MASTER EYAL OPHIR
TAIFUSHIN FOUNDER
Ko-Cho No Kamae
October 2025  Oto,Chiba,Japan 

Taifushin Founder Eyal Ophir born in 1967,started practicing in 1974.
Is one of the rare Masters who holds the Guinness book of records
“The Israeli man with most black belts”

Holding black belts in 8 Different styles & 26 Dan Grades in Japanese Martial Arts.

black belts & teaching licenses in : Karate, Judo,  Ju-jutsu, Nin-Jutsu, Iai-Jutsu, Iaido
Ken-Jutsu, Kobujutsu, Krav-Maga ,Dennis Survival jiu-jutsu ,kali, Shaolin Kung Fu.   

3 times All Israel MMA-Mixed Martial Arts National Champion. 
Former Israel Army-KRAV MAGA Instructor for IDF-Israel Defense Force .

Shaolin Temple Kung Fu Representative since 2001.

FOUNDER OF TAIFUSHIN SINCE 1997.
Devoted all HIS life FOR The practice research & Development of Martial Arts.
His Top Students are among the Elit Fighters and teachers Around the world in their fields.

During his 51 yrs of practicing since 1974 & over 40 yrs of teaching .
Taifushin Founder Eyal Ophir taught More than 50,000 students throughout his career, through  his  army days ,police ,special forces ,universities ,schools , General  public ,private sector.

His wide and deep understanding and life dedication to the practice and research in the traditional and modern martial Arts is remarkable.  

In this website you´ll be able to read, learn and join the global community we are now building, that will spread, love, peace and high level of martial art Skills to the world as a self-protection and self-cultivation style with world peace philosophy, to create a better world for us all & Future  Generation to come . 

FOUNDER EYAL OPHIR PICTURE GALLERY 

Taifushin — Early Stages
I began training in martial arts at age seven (1974) and have been active in sports for as long as I can remember. Over the years I trained in modern and ancient martial arts, exploring both traditional and modern approaches. During the 51 years of martial arts experience as of today (October 2025, when I’m writing these words) I studied for long and short times and experienced many styles and over 30 different instructors, teachers, masters, & grandmasters around the world — I’m grateful to all of them from whom I could learn and adopt different skills, ideas, tactics, and strategies. I was exposed to different traditions, cultures, mindsets, skills, martial arts, lifestyles, and approaches.

In many of the styles that I practiced I hold black belts at different levels (dan) and teaching licenses. Here is the list of all these styles I practiced:

Judo, Boxing, Karate, Ju-Jutsu, Nin-Jutsu, KobuJutsu, Kobudo, Iai-Jutsu, Ken-Jutsu, Iaido, Kyudo, Shaolin Kung Fu, Wushu, Wing Chun Chuan, Taichi Chuan, Muay-Thai, MMA, Krav Maga, Dennis Survival Jiu-Jitsu, Kali (Arnis, Escrima), Silat.

In the link “Founder Achievement & Grades / Gradings & Teaching Licenses List” you’ll be able to review it and read the stories of over 50 years of a life journey that continues until the day I die.

 
This journey of practicing these styles and meeting all these wonderful people is something I’m so grateful for — to have had the chance and privilege to learn and train with them. Some are not with us today (RIP — may their souls rest in heaven). Each encounter and influence left a mark and contributed to my personality, ability, and way of teaching, helping my growth and development as a human and a martial artist.

THE TAIFUSHIN DISCOVERY
In early 1997, after an evening training session, I had a defining experience while walking in a fierce storm outside on the beach. The wind swirled unpredictably around me — flowing through and around my body in sudden surges that rose and fell without pattern. I could not locate its origin; I could neither hide from it nor predict its direction. The phenomenon mesmerized me; it continued for long minutes. In that time I envisioned a way of fighting that mirrored those qualities: explosive, unpredictable, and flowing through unconventional angles, appearing and disappearing.

At the time I trained in five different schools each week — ninjutsu, judo, karate, kung fu, kali, and MMA — and studied multiple weapon systems. The next day I began experimenting with the ideas from that storm. I shortened and connected techniques from different arts into single, fluid motions and learned to use the space and the air around my opponents to create opportunities to strike in different areas and move around them like those moments in the wind. I found that experience as a new conceptual approach and saw how I could combine all that I learned as one — where no more rules and barriers interfere with my fighting abilities and skills. In many of the styles there were rules that limited many of my abilities, and only small portions of my skills could be applied. While in a free fight with no rules, it all came into place and I could use everything I know with no boundaries. I thought to myself how great it would be if I could use all I know and never need to be bothered about restrictions or limitations — and not be catalogued into a certain way or restricted by strict rules. When you need to fight on the street or in a real life threatening situation, do you think it’s important how you win, or more accurate to say how you survive?

There’s no one way or one approach, but it must be effective, used at the right timing and in the right situation. Then you can use speed and power, with all your fighting and bodily abilities that you developed through the time you practiced, and put it into effective action when needed. Those skills of fighting are in you everywhere at all times — they are part of you — and when you possess those skills they will serve you through every moment in your life and be available to you when you need them physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. When you control the fighting methods of Taifushin, your opponent will find it hard to identify where you are coming or going, which hand or leg strikes him, and your lightning-speed movement will confuse and swirl around him like that wind — like that unpredictable storm on that night on the beach where I felt clueless and unable to predict anything, like I was fighting the ghost of nature.

My competition experience - as a three-time Israeli national MMA champion in full-contact fighting- taught me practical lessons about resilience and risk. I learned how to absorb strikes when necessary in my body, protecting vital areas while creating openings to counterattack. Combining lightning-fast hand strikes, elbows, knees, and a wide range of kicks (high, medium, low), the system became highly effective, surprising, and difficult to defend against.

Over time I found that many traditional techniques are effective within their original context but may be less practical in street or life-threatening encounters. No single style is perfect; each emphasizes particular priorities shaped by its culture and history. Taifushin was created to bridge those gaps: a pragmatic, straightforward system that draws on proven principles across modern and ancient martial arts. There are no rigid forms to learn or artificial body shapes to adopt; movements follow natural human biomechanics. As practitioners develop strength and skill, their performance becomes more powerful, smooth, and explosive.

Consistent drilling is essential. I practiced intensively despite injuries and wear from full-contact training. From ages 18 to 34 (1985–2001) I often trained a minimum of eight hours daily, both solo and in dojos across Israel, the United States, Japan, and China. Those sixteen years of hard, focused practice provided the solid foundation of Taifushin.

Warm-up, conditioning, stretching, balance, precision drills, and recovery work have always been integral to my approach - necessary to maintain resilience through sustained, high-intensity training. I systematically organized techniques into exercise groups, tested hundreds of combinations in sparring, discarded what didn’t work, and retained what proved reliable under pressure.

I invite you to join me on the journey that never ends: to learn, to explore, to develop, to share, and to grow together. I invite all students and teachers from different styles to join me in the mission of spreading Taifushin across the globe for the benefit of health, self-development, martial ability, and education for peace around our globe.

I believe that peace and freedom are in the hands of the people of the world. If we want to create a new world where hate, cruelty, terror, and control are eliminated, then there will be less killing and less suffering. On this website I will explain a program that I believe can help humanity in achieving those goals.

Please enjoy the site - you are free to learn and adopt any skill, technique, idea, tactic, strategy, or concept whether you are new to the martial arts world or teaching it. If you feel these concepts, philosophy, and methods in the martial arts or the other subjects presented on this site and you want to join the Taifushin Global Community and help spread Taifushin to the world in your area or place where you work or live, we have a special program for anyone who wants to be a Taifushin Ambassador.

Whether in the form of teaching martial art (we have 4 levels - Instructor / Teacher / Master / Grand Master) or by being a representative of the concept and peace philosophy, anyone who wishes to spread Taifushin as a method for achieving peace, abundance, and life freedom can achieve it as well and become a TAIFUSHIN MENTOR.

Please visit the site frequently as we are building it wide and deep as a comprehensive site that will serve the Taifushin world community in the coming future.

Read more in the Martial Arts section for details on style structure, the Streaming Wind concept, weapons, qigong, ,grading and instructor certification.

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