#dan inosanto

[ultradude13]

The break-down of a fight scene between two martial arts masters.

#video clip #action movie #retro #game of death #bruce lee #dan inosanto #nunchaku

[itsmyfriendisaac]

‎Game Of Death: in Bruce Lee’s final film appearance, he rapidly ascends a five tiered pagoda & faces off against increasingly difficult opponents on each level. The icon portrays a retired martial arts champion named Hai Tien, the Yellow Faced Tiger!

#scenes #1970s #game of death #looks #bruce lee #versus #kareem abdul jabbar #ji han jae #dan inosanto #poc #china

[theblindninja]

🐉Happy Birthday to the sifu Dan Inosanto 🎉 (pictured here on set with Bruce rehearsing their epic scene for ‘Game of Death’).

#bruce lee #dan inosanto #game of death

[dynared]

I've been hammering on Transformers Earthspark a lot lately (partially because I think the Energon Universe has shown the fandom there's a better way to bring in new fans and excite older ones), but even beyond the superiority of the Energon Universe and the hope it gets animated one day, something I've discussed with people that annoys me about it is that while the show is not devoid of good ideas, it often pays mere lip-service to them, and is shockingly insistent on tackling concepts it does not have the ability to tackle. Case in point, an episode around Kali of all things.

Kali, for those of you who don't know (because it's not like Earthspark bothered to explain it!) AKA Arnis or Escrima, is a Filipino martial art based on both weapons and hand-to-hand combat, favoring sticks and knives. It actually became popular in the martial arts community when Dan Inosanto, a student (some would argue the most prolific student) of the late Bruce Lee, began teaching it alongside Jeet Kune Do as part of his "JKD Concepts", an attempt to expand Bruce's Jeet Kune Do with additional ideas from other martial arts. The old Fight Quest show on the Discovery Channel tackled Kali in its second episode, showing training methodologies and the philosophy behind the art with the two hosts, including an ending where the hosts have to engage in sparring with stick fighting, which is as rough as it sounds.

Now Kali gets bought up in Earthspark as part of Alex Malto's Filipino background, but the show does virtually nothing with it, other than Alex waxing poetic about his heritage in one episode and then hitting a few Arachnamecs. You'd think that the idea of training the Terrans in a native martial art would have a lot of potential, especially since Cybertron in certain continuities has martial arts, particularly Metallikato and Circuit-Su. But instead, the concept is dropped almost immediately, making it seem like mere window dressing to show that the show is "diverse" rather than actually having some substance with the main plot.

The idea seems pretty simple to integrate. Have the Terrans be put in a situation where they would deem learning a martial art necessary, either a poor performance on the field, their instructors telling them that their skills in close-range-combat are poor, or being forced to fight someone like Bludgeon or Drift, a Metallikato practitioner who the Terrans feel outmatched by and who Alex volunteers to train in kali so they can fight their opponent on an even footing. Hell, that could be directly linked to the whole issue of culture, with the Terrans finding kali far less flashy than Metallikato and kind of lame, only for its effectiveness to show itself in combat.

And while Kali isn't the only example of such, it's probably the biggest example of the issues with shows that are surface-level in their concepts, and why Earthspark seems to have utterly failed to capture the imagination of kids and casual audiences.

#transformers #transformers earthspark #rambles #alex malto #Youtube #earthspark

[dr-grayson]

Now for something a little bit different. For those who don't know this august I earned my instructorship in Jun Fan Gung Fu and Filipino Kali under Guro Dan Inosanto, regardles my school had me test for my Black Ecot anyways and here is one segment from the lengthy test.

#Dr-Grayson #Youtube #Kali #Filipino Martial Arts #Escrima #Arnis #Silat #stick fighting #staff #weapons #budoblr #Inosanto Lacoste Kali

[jeetkuneflow]

Larry Hartsell (front left) and my teacher (front right)

Hartsell was one of Bruce Lee’s original students, a black belt under Ed Parker, an army veteran — and a pioneer in Shoot Wrestling, Catch, Judo, and Jiu Jitsu.

In this photo, Hartsell demonstrates knife work he learned from Guros Dan Inosanto and Edgar Sulite.

#martial arts #budoblr #mma #kungfu #karate #jeetkunedo #judo #taekwondo #bjj #silat #brazilian jujitsu #escrima #kuntao #boxing #fma #muaythai #wing chun #kali #bruce lee #larry hartsell

[dsneybuf91]

D. Lee Inosanto’s The Sensei Review

For Women’s History Month 2021, I decided to take a deeper look at part-Filipina-American martial artist Diana Lee Inosanto. Her pedigree includes some legends, including her father, Dan Inosanto, and her godfather, Bruce Lee. While writing my review for her performance in The Mandalorian Chapter 13, I decided to eventually share some more reasons to admire her in her own right.

Some of the most intriguing tidbits I’ve learned about Inosanto involve her efforts to demonstrate talents beyond martial arts. In 2007, she wrote, directed, helped produce, and co-starred in her own movie: The Sensei. It seems pretty obscure nowadays; I couldn’t find it on iTunes or Netflix. Despite this, a Hapa Mag article about Inosanto credits the trailer for convincing Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni to cast her as the magistrate Morgan Elsbeth. Fortunately for me, one of my local public libraries put the movie up through their hoopla streaming app. YouTube and Amazon Prime also have it for free, though the former’s official upload – which I’ve embedded at the bottom of this page – lacks proper captions. Inosanto’s pedigree and hoopla’s plot description both made it sound deserving of a watch.

After punks at school hand him multiple savage beatings, gay teen McClain Evans (Michael O'Laskey, Inosanto's adopted son), discreetly begins martial arts training with Karen O'Neil (D. Lee Inosanto), a mysterious woman who had her own cross to bear with the prejudiced and bigoted small town community. As McClain learns to defend himself from hatred and bigotry, the student and his teacher expose several raw nerves in their rural Colorado community.

The Sensei

Premiere: May 4, 2008

Director: D. Lee Inosanto

Writer: D. Lee Inosanto

Inosanto, and the rest of the skilled cast, deliver her anti-homophobia and anti-sexism lessons in a rather overt manner.  Since these feel like very important lessons, I don't fault her for ensuring that they clearly come across.  The framing device of an older, tougher McClain sharing Karen's lessons with Pastor James (Keith David) helps justify the distinct lines between good and evil, by reminding the viewer - at least one who doesn't waste time wondering how McClain can tell Pastor James about events he wasn't around for - to view this story from the oppressed's intimidated perspective. (Additionally, the older I've gotten, the more naive I find it to apply the belief "No one is purely evil" to bigots.) Conservatives of 2000s Colorado wouldn't always cooperate with Inosanto and her film crew, but her insistence to continue filming her movie there, rather than attempt to pose a more socially-tolerant location as Colorado, went a long way towards ensuring the low-budget production's authentic tone.  The set pieces boast a raw and suspenseful energy, with cuts that usually last long enough for the viewer to appreciate the action and emotion.

While Inosanto doesn't fall on the LGBT+ spectrum, being a mixed-race teenager in the 1980s still subjected her to the tragedy of losing someone close to AIDS, while her parents endured conservatives condemning their love.  Her approach to writing and directing a gay main character emphasizes his status as an underdog, to make his struggles relatable to multiple demographics.  While McClain lacks the qualities of a degrading gay stereotype, the movie's explorations of the AIDS epidemic - and the rise in homophobia it sparked - personally affecting him and Karen ensure that his sexuality doesn't feel incidental at all.  As a character, McClain holds the viewer's interest through his resistance to conformity, standing up for his behavioral differences rather than reversing them.  He also earns the audience's admiration by befriending victims of other unfair forms of discrimination.

With Inosanto credited as the writer and director as well as a co-star, some viewers might wonder if she portrays Karen as a perfect mentor.  Expectedly, she proves kind and brave by taking on McClain as a student, even while the other karate instructors in her family fear having a gay student would ruin their school's business.  However, when McClain's mother (Gina Scalzi) first asks Karen to teach her son self-defense, Karen demonstrates some humanity by taking a while to agree.  When Karen and a trained McClain take on a lynch mob about halfway through the movie, the two end up having to defend each other as well as themselves, rather than one lasting the fight without a scratch.  Additionally, her subplots about opposing sexism and racism, and coming to terms with her own mortality, indicate that her life doesn't revolve entirely around solving a male white teen's problems.

I hope viewers can stand the cheese behind some of the dialogue, such as Karen's brother Peter (Bryan Frank) referring to her as the Good Samaritan.  I'd call such monologues hokey - even for 2008 - but their lessons of social tolerance feel too necessary to groan at.  Despite its flaws, Diana Lee Inosanto's The Sensei proves a compelling, thrilling, and morally-sound watch.

Plugs

Violence towards Asian-American women reached alarming levels by the time I finished writing this review.  I've started donating to charities dedicated to eliminating hate crimes towards AAPI people, and would like my readers to do the same, even if I personally take no share of the funds:

The AAPI Community Fund

Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Atlanta

#diana lee inosanto #movie review #lgbtq #martial arts #stop asian hate #directed by women #Youtube #my posts

[tvsotherworlds]

[knowledge411]

Dan Inosanto talks about how powerful Bruce Lee was / Edited #shorts

[malmagonline]

Coming up at the Inosanto Academy on October 8 and 9, two seminars taught by Guro Dan Inosanto on the topics of Thai and Filipino weaponry and Southeast Asian methods of empty hand combat. Call the number for the inosanto Academy on the poster for information and to register or visit the website also listed on the poster. https://www.instagram.com/p/CieVoV5u3-L/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[romanlightman001]

🌞Dan Inosanto Serak Silat 🐯Exactly, one month later, on july 24, Dan will be 87years old.Congrats you guro🦁🙏🌻

#youtube

[fuforthought]

If you didn’t know, this actress, from the latest episode of The Mandalorian, is Diana Lee Inosanto aka Bruce Lee’s goddaughter.

She’s the daughter of Dan Inosanto aka Bruce Lee’s best friend and one of the guys Bruce fights at the end of The Game of Death. Here they are on set together...

This episode of The Mandalorian aired on November 27th, what would have been Bruce Lee’s 80th birthday.

#The Mandalorian #Diana Lee Inosanto #Bruce Lee #Dan Inosanto

[anamon-book]

Bruce Lee in G.O.D 死亡的遊戯 株式会社アートポート 監督＝大串利一／出演＝ブルース・リー、ダン・イノサント、チー・ハンサイ、カリーム・アブドゥール・ジャバール、ジェームズ・ティエン、デヴィッド・リー ほか

#bruce lee in g.o.d 死亡的遊戯 #大串利一 #bruce lee #李小龍 #ブルース・リー #死亡遊戯 #game of death #ブルース・リー 死亡遊戯 #死亡的遊戯 #dan inosanto #Ci Han Tsoi #kareem abdul-jabbar #james tien #david lee #李尚文 #anamon #古本屋あなもん #あなもん #映画パンフレット #movie pamphlet

[smol-baguett]

As a Filipina and a martial artist I would absolutely scream if the Magistrate, Morgan Elsbeth (played by Diana Lee Inosanto), came back for a rematch against Ahsoka with freaking kali sticks. It could be a nod to the iconic Game of Death scene to make her dad proud. Bonus points if she did the stick tapping thing.

Extra bonus points if she gets bested by her opponent.

#diana lee inosanto #dan inosanto #bruce lee #game of death #the mandalorian #filipino martial arts #filipino representation #kali #eskrima #arnis #jeet kune do #star wars #my post

[paulo35lee]

#Bruce Lee #Game of death 1972 #dan inosanto #Jeet kune do

[theblindninja]

Bruce Lee and Dan Inosanto 

#bruce lee #Dan Inosanto #kung fu #jkd #jeet kune do