Draeger on the Set of the film You Only Live Twice where he served as Martial Arts coordinator

Draeger on the Set of the film You Only Live Twice demonstrating bo technique. Notice Sean Connery in the background

Cover of Draeger's best known text Comprehensive Asian Fighting Arts (Previously published as: Asian Fighting Arts)

Donald Frederick Draeger (April 15, 1922 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin - October 20, 1982 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) was an expert practitioner of Asian martial arts and author of related books, having lived and trained in Asia for decades. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Ian Flemings You Only Live Twice is the fifth film in the EON Productions James Bond series, the fifth to star Sean Connery as British Secret Service agent Commander James Bond 007, and the sixth film to feature James Bond. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Ian Flemings You Only Live Twice is the fifth film in the EON Productions James Bond series, the fifth to star Sean Connery as British Secret Service agent Commander James Bond 007, and the sixth film to feature James Bond. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born 25 August 1930) is an Academy Award-winning Scottish actor and producer who is best known as the first actor to portray James Bond on film. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 424 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (800 × 1132 pixel, file size: 370 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) This image is of a book cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned either by the artist who created the... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 424 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (800 × 1132 pixel, file size: 370 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) This image is of a book cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned either by the artist who created the... April 15 is the 105th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (106th in leap years). ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ... Nickname: Cream City, Brew City, Mil Town, The City of Festivals Location of Milwaukee in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Coordinates: County Milwaukee Government  - Mayor Tom Barrett Area  - City  97 sq mi (251. ... October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 72 days remaining. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: Cream City, Brew City, Mil Town, The City of Festivals Location of Milwaukee in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Coordinates: County Milwaukee Government  - Mayor Tom Barrett Area  - City  97 sq mi (251. ... World map showing the location of Asia. ... Hawaiian State Grappling Championships. ...

Draeger held the rank of Captain during peace time and Major during war time in the United States Marine Corps. His tombstone reflects his peace time rank of Captain. He spent several decades of his life in the Pacific area and Japan, becoming well acquainted with several classical martial arts of the region. Throughout his life Draeger was known by his nickname "Donn" rather than Donald. . A Captain in armies, air forces and marine forces, is a rank an army or air force rank with a NATO rank code of OF-2. ... Insignia of a Major in the United States Military Major is a rank used in the United States Army, United States Air Force, and United States Marine Corps, and is the equivalent of a Lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard. ... The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the U.S. military responsible for providing power projection from the sea,[1] utilizing the mobility of the U.S. Navy to rapidly deliver combined-arms task forces to global crises. ... Tombstone most commonly means a headstone marking the grave of a deceased person. ... For other meanings of Pacific, see Pacific (disambiguation). ... Hawaiian State Grappling Championships. ... // A nickname is a short, clever, cute, derogatory, or otherwise substitute name for a person or things real name (for example, Bob, Rob, Robby, Robbie, Robi, Robin, Robbo, RobBob, Bobby, Rab, Rabbie, Bert, Bertie, Butch, Bobbers, Bobert, Beto, Bobadito, and Robban (in Sweden), are all nicknames for Robert). ...

Donn Draeger stood 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighed between 195 and 215 pounds.^[1] He was well respected in the martial arts community, and he was a leading authority and subject matter expert in the West. He was a well known author with over twenty titles about martial arts and fighting systems in his bibliography. He was an early pioneer in the study and propagation of the martial arts to the West.

Draeger began his involvement in the martial arts in the Chicago area at age 7. His first training was in Jujutsu. He soon switched to Judo and he became so proficient that he achieved Nikkyu grade (2nd Kyu just before Black Belt level) at age 10. By 1948, he was ranked fourth degree black belt in judo. He co-founded the first national judo body, the Amateur Judo Association in the United States. He played an active role in the establishment of the Judo Black Belt Federation (JBBF), which later became the United States Judo Federation (USJF). Nickname: The Windy City, The Second City, Chi Town, City of the Big Shoulders, The 312, The City that Works. Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in Chicagoland and Illinois Coordinates: Country United States State Illinois County Cook & DuPage Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Judo ), meaning gentle way, is a modern Japanese martial art (gendai budō) and combat sport, that originated in Japan in the late nineteenth century. ... // Definition Dan rank is a Japanese mark of level, used in several cultural activities of Japanese origin. ... The United States Judo Federation is a non-profit corporation dedicated to promoting judo in the United States. ...

Draeger authored numerous books. They were some of the first few sources available in the west. Prior to this most martial arts texts were written in Asian languages. The books he authored became among the most reliable sources available in the English language. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

He served as "Martial Arts Coordinator" in the James Bond film You Only Live Twice where he also doubled for Sean Connery. Flemings commissioned image of James Bond to aid the Daily Express comic strip artists. ... Ian Flemings You Only Live Twice is the fifth film in the EON Productions James Bond series, the fifth to star Sean Connery as British Secret Service agent Commander James Bond 007, and the sixth film to feature James Bond. ... Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born 25 August 1930) is an Academy Award-winning Scottish actor and producer who is best known as the first actor to portray James Bond on film. ...

He vitalized the academic field of study called hoplology when he founded the International Hoplology Society (IHS) in late 1950s. Specific stories and anecdotes about Draeger can be learned in Martial Musings a book by long time friend and co-author Robert W. Smith. Hoplology is a science that studies human combative behavior and performance. ... // Recovering from World War II and its aftermath, the economic miracle emerged in West Germany and Italy. ... Cover of Smiths book Comprehensive Asian Fighting Arts (Previously published as: Asian Fighting Arts) Robert W. Smith (b December 27, 1926) is an American martial artist and historian. ...

He continued his practice of the martial arts throughout his life. He studied with many Asian masters, partly as a result of being stationed in the Pacific Rim during his tenure in the Marine Corps, and partly through living in Japan for more than a decade. Draeger was a member of Nihon Kobudo Shinkokai, the oldest Japanese cultural organization for the study and preservation of classical martial arts. He was also the first non-Japanese practitioner of Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū, achieving instructor status (kyoshi menkyo) in that system¹. He also held high ranks in Shindo Muso-ryu jodo, in judo, and in kendo, being awarded the highest rank of Menkyo Kaiden in Shindo Muso-ryu posthumously. Koryu (古流 koryÅ«) is a Japanese word that translates literally as old school or old tradition. It refers to schools of martial arts that predate the Meiji Restoration, a political event that precipitated Japans modernization. ... Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryÅ« (天真正伝香取神道流) is one of the oldest extant martial arts in Japan, an exemplar of koryÅ« bujutsu. ... Shintō Musō-ryÅ« (also Shindō Musō-ryÅ«) is a koryu (old school) of jojutsu, teaching the art of handling the japanese quarterstaff jo. ... Jojutsu (Japanese:杖術) or Jodo is a Japanese martial art using staves (jo), similar to bojutsu, in defense against the Japanese sword. ... Judo ), meaning gentle way, is a modern Japanese martial art (gendai budō) and combat sport, that originated in Japan in the late nineteenth century. ... Kendo ), or way of the sword, is the martial art of Japanese fencing. ...

In his later years, Draeger spent four months a year on field trips throughout Asia. While on these trips, he visited schools and studied combative methods, which he analyzed and recorded. These studies were sometimes published as articles in various martial arts magazines, or put into books.

Draeger lived in Japan, China, Mongolia, Korea, Malaysia and Indonesia.^[2] In 1979 Draeger and his team visited the island of Sumatra. While visiting the Aceh tribe there, it appears that the entire group was somehow poisoned, perhaps deliberately. As a result, he developed severe amoebic dysentery, leading to hospitalization. Draeger began losing weight and he grew increasingly weak during this ordeal. His legs began to swell, causing him great pain, and he found it difficult to walk or train. His long devotion to martial arts training came to a gradual halt. Korea (Korean: 한국 or 조선, see below) is a geographic area, civilization, and former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia. ... For the song by the Smashing Pumpkins, see 1979 (song). ... Sumatra (also spelled Sumatera) is the sixth largest island in the world (approximately 470,000 km²) and is the largest island entirely in Indonesia (two larger islands, Borneo and New Guinea, are partially in Indonesia). ... Aceh (IPA pronunciation: , pronounced approximately Ah-Cèh, but with [e], not [ei] at the end) is a special territory (daerah istimewa) of Indonesia, located on the northern tip of the island of Sumatra. ... Dysentery is an illness (formerly known as the bloody flux or simply flux) involving severe diarrhea that is often associated with blood in the feces. ...

While he was getting treatment at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, it was discovered that he had contracted cancer of the liver. He died on October 20, 1982, at the Veteran's Hospital in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from metastasized carcinoma.^[3] Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii is the largest military hospital in the Asian and Pacific Rim region and the only United Nations Peace Operations Institute in the United States. ... In medicine, carcinoma apanting dog named rufis It is malignant by definition: carcinomas invade surrounding tissues and organs, and may spread to lymph nodes and distal sites (metastasis). ...

Draeger was buried at Wood National Cemetery in Milwaukee on October 25. His grave lies in Section 4, site 377. ² Soldiers and Sailors Monument Wood National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. ...

Notes

• Note 1: Draeger was one of the translators for Otake Risuke's Deity and the Sword, one of the very few books about Katori Shinto ryū.
• Note 2: see H. Richard Friman, Donald F. Draeger's Wisconsin Grave, Journal of Asian Martial Arts, 8:3 (1999).

References

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Bibliography

• Asian Fighting Arts (with Robert W. Smith), Kodansha International, 1969; re-titled Comprehensive Asian Fighting Arts upon republication, 1980 (ISBN 978-0870114366)
• Classical Bujutsu : Martial Arts And Ways Of Japan, Vol I., Weatherhill, 1973, 1996
• Classical Budo: Martial Arts And Ways Of Japan, Vol II., Weatherhill, 1973, 1996
• Modern Bujutsu & Budo: Martial Arts And Ways Of Japan, Vol III., Weatherhill, 1974, 1996
• Japanese Swordsmanship : Technique And Practice (with Gordon Warner), Weatherhill, 1982
• The Weapons and Fighting Arts of Indonesia (ISBN 978-0804817165)
• Phoenix-Eye Fist: A Shaolin Fighting Art of South China
• Judo Formal Techniques: A Complete Guide to Kodokan Randori No Kata
• Ninjutsu: The Art of Invisibility, Japan's Feudal Age Espionage Methods, Lotus Press, 1977; Phoenix Books, 1994

Cover of Smiths book Comprehensive Asian Fighting Arts (Previously published as: Asian Fighting Arts) Robert W. Smith (b December 27, 1926) is an American martial artist and historian. ...

External links

• Donn F. Draeger bibliography in EJMAS Journal
• Donn Draeger: An Excerpt from Martial Musings by Robert W. Smith