Shūgorō Nakazato, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Okinawan karateka
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Place of Birth: Shuri, Okinawa, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
About Shūgorō Nakazato
- Shugoro Nakazato (?? ???, Nakazato Shugoro, August 14, 1920 – August 24, 2016) was an Okinawan martial artist.
- Described as a "one punch artist" by some of his American students, Nakazato developed his karate sparring into "a fine fighting art".
- He gave many demonstrations in Japan as well as abroad and had "many well-known students in the USA", Nakazato was designated as an "intangible cultural asset holder" by Okinawa Prefecture in 2000.
- He was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, 5th Class with Gold and Silver Rays on November 4, 2007.
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