Legacy Academy Mission
Why Legacy Academy Exists
Preserving knowledge. Honoring the teachers who made this possible. Continuing the work for future generations.
Why Legacy Academy Exists
Legacy Academy was created to preserve rare martial arts knowledge, make high-level instruction more accessible, and pass valuable systems forward to the next generation of serious students.
Access To Knowledge That Is Usually Difficult To Find
Alan Baker has dedicated more than 45 years to studying unique, specialized, and often hard-to-find martial arts systems. As a master-level educator, he has developed the ability to simplify complex material and make it teachable for serious students and instructors.
After years of requests from students and instructors around the world, Sifu Alan created Legacy Academy to make these systems more accessible. In many cases, training in these arts would normally require traveling across the country or around the world to learn from high-level instructors.
Legacy Academy changes that by offering a structured online archive of detailed lessons, classes, seminars, private training footage, and the annual Legacy Academy Summit, where practitioners can train multiple arts in one event each year.
Credit Where Credit Is Due
At its heart, Legacy Academy was built to honor and respect the teachers who helped guide Sifu Alan throughout his journey. The goal is not only to study these arts, but to preserve their lessons, principles, and spirit so they can continue to influence future generations.
Legacy Academy is more than an online video library. It is a preservation project, a training resource, and a bridge between past teachers and future students.
Honoring Our Teachers
Legacy Academy stands on the foundation built by teachers, coaches, mentors, and martial artists who dedicated their lives to preserving and sharing the arts.
Sifu / Tuhon Dan Inosanto
Martial Arts legend and Founder of Inosanto Academy Of Martial Arts
Master Erik Paulson
MMA legend and Founder Of The Combat Submission Wrestling Association
Sifu Francis Fong
Wing Chun pioneer and Founder Of The Francis Fong Academy Of Martial Arts
Ajarn Chai Sirisute
Thai Boxing icon and Founder of the Thai Boxing Association of the US
Master Pedro Sauer
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu legend and Founder of the Pedro Sauer Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Association
Ajarn Greg Nelson
MMA pioneer, Founder of The Academy, and trainer to 4 UFC Champions
Tuhon Tim Waid
PTK authority and President of Pekiti-Tirsia Kali Global Organization
Professor James Cravens
President of Chinese Boxing Institute International
Master Bob Byrd
8th Degree Black Belt in Judo
Sifu, Guro Don Garon
Senior instructor and practitioner in JKD, Kali, Silat, and Thai Boxing
Justo Diéguez
Founder of the Keysi Fighting Method
Guro, Sifu Paul Vunak
Jeet Kune Do pioneer
Sifu, Guro Steve Grantham
Multi Martial Arts practitioner and instructor
Professor Paul Creighton
4th Degree Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt
Saya Mike Jolley
Burmese Bando instructor and Founder of the Progressive Burmese Combative Systems Association
Sijo Dana Miller
10th Degree Grandmaster in Zu Wei Shu and Founder of the U.S. Chuan Fa Association
Professor Nicolas Saignac
Professor of Savate
Sifu and Guro LaVonne Martin
Full Instructorship in Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do and the Filipino Martial Arts under Sifu and Tuhon Dan Inosanto
Professor Jorge Jimenez
5th Degree Black Belt in Gracie Jiu Jitsu
Sayaji David T. Croft
9th Level Black Belt in Bando
Grand Tuhon Leo Tortal Gaje Jr
Grandmaster of Pekiti-Tirsia Kali