Early Years

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	1932. Nakamura sensei as a kendo 3rd degree black belt, age 20. Nakamura sensei, 25 years old. Kyudo 4th dan.
	Manchuria, 1934. Guarding Battalion Headquarters. January 1934, on Nakamura sensei's 21st birthday (1 Jan).
	Nakamura sensei(center) at 28 years of age. Regimental Sumo Grand Champion, 32nd Yamagata Infantry Regiment (in Manchuria). Bottom row far right (kneeling), Nakamura sensei. North China 1945. Regimental "special fencing instructor" (tokubetsu kenjutsu kyokan). Under sensei's guidance the Yamagata Regiment won the Division Kenjutsu Championship three times.
(Photo courtesy Nakamura Taizaburo)	At Camp Jinmu on the North China-Soviet border 1944. Conducting a special performance of sword versus bayonet forms during a military festival. Bayonet, Sergeant Major Yoshii; Sword, Sergeant Nakamura Taizaburo. Nakamura sensei teaching in Manchuria ca 1944.	(Photos courtesy Nakamura Taizaburo.)