9th Dan Black belt in judo 7th Dan Black belt in aikido
7th Dan Black belt in karate
Club
Kokushi Budo Institute
Nobuyoshi Higashi (born 1938)[1] is a
Japanese American teacher of
Tomiki Aikido,
karate, and
judo, and the founder of Kokushi-ryu jujutsu.[2] He is a 10th
dan in jujutsu, 9th dan in judo,[3] 7th dan in aikido, and 7th dan in karate.[4] His style of aikido includes defenses against knives.[5]
Personal life
He was a staff member at
Kokushikan University in 1960 and later served as an exchange professor in the US.[6] He established the American Tomiki Aikido Alliance in 1976.[6] He became a professor at SUNY Stony Brook.[4] His son
Shintaro Higashi is a world-class competitor and national champion in judo.[2]
Martial arts
Higashi arrived in the United States in 1964 in an effort to teach
Judo and
Tomiki Aikido in the United States.[2][6] He runs the Kokushi Budo Institute, located in the basement of the New York Buddhist Church.[2] The school is a branch of Kokushikan University, and was started in 1963. He is the founder of Kokushi-ryu jujutsu,[4] which he founded in 1965.[7][8]
Books and DVDs
The school is a registered school with USA Judo and Team USA.[9]
Higashi is the author of a number of books, including Koryu Aikido (1999), Kokushi-Ryu Jujutsu (1995), Aikido: Tradition and New Tomiki Free Fighting Method (1989), Basic Judo (1984), Karate-Do (1983).[10] Additionally, he authored the DVDs Professor Nobuyoshi Higashi - Judo Grappling Series #1[11] and #2.[12]
^Higashi, Shintaro (September 29, 2013).
"Judo is forever". Shintarohigashi.com. Archived from
the original on November 13, 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2014.