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Yorinaga Nakamura (born 1963) is a Japanese martial arts instructor and former Shooto champion. He trained under Satoru Sayama at the Tiger Gym, won the first Shooto tournament in 1986, and later studied under Dan Inosanto in the US. He founded the USA Shooto Association and IUMA Japan, and is the highest ranked Shooto instructor worldwide certified by Sayama.

Teachers (2)

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  Satoru Sayama

  linkShooto 3

  Confirmed

  Extensively documented; Nakamura enrolled at Satoru Sayama's Tiger Gym in 1984, became full-time staff in 1985, and won the first Shooto tournament in 1986

  (1984-1988)

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  2 sources

  fact_check

  Extensively documented; Nakamura enrolled at Satoru Sayama's Tiger Gym in 1984, became full-time staff in 1985, and won the first Shooto tournament in 1986

  assessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  "He trained under Satoru Sayama"

  — Yorinaga Nakamura (Wikipedia EN)linkinfo

  "On opening day in 1984, Yorinaga enrolled at the Tiger Gym"

  — USA Shooto - Yori Nakamura (official website) link
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  Dan Inosanto

  linkJeet Kune Do 3

  Confirmed

  Nakamura came to the US in January 1989 specifically to study under Dan Inosanto; documented on USA Shooto official site

  (1989)

  expand_morefact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  2 sources

  fact_check

  Nakamura came to the US in January 1989 specifically to study under Dan Inosanto; documented on USA Shooto official site

  assessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  "In January 1989, Nakamura went to the United States and became a student of Dan Inosanto"

  — Yorinaga Nakamura (Wikipedia EN)linkinfo

  "Sifu Dan invited Yori to train privately and Yori taught Dan Shooto while learning other various martial arts privately from Sifu Dan"

  — USA Shooto - Yori Nakamura (official website) link

Students (1)

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  Dan Inosanto

  linkShooto 2

  Probable

  Inosanto studied Shooto under Yorinaga Nakamura, who taught at the Inosanto Academy from 1991; Nakamura was a student of Shooto founder Satoru Sayama

  (1991)

  expand_morefact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  2 sources

  fact_check

  Inosanto studied Shooto under Yorinaga Nakamura, who taught at the Inosanto Academy from 1991; Nakamura was a student of Shooto founder Satoru Sayama

  assessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  Dan Inosanto (Wikipedia EN)linkinfo

  "Yorinaga Nakamura began teaching Shooto at the Inosanto Academy in 1991, and is the instructor of... Dan Inosanto"

  — Shooto (Wikipedia EN) linkinfo

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