Donn F. Draeger | |
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![]() Draeger on the set of the James Bond film You Only Live Twice (1967), for which he served as martial arts coordinator | |
Born | Donald Frederick Draeger April 15, 1922 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA |
Died | October 20, 1982 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA | (aged 60)
Rank | Kyoshi menkyo in Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū,[1] 10th-dan Kyokushin Budokai,[2] 5th-dan judo,[1] 7th-dan kendo,[1] 7th-dan iaido,[1] Menkyo (post.) in Shindō Musō-ryū Jōdō, 7th-dan in jōdō.[1][3] and 5th-dan Tomiki Aikido [4] |
Donald Frederick "Donn" Draeger (April 15, 1922 – October 20, 1982) was an American practitioner and teacher of martial arts.[1] He was the author of several important books on Asian martial arts,[5] and was a pioneer of international judo in the United States and Japan. He also helped make the study of martial arts an acceptable topic of academic research.[6]
Donn was a fifth dan in Tomiki Aikido
Donn Draeger was recognized as a world authority on Asian martial culture and human combative behavior.