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. 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.