torrance in 79. Thanks!

[@Lessonswithsenseimatt]

Thank You So Much 🙏❤👍

[@stephenboyes5189]

pure gold

[@clarksavagejr1930]

met sifu dan in grants pass at seminar / awesome teacher and person

[@travels129]

No better teacher on the planet then this man who ever disagrees dont even bother to reply

[@vandamme6379]

I disagree.

[@jacobharris954]

@@vandamme6379 and what you teach

[@ianrobinson5057]

One thing that bothers me in Mathew polls book it describes Bruce's sparring with wong shun leung and bruce struggled to decisively beat him using jeet kune do. Bruce couldn't land any kicks and wong got through with a hand to Bruce's throat. Fifty years later a witness to this admitted if he had to pick a winner he would have to say bruce. Jkd should have ended it in seconds but didn't.

[@TheJKDGuy]

Awesome 😎

[@TheSubwaysurfer]

I’m not sure if that is right about not having the focus mitts available before Bruce’s time in the 1960s. I don’t doubt they didn’t substitute sandals for focus mitts pretty innovative by the way! But didn’t Traditional boxing have these focus mitts? Just a question

[@furnitureconsortium]

I don’t think the focus mitts were invented until the late 70’s. Dan has told stories about Bruce using baseball catcher’s mitts to work as a primitive focus mitt. Boxers back in the day used medicine balls sometimes to punch at and a floating bag to work on punch accuracy. The boxing speed bag has been around for decades!

[@Danny-el7ok]

​@@furnitureconsortiumbritish boxers used them well b4 bruce lee era

[@Rob-z7k]

I wish Dan had been in more movies during the 80s and 90s. He as always just a side character always losing

[@jacobharris954]

Chad with long hair

[@senibungasiput]

Chad Stahelski

[@rogeriosergiodeoliveira2595]

Rogério Sergio De Oliveira moro no Maranhão cidade buriti bravo sou aluno

[@TheLochs]

Shh, Shh, Shh.

[@shawnsmith2610]

What you say when you give guys head.

[@TheSubwaysurfer]

If you are accustomed To sparring, you know that sound is the expulsion of air you do as you strike. Boxers and Kickboxers and Muaythai boxers all do this when they strike

[@enginbural-ub7cc]

Palavra dan başka bir şey yok hocanın özelliği şampiyonluğu yok.

[@FURDOG1961]

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[@themoonbubble]

Jkd is not philosophical It’s hard mechanics It’s attribute training The art fits the attribute Not the other way around Period it’s not eclectic It’s not what works It’s picking out of 5000 Martial arts the right one that showcases your talent This means read all train all It’s not this or that

[@danilojimenez5806]

Looks like a mediocre average training day in any standard “same as any other” MA school.

[@skipskiperton4992]

mid to late 90s?

[@TheBlackDog73]

Wow! What year was this?

[@thedojodjsx9605]

1974

[@Martial.Arts.Reseach.Systems]

@@thedojodjsx9605 1994

[@thedojodjsx9605]

@@Martial.Arts.Reseach.Systems 1974

[@ritamroy7010]

@@thedojodjsx9605 do you have any idea with whom you are arguing? 😆

[@JohnDrummondPhoto]

@@thedojodjsx9605 there was a reference to Magic Johnson as part of the evolution of basketball. Johnson entered the NBA in 1979. So, sometime in the early '80s, at the earliest. Definitely NOT 1974.

[@corkystorky]

Disappointed. Can't believe this. Now all of you fans, brace yourselves to what I got to say. These guys moved just like Dan, but the Dan who sparred with Bruce (remember the footage, 1967). No JKD at all, show me where they 'intercepted' an attack, just like what Bruce did in their sparring. No wonder Linda Lee said, of all Bruce's students, only Ted Wong moved like him. Sorry about that.

[@Strong-m2v]

Jeet kune do concept not copy move of Bruce Lee it is blend from other arts. Jkd is philosophy art

[@grimkaripa0830]

Bruce was reluctant in teaching jkd ( which is a mind set or approach of tactics) because for one. Not everyone was small and fast like bruce thus changing the style for the individual involved (absorb what is useful discard what is not and find what works FOR YOU) your mechanics or height is what will set you apart physically

[@axelstone3131]

Yeh, that’s true. You never see any intercepting or fencing from Dan or his students. Concepts is a “classical mess” Bruce tried to get away from. “The majority of people who practice Jeet Kune Do are mixed up, they think it should be a part of Wing Chun, a part of MMA, a part of Thai boxing, a part of wrestling, you know, a part of Wing Chun, which this is completely incorrect. You don't go from style to style, you go from distance to target or target to distance. Longest weapon to the nearest target and the most direct and efficient route possible, that is Jeet Kune Do.” - Tommy Carruthers

[@Rob-z7k]

The Lee estate is on bad legal terms with Dan Inosanto. Its sad that its ended up bitter in his golden years

[@Robinson11]

Interesting cuz BRANDON LEE trained with and was certified under DAN INOSANTO 😂 GTFOH

[@dagaffer2269]

Dan Inosanto is one of the big gest frau dst ers in martial arts. His "as many arts as possible" (his words). Was designed to keep students coming in paying him money. Sc s ammer.

[@daweilee1986]

The stuff they do doesn't look like JKD, it looks like Muay Thai or American kickboxing.

[@tonyvalente]

This is Why Bruce lee immediately told him to stop teaching. He told his close door students. Dan just doesn’t get it..

[@1destinyslegacy]

Elaborate please?

[@JCW-zs6yn]

C'mon Tony...stick to your KZbin hu hu wu wu...

[@Badge01Kenobi]

If a championship Olympic fencer said 'here's my favorite winning technique' and showed you, you wouldn't be able to DO it. Same with BL's JKD, designed for HIM, with his reflexes and speed. Imagine how frustrating it was for him to see 'club fighters' try to do his stuff, like Tim Tackett or the Wednesday group. They were too old, too slow. Sure Kudos to them to try and perpetuate it but they knew they were just going through motions. None of them were going to go get in a bar fight with their 'BL fav moves' after class. So beyond perpetuating, what's the point?

[@tonyvalente]

@@1destinyslegacy Dan did not like to spar. He also was pushing the Filipino agenda and Bruce Lee said do not like a martial art just because it’s from your home country Bruce Lee was not planning on dying after he died. These guys ran wild and used his name to get people through the door and look at the quality of the students. How much actual training do you need for a knife or a stick Filipino martial arts is total classical mess

[@tonyvalente]

@@JCW-zs6yn you focus on your potbelly and high blood sugar

[@ropongi1008]

That sparring looks like garbage. Listen, you can sparr with light contact, but with quality technique and with good timing. Light contact doesn't mean garbage technique. Those kicks were being thrown a mile away and they looked so telegraphed. Light contact sparring should be done with good quality technique, and with good timing. The whole idea with "light contact sparring", is to practice good technique with good timing under light pressure (or with someone who is not fully cooperative), without hurting your training partner. "Light contact sparring" is NOT where you abandon using good technique. It dosent look like Dan was actually training or sparring with anyone at this point, he looks more like an old coach in this video.Dan probably stopped sparring around the time Bruce died. At one time, Dan was pretty active in the national circuit with Karate tournaments, and this was all probably before Dan started training with Bruce.