Donald Nagle was an American
karate
(; ; Okinawan language, Okinawan pronunciation: ), also , is a martial arts, martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the Okinawan martial arts, indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts (called , "hand"; ''tī'' in Okinawan) un ...
expert and instructor, as well as a
Marine.
Biography
Nagle was a
Marine; in the mid-1950s he was stationed on
Okinawa
most commonly refers to:
* Okinawa Prefecture, Japan's southernmost prefecture
* Okinawa Island, the largest island of Okinawa Prefecture
* Okinawa Islands, an island group including Okinawa itself
* Okinawa (city), the second largest city in th ...
, in the
Ryukyu Islands
The , also known as the or the , are a chain of Japanese islands that stretch southwest from Kyushu to Geography of Taiwan, Taiwan: the Ryukyu Islands are divided into the Satsunan Islands (Ōsumi Islands, Ōsumi, Tokara Islands, Tokara and A ...
off the coast of Japan. There he studied
karate
(; ; Okinawan language, Okinawan pronunciation: ), also , is a martial arts, martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the Okinawan martial arts, indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts (called , "hand"; ''tī'' in Okinawan) un ...
under
Tatsuo Shimabuku, who had started the
Isshin-Ryu school. He was promoted to 8th-degree black belt in 1966.
The IIKA (International Isshinryu Karate Association) promoted Don Nagle to 9th-Degree black belt on November 2, 1984.
He died on August 23, 1999, a day after heart surgery at age 61.
References
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1938 births
1999 deaths
American male karateka
Sportspeople from Jersey City, New Jersey
United States Marines
Gōjū-ryū practitioners
20th-century American sportsmen