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Nathan Lee joined The South African Ninjitsu
Federation in 1984 , under the Tutorship of Master Barry Pictor , who he trained
with for the next 8 years achieving the Rank of Sensei 3RD Dan, in
this time he ran a Dojo in Turfontein for 6 years taking 3 students to 1ST
Dan and one onto 2ND Dan.
In 1993 Adrian Fitzgerald took over the ownership
of The Federation, where Nathan Instructed for a further 11 years, grading to 4TH
Dan , and running a Dojo in Linden for 5 years, taking 2 students to 1ST
Dan and one onto 3RD Dan
During this period ,he featured in FHM Magazine and S A Martial Arts Magazine,
including 2 Articles in the Guardian Post and 2 Articles in the Santam Pos.
In 2004 Pieter Meyer took over the ownership of The Federation , where Nathan
took over the position of National Head of Training, staying on as Chief
Instructor for a further 2 years
At the end of 2005 , Nathan
moved to The Black Dragon Fighting Society, where he was promoted to the Rank of
Renshi 5TH Dan, after a short time with them , he decided to take a
three year Sabbatical from the art.
In this time he affiliated with his
colleague David Field who had started Ninja S A, becoming involved in occasional
classes , in the early part of 2008 David convinced Nathan to come back into the
art , where he started classes again on 08.05.08
Nathan has spent 24 years in the art
of Ninjitsu.
He was involved in both
JKA Karate and Shaolin Kung-Fu before taking up Ninjitsu
An expert in unarmed combat, weapons
and pressure points
Weapons Qualified in:
Sword, Hanbo, Jo, Nun-chaka, Belt ,
Knife, Tonfa, Kukri, Kubitan.
Weapons with Limited Qualifications:
Sai, Kali , Kama, Spiderco,
Balisong.
Courses Attended:
Body guarding, NRA Basic, Tactical
Firearm, Houseclearing,VIP Protection, Personal Escort
Security ,Resident Security.
Courses attended and Instructed:Anti Hi-jacking, Cuffing &
Searching, Self Defence, Kukri, Sword - Traditional & Ronen styles, Tando -
Walking Stick Techniques, Long & Short Bladed Weapons
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