Nationality Italian Name Danilo Lajolo | Team Calix Academy Residence Udine, Italy | |
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Style Lajolo Knife System (La Tradizione di Scherma Coltello Lajolo) Teacher(s) Count Clemente Lajolo di Cossano Rank G.Master at Arms (Maestro D'Armi) Years active 15 years research and teaching/ 30 years training | ||
DANILO ROSSI LAJOLO di COSSANO
Danilo Rossi Lajolo di Cossano is an Italian author and renowned Italian Martial Arts master and historian. He is a member of Italian Nobility and a traditional Italian martial arts Master at Arms. He is a well known Italian Martial Arts historian who, after training in his families' traditional system since childhood, studied the traditional regional knife and stick systems from all over Italy for 15 years. He is the only master at arms certified by all major Italian knife families and societies to teach the traditional Italian Martial Arts of Scherma di Coltello Italiana & Scherma col Bastone Italiano (Italian Knife & Stick Tradition) outside of Italy.
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Childhood and martial arts training
Danilo Rossi Lajolo di Cossano is a direct descendant of the family Lajolo of the Guelphs and Ghibellines. He is an Italian noble of the house of Lajolo and the son and nephew of the Counts Lajolo Cossano of Piedmont, Italy. At the age of six years he began the study of the martial arts with Judo, then Karate, and then with the disciplines of Southeast Asia. Since 2003 he is a certified instructor of Jeet Kune Do, Kali Arnis Escrima, and Pencak Silat Maltese.
Italian arts
Additionally while still a child, his uncle drove him to the study of their families' regional arts; Pizzica Pugliese (wrongly known as sword dance/ danza delle spade), and scherma di coltello Gitana e Barabba Piemontesi. With his passion for Italian culture, passed on to him by Count Clement Lajolo Cossano, during a period of 15 years he studied the traditional Italian martial arts from various regions throughout Italy. In 2007 he created the World Calix Academy, with the aim of continued learning and the passing on of the Italian fighting styles taught to him by the Grand Masters of Italy's regional martial arts societies and families. Currently the Calix World Academy has representatives in Russia, Ukraine, Italy, Australia, USA, Spain and England. The school is certified and recognized by the Italian Federation of Martial Arts, the Italian Federation Martial Arts Olympic Committee, the WTKA, and the CISB.
Author
Rossi Lajolo Di Cossano wrote a book about his journey studying his families' traditional Italian martial arts system since childhood, and studying the traditional regional knife and stick systems from all over Italy. It is titled Sul filo di lama (On the cutting edge), with the sub-title Alla ricerca della tradizione italiana del coltello (In search of the Italian tradition of the knife). This historical martial arts book was released in Italy in the Italian language through Montegrappa Italia on December 19, 2014. A North American release English language version is scheduled for late 2015.
Executive protection and security
Danilo Rossi Lajolo di Cossano is also and executive protection specialist and security expert who has protected; Johnny Depp, George Clooney, Viggo Mortensen, Matt Damon, and many others. He is also often requested as the head of event security for Hollywood movie premieres and other special events that take place in Italy.