Also known as

Yori Nakamura

Description

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

  sports_martial_artsShooto Confirmed

  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

  The evidence establishes the claim: it is sufficient and consistent, and any conflicting evidence is resolved.

  location_onSuper Tiger Gym badge (1984–1988)

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  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

  “he enrolled at the Tiger Gym of Satoru Sayama. In November 1985, he became a full-time staff member of Sayama's gym. He trained in Sayama's style of Shootfighting”

  — Yorinaga Nakamura (Wikipedia EN)link history info

  visibilityFirst-hand

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

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

  sports_martial_artsJeet Kune Do Confirmed

  Confirmed

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

  The evidence establishes the claim: it is sufficient and consistent, and any conflicting evidence is resolved.

  (1989)

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  2 sources expand_more

  fact_check

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

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

  — Yorinaga Nakamura (Wikipedia EN)link history info

  visibilityFirst-hand

  “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

Lineage

• Jeet Kune DoDan Inosanto ← Bruce Lee · 2 generations

Students (1)

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  Dan Inosanto

  sports_martial_artsShooto Probable

  Probable

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

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

  (1991)

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  2 sources expand_more

  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

  “He trained Shoot wrestling under Yorinaga Nakamura.”

  — Dan Inosanto (Wikipedia EN)link history info

  “Yorinaga Nakamura began teaching Shooto at the Inosanto Academy in 1991, and is the instructor of [...] Dan Inosanto”

  — Shooto (Wikipedia EN)linkhistory info

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