Masaji Taira is a leading teacher of Okinawa Goju Ryu Karate Do, and head of the Okinawa Gojuryu Kenkyu Kai.
17 Facts About Masaji Taira
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Masaji Taira is best known as a researcher and practitioner of the bunkai of the Goju Ryu kata.
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Masaji Taira is unusually open in his teachings, feeling that the techniques and learning must be shared, for their preservation and to test their effectiveness.
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At age 16, Masaji Taira started training in Goju ryu karate at the Jundokan dojo of Eiichi Miyazato.
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Masaji Taira has trained continuously at Goju ryu karate since he was 21.
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Masaji Taira joined the Japanese Police Force when he graduated from High School.
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Masaji Taira achieved his judo black belt in 3 months, when 6 months was more common.
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Masaji Taira has painstakingly dissected the kata and trained his body to the point where he has mastered the inner workings of Goju Ryu Kata.
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Masaji Taira's bunkai is unusual in his insistence on working the kata in sequence, rather than picking techniques from the kata in isolation.
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Masaji Taira is adamant that the kata do not need to be changed to perform bunkai.
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Masaji Taira has presented seminars in Australia, New Zealand, the United States and Europe.
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Masaji Taira left the Jundokan dojo in 2011 to form the Okinawa Goju Ryu Kenkyukai at the request of his students.
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The main focus of Masaji Taira's training is the application of Goju Ryu Kata techniques to self-defence, as bunkai.
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Masaji Taira believes that the Kata were designed as complete fighting systems, with logical transitions from one technique to another as a complete and complex defensive flow.
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Masaji Taira is well known in France and was profiled in the official magazine of Federation Francaise de Karate et Disciplines Associees.
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Masaji Taira teaches seminars world wide throughout the year, visiting the US, Canada, Australia, France, Italy, Portugal, England, Lithuania, India and New Zealand.
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Masaji Taira's seminars are open to students from any style or organisation, continuing his themes of openness and inclusion.