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He ran the Mudokwan Dojo in Indianapolis for 25 years, He was graded 8th Dan Kyoshi by Kichiro Shimabukuro. From 1977 to 1997 he hosted an Indianapolis Isshin-ryu tournament and in 1983, he hosted the Isshin-Ryu World Karate Association Tournament. Mr. Lennox also wrote two books, "Isshin-Ryu Karate" and "Weapons of Isshin-Ryu".
1988 Featured in Karate/Kung-fu Illustrated. [12] [13] 1996 Commemorated 50th anniversary in the martial arts. 2001 Co-founded the Isshinkai (Isshin-ryu Karatedo & Kobudo & TOMO NO KAI) with Kensho Tokumura 2002 Created Video (now DVD) series of instruction on Isshin-ryu Karate and Kobudo. 2008 Commemorated 50th anniversary in Isshin-ryu Karate.
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]
Isshin-ryū (一心流) is a traditional school of the Japanese martial art of kusarigamajutsu, the art of using the chain and scythe (). [1] Its exact origin is disputed, and may have been founded as early as the 14th century by the samurai Nen Ami Jion 念阿弥慈恩 (b.1351-?), but the modern-day techniques were compiled and incorporated no later than the 17th century, by the unification ...
Gary R. Alexander is an American martial artist, karate fighter, author and actor. He was Black Belt Magazine's Co-Instructor of the Year (1974) [1] and is known as the "First International Bare Knuckle Contact Karate Champion. [1] Alexander began formally training in Isshin-ryu karate under Don Nagle at the Jersey City, NJ YMCA in the fall of ...
As is a feature of the style, all punches are performed with a vertical fist. The founder's primary teacher of the kata was Chotoku Kyan of the Shorin-Ryū style, but the Isshin-ryu version also shares many features with the Goju-Ryū style, including tension and breathing techniques. Meaning 13, some people refer to it as 13 hands, 13 fists ...
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Harold Gene Long (3 September 1930 – 12 October 1998) was an American martial artist and an Isshinryu karate pioneer. He founded the Isshinryu Hall of Fame and was the second person inducted, with founding Grandmaster, Tatsuo Shimabuku being the first. [1]