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.Staff. "East West students travel to the Far East to train" , 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." 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.
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