John La Coste

Philippines
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Description

John La Coste (Juanito Lacoste) was a Filipino martial arts master. Considered by many to be the deadliest Filipino master living in Stockton, California, his system was heavily based in the Moro Moro bladed arts. He is listed among the great escrimador masters alongside Dan Inosanto, and his techniques form the basis of the Inosanto-LaCoste Kali system taught at the Inosanto Academy.

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  • Dan Inosanto
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    Frederico Muñoz
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    Independent sources state it.
    “Inosanto studied with different martial arts masters elsewhere in the United States, Southeast Asia, and Europe, including Johnny Lacoste and Chai Sirisute”
    — Dan Inosanto (Wikipedia EN)link history info
    “My teacher's principal teacher in the Filipino Martial Arts, Manong LaCoste”
    — Our Teachers (Dog Brothers Martial Arts Association)link history
    “Guro Dan later went to his father, who in turn introduced Guro Dan to many Escrimadors in the local Filipino community [...] John Lacoste”
    — Guro Dan Inosanto (Jeet Kune Do Academy Greece) link

Sources

“Eskrima Grandmasters such as Juanito ‘John’ Lacoste, Leo Giron and Angel Cabales were largely responsible for propagating Eskrima in Stockton, California.”
— Krishna Godhania. (2012). Eskrima: Filipino Martial Artinfo
Filipino Martial Arts (Innovative Fighting Arts)link
Kali & Kobudo (Inner Circle Academy)link
Kali. El arte de combate filipino (Alto Rendimiento)link

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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). John La Coste. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01KYF4MPCW701CSJGGG3W9R12P - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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