Donald Hugh Nagle

Donald Hugh Nagle
Died	August 23, 1999(1999-08-23) (aged 61) Cardiac arrest
Style	Isshin-Ryu Karate
Teacher(s)	Tatsuo Shimabuku
Rank	jū-dan (十段:じゅうだん): tenth degree black belt
Other information
Notable students	Official Student Listing

Donald Nagle was an American karate expert and instructor, as well as a Marine.

Biography

Nagle was a Marine; in July 1956 he was stationed on Okinawa, in the Ryukyu Islands off the coast of Japan. There he studied karate under Tatsuo Shimabuku, who had started the Isshin-Ryu school. ^{[1] [2]} He was promoted to 8th-degree black belt in 1966. ^[3]

The IIKA (International Isshinryu Karate Association) promoted Don Nagle to 9th-Degree black belt on November 2, 1984. ^[4]

He died on August 23, 1999, a day after heart surgery at age 61. ^[5]

References

1. Staff. "East West students travel to the Far East to train" Archived 2012-03-19 at the Wayback Machine , Sparta Independent, December 23, 2008. Accessed September 8, 2011. "In the mid 1950s, a young Marine from Jersey City named Don Nagle was stationed in Okinawa. He trained under the legendary karate Tatsuo Shimabuku, the founder of Isshinryu karate."
2. "Deadly Marine Holds Second Highest Degree in Karate Art". The Camp Lejeune Globe. November 27, 1958. Archived from the original on March 6, 2012. Retrieved September 17, 2012.
3. Weiss, Al. "Personal Profile: Don Nagel, Karates Living Legend". Official Karate. Archived from the original on March 6, 2012. Retrieved September 17, 2012.
4. Rosenberg, Steve (April 27, 1996). "The Karate King". The Weekend Jersey Journal. Archived from the original on March 6, 2012. Retrieved September 17, 2012.
5. "Donald Nagle, 61; detective, ex-U.S. Marshal, Karate Champ". Archived from the original on March 6, 2012. Retrieved September 17, 2012.