Tempu Nakamura (Japanese: 中村天風 July 20, 1876 - December 1, 1968) was a Japanese martial artist. He was the first to bring yoga to Japan and founded his own art called Shin Shin Toitsu-do (Japanese: 心身統一道), the Way of Mind and Body Unification.
Born in Tokyo, Japan, his original name was Saburo (Japanese: 三郎). He was the son of Nakamura Sukeoki (中村祐興 1829-1909) of Fukuoka-ken and Nakamura Teu (中村テウ 1858-1928) of Tokyo, known as Edo at the time. Hi...
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Tempu Nakamura (Japanese: 中村天風 July 20, 1876 - December 1, 1968) was a Japanese martial artist. He was the first to bring yoga to Japan and founded his own art called Shin Shin Toitsu-do (Japanese: 心身統一道), the Way of Mind and Body Unification.
Born in Tokyo, Japan, his original name was Saburo (Japanese: 三郎). He was the son of Nakamura Sukeoki (中村祐興 1829-1909) of Fukuoka-ken and Nakamura Teu (中村テウ 1858-1928) of Tokyo, known as Edo at the time. His father introduced the use of paper money in Japan when he served as the bureau director of the Japanese Ministry of Finance. Tempu Nakamura later moved to Fukuoka-shi (福岡市, Fukuoka City), Fukuoka-ken (福岡県) to live with a relative. Once there, he took private lessons from an Englishman and enrolled in the Shüyükan (Japanese: 修猷館, now Fukuoka Prefectural Shuyukan High School in Sawara-ku) school where English was the medium of instruction and where he became proficient in his family's style of judo (随変流) and also trained in kenjutsu and...
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