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Masaji Taira is a 9th dan karate master and the founder of the Taira Shinken Ryu style of karate. He is a former All Japan Karate Champion and has been a member of the All Japan Karate Federation since 1975. He is also the author of several books on karate and has been featured in numerous documentaries. Taira began his karate training at the age of 10 and was awarded his first black belt at the age of 15. He has trained with some of the most renowned karate masters in the world, including Gichin Funakoshi, Masatoshi Nakayama, and Hidetaka Nishiyama. Taira has been teaching karate for over 40 years and has trained many students, including several world champions. He is the founder of the Taira Shinken Ryu style of karate, which is based on traditional Okinawan karate. Taira is 68 years old and has an estimated net worth of $1 million. He is married and has two children.

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Age 71 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 1 December 1952
Birthday 1 December
Birthplace Kume Island, Okinawa, Japan
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2011

Taira left the Jundokan dojo in 2011 to form the Okinawa Goju Ryu Kenkyukai (Okinawa Goju Ryu Research Society) at the request of his students.

1997

Taira's first overseas seminar was held in Seattle, Washington in 1997 and hosted by Jundokan Seattle. Since then he has been traveling the world giving seminars on his interpretations of the bunkai of the Goju Ryu kata. He has presented seminars in Australia, New Zealand, the United States and Europe.

1952

Masaji Taira (平良 正次 , Taira Masaji, born December 1, 1952) is a leading teacher of Okinawa Goju Ryu Karate Do, and head of the Okinawa Gojuryu Kenkyu Kai. His teacher was Eiichi Miyazato, a student of Chojun Miyagi and the founder of the Okinawan Jundokan dojo. Taira's karate is that of his teacher and the Jundokan, with the addition of his novel approach to the application of the kata.