Monosanto biography
The biography of the American Filipino contains many interesting moments, most of which are associated with martial arts. Of course, Dan Duosanto is one of the greatest masters in the world of martial arts. However, in the Philippines he is called the most famous master of Philippine martial arts, who was never in the Philippines. Childhood and youth, the study of martial arts, Daniel Duosanto began in the years when Uncle Vince taught him the traditional Okinawan karate, and later judo and jiu jitsa.
However, Den was seriously carried away by football, and in the youth years he was even a captain of a football team. In addition, from martial arts, Denis switched to athletics. While studying at college in Washington, he repeatedly took prizes in sprint distances. After the college, Dan trained with Duke Yoshimur since the year, doing judo. During this period of time, it is with judo that his serious enthusiasm for eastern martial arts begins.
In the year, a foreigner went into the army, where he served in the Air Division in the parachute-landing unit in Kentucky. During service in the army, Dan was engaged in various karate styles. Most of all, Daniel liked the Campo-Carate style, so in the year after serving in the army he went to Los Angeles in search of an instructor in the Campo Carat, where he met the legend of the American karate, Eda Parker, under whose leadership he continued training.
A few years later, Dan received a black belt in Karate-Kampo. Ed Parker introduced the explorer to the Philippine combat equipment, in particular to Escrim - the battle on sticks, explaining that Escrim is not just sticks of sticks, but a perfect training system. At this championship, a foreigner accompanying Parker met Bruce Lee and became his student, inspired by his concept of modern martial arts, enthusiasm and energy.
Their acquaintance grew later into great friendship. The explorer became simultaneously a student, teacher, friend and like -minded Bruce. Dan Duosanto helped Bruce Lee introduce a system of complex training in martial arts. In years, it seemed strange and unnecessary to anyone. Now any combat training is not complete without yoga, swimming, cross -country or functional training.
The development of Jit Kun-do as a universal battle system of Bruce Lee became largely possible thanks to like-minded people, among which Dan Netosanto is one of the first. Photos with Bruce Lee occupy several pages in the album of Netosento. Now Dan Duosanto is one of the three people whom Bruce Lee allowed to teach other people to his martial arts system, and the only one to whom he allowed the other Jit Kun to up to the third level of skill.
After the death of Bruce Lee at one time, Daniel was the main figure in the world of Jit Kun before and the historian of this art. In the same period, Daniel organized his own martial arts Academy in Marina del Rray, California, where even now, despite his solid age, he teaches philosophy and art Jit Kun to, Philippine martial arts, fist fighting, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Muay Tay, Silate, mixed martial arts.
During his life, Dunsanto studied dozens of types of martial arts of North America, Europe and Southeast Asia Filipino martial arts, birchlat, Penchak Silat, Savat, Muai-Tay, Krabi-Krabing, Shut-Restling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu and has higher achievements in many martial arts, and the black belt in the Brazilian He received Jiu-Jitsu after 50 years. Daniel Duosanto is a unique master of martial arts, who preserves and develops the studied styles without mixing them among themselves, but in the concept of Jit Kun before using the most effective techniques and techniques in a particular situation.
The eclectic style of the Philippine martial arts, taught at his academy, is called the Dunsanto Kali. According to the Black Belt magazine in the year, a nasopian was called the instructor of the year in Jit Kun to, in the instructor of the year, in the instructor of the year in battle with weapons, in the man of the year. Daniel Dunsanto in the cinema in the movie Daniel Duosanto began acting from small roles in the year.
His debut is most famous as a film actor in secondary roles in a number of Bruce Lee films, including in the film “Death Game”. Nastosento also appeared in episodic roles in films with Hollywood cinemas: “In the name of justice”, “Big Stan”, “Red Belt” in the documentary “I - Bruce Lee”, a foreigner spoke about the relationship between Bruce Lee, because the foreigner was not a student, but also a teacher of Bruce Lee, and he showed him work with nunchakaks.
In total, a foreigner starred in more than 30 films, including playing himself.