| Yorinaga Nakamura | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 19, 1963 Mie Prefecture, Japan |
| Residence | Tokyo, Japan |
| Style | Shoot wrestling (Shooto & Catch wrestling), Jeet Kune Do |
| Teacher(s) | Satoru Sayama, Dan Inosanto |
| Notable students | Erik Paulson, Ron Balicki, Larry Hartsell, Dan Inosanto, Peter Nguyen, Michael McAuliffe, Chad Stahelski |
Yorinaga Nakamura (中村頼永 Nakamura Yorinaga), also known as Yori Nakamura, is a retired Japanese shoot wrestler and an instructor in shoot wrestling and Jeet Kune Do.
Nakamura had trained in various martial arts until February 1984 when he enrolled at the Tiger Gym of Satoru Sayama.[1] In November 1985, he became a full-time staff member of Sayama's gym. He trained in Sayama's style of shoot wrestling and in June 1986, he competed at the first Shooto event.[2]
In January 1989, Nakamura went to the United States and became a student of Dan Inosanto in Jeet Kune Do.[2] In 1992, he founded USA Shooto Association and on returning to Japan the same year, he became the founder and head instructor of Inosanto-Methods Unified Martial Arts Association (IUMA).[2][1][3]
Catch wrestling (+ Shooto) lineage
Billy Riley/Frank Wolfe → Karl Gotch → Satoru Sayama → Yorinaga Nakamura
Jeet Kune Do lineage
Bruce Lee → Dan Inosanto → Yorinaga Nakamura