Guro Inosanto is known for the World's Leading
Authority in Jeet Kune Do.
"People are still trying to define Jeet Kune Do in terms of
distinct style, i.e. Bruce Lee’s Gung-Fu, Bruce Lee’s Karate, Bruce
Lee’s Kick-Boxing or Bruce Lee’s Street Fighting. To label Jeet Kune
Do as Bruce Lee’s martial art is to miss completely its meaning; its
concepts simply cannot be confined within a system. To understand this,
a martial artist must transcend the duality of the "for" and
"against" and reach one unity that is without distinction. The
understanding of Jeet Kune Do is a direct intuition of this unity. Truth
cannot be perceived until we have come to full understanding of our
potential and ourselves. According to Lee, knowledge in the martial arts
ultimately means self-knowledge."-- Guro Dan Inosanto
Lee Jun Fan Gung Fu
The Inosanto Academy
is an outgrowth of the "Jun Fan Gung Fu Institute", which was
founded by the late Bruce Lee in February 1967. Dan Inosanto was
appointed head instructor of the "Jun Fan Gung Fu Institute"
at this time. Bruce Lee made only three instructors in his lifetime.
Taky Kimura, James Lee (deceased) and Dan Inosanto.
Emphasizing the "ranges
of combat". From long distance, or "kicking range,"
to middle distance, or "hand-range," to close quarters, or
"trapping & grappling range." Students are taught to
confidently and with ease flow from long distance, or "kicking
range," to middle distance, or "hand-range," to close
quarters, or "trapping & grappling range."
The Jun Fan Gung Fu
classes at the Inosanto Academy are devoted entirely to teaching and
preserving the arts & philosophies of the late Bruce Lee. To this
day the Inosanto Academy continues to research and promote arts from
different countries and cultures.
We are all climbing different paths through the mountain of life, and we
have all experienced much hardship and strife.
There are many paths through the mountain of life, and some climbs can
be felt like the point of a knife.
Some paths are short and others are long, who can say which path is
right or wrong?
The beauty of truth is that each path has its own song, and if you
listen closely you will find where you belong.
So climb your own path true and strong, but respect all other truths for
your way for them could be wrong.
-Dan
Inosanto
Hartsell
under the tutelage of Inosanto became the acknowledge
master of the Grappling Arts of Jeet Kune Do. Hartsell holds various
levels of Instructorships under Guro Inosanto including, "Jun
Fan, Gung Fu, Jeet Kune Do, Kali and Silat.
According to Dan Inosanto, "Larry Hartsell is one of the premier
Jeet Kune Do fighters of our time." Larry has been a student and
personal friend of Inosanto for the past 40 years and further continues
to train with him to this day becoming Inosanto’s Senior Full
Instructor.
Larry Hartsell’s background
and knowledge is not merely speculative. Over the past 40 years, he
served in the following capacities: as military policeman in the jungles
of Vietnam; on glamorous movie sets as a bodyguard to celebrities;
“bouncing” in redneck bars in his native North Carolina, and in the
august halls of justice. Hartsell states, “The experiences I’ve had
in dealing with resisting criminals, crazies or drunks have only
reinforced in me a gratitude for my instructors, initially Bruce Lee and
Dan Inosanto, who encouraged me to specialize in grappling
techniques.”
As a long time practitioner of the
martial arts – most notably Jeet Kune Do – Hartsell was one of the
first in the United States to embrace and train in Shoot Wrestling when
it was introduced at the Inosanto Academy. Hartsell has always been
open-minded and eager to learn. Guro Dan states, “Larry has often
joined me in training and researching systems, such as Indonesian Pencak
Silat, Thai Boxing, and the Filipino Martial Arts. Over the years, Larry
modified his fighting structure and geared his training more toward the
arts of grappling and submission. Combining his knowledge in the arts of
grappling and submission with his skill in the trapping and striking
arts, Larry has taken his art to a new dimension.
Guro Dan states, “Larry is one
of the few martial artists who has always been open-minded and known the
benefits of cross-training. Knowing the importance roll-conditioning and
physical fitness play in the complex game of survival in the martial
arts, Larry incorporates the proven methods of the past alongside the
cutting edge techniques of the future.”
Inosanto Academy of Martial Arts
13348-13352 Beach Ave.
Marina Del Rey, CA 90292
Phone: (310) 578-7773
Fax: (310) 578-7477
Email:
info@inosanto.com
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