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| Donald Hugh Nagle | |
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| Died | August 23, 1999 (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 |
| Notable students | Official Student Listing |
Donald Nagle was an American marine, karate expert and instructor.
Nagle was a Marine; in the mid-1950s 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 the age 61. [5]
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