Hey Tim.
Credit for the vid goes to Liberty. The history, as I understand it, is that Ed Parker originally encouraged Guro Dan to study FMA when he was a black belt under him, before he met Bruce Lee. Guro arranged, through his father Sebastian Inosanto, to begin his study under some of the old masters in Stockton California.
By the time Guro Dan was training seriously with Bruce Lee he was already very involved in FMA. My understanding is that Bruce Lee encouraged Dan to pursue his own culture, but not allow the masters to restrict him to "their way", as Kali teachers can often be very territorial.
So I'm not meaning to split hairs, but many people give Bruce Lee credit for introducing Guro Dan to FMA, but thats not true. Guro credits Ed Parker and his father Sebastian Inosanto for introducing him to FMA before he met Bruce Lee, but that Bruce encouraged this study and was fond of certain elements of the art.
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