Fugakukai International Association, is an organization that promotes the teaching of the martial arts of Kihara aikido, Kodokan judo, and Shindo Muso-ryu jōdō.
Geis was a founding member of the USJF Texas Yudanshakai and later, of the United States Judo Association who promoted him to 10th dan on March 12, 2014.
Geis lists as primary influences, his Japanese aikido, judo, and jodo instructors; Kenji Tomiki, Tsunako Miyake, Yoshimi Osawa, Sumiyuki Kotani, Toshiro Daigo, Kazuo Kudo, and Tatsukuma Ushijima.
One of Kenji Tomiki’s early students and instructor of several notable aikidoka, including Karl Geis, Takeshi Inoue and Nobuyoshi Higashi.
Studied Judo in Japan and began Tomiki Aikido in the early 1970s at Karl Geis’ dojo in Houston, Texas.
[9] Upon his return to the United States in the late 1950s, Geis began teaching judo and aikido in Houston, Texas.
In 1967, Tomiki instructed Geis to promote aikido as an alternative for older judoka who were retiring from competition.
Tomiki apparently felt that experienced judoka would readily adopt and develop his style of aikido.
Fugakukai by-laws also enable recreational players to participate for self-improvement and still be able to rank without having to accumulate competition and competition-service points.