Ronald M. Taganashi

Ronald M. Taganashi (August 25, 1944 - February 5, 1992) was an American martial arts science philosopher and teacher. Taganashi was the founder of the American-Te Goju-Ryu martial arts system. Ronald Taganashi was a student of Peter Urban, along with Frank Ruiz and Harry Rosentein, and together they co-founded the Nisei Goju system in 1969. Taganashi was one of the grand masters that emerged from the Nisei Goju System and proceeded to develop his own fighting system. was created by Taganashi as the signature Kata of American Te Goju-Ryu Karate.
Teaching and philosophy
Taganashi taught martial arts professionally from 1957 to 1992 during which time he trained 67 students to the level of black belt or beyond.
Ronald Taganashi was part of a second generation of young masters of the American Goju Ryu style that brought neighborhood Karate into New York City.
Taganashi founded the North American Heaven and Earth Society, which encourages students to learn about themselves, their spiritual beliefs, and their art. He wrote The North American Heaven and Earth Society (1997), which serves as a manual in which he sets forth some of the lessons in life that he learned on the streets of New York City.
Bonnie Baker was Dai Senpai under Master Ronald Taganashi for eleven years. film and television. Taganashi plays himself in the documentary film The Warrior Within (1977) narrated by Chuck Norris, where he represents the philosophy and practice of . He is also featured in the documentary film Legends of American Martial Arts (DVD, 2004). Taganashi was interviewed in in "Episode 4" of Black Journal, a television program of the , which was also selected as a short segment featured in the 2018 Smithsonian African American Film Festival.
Death
Ronald Taganashi died on February 5, 1992, in New York City.<ref name=":0" />

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