At age 16, Taira started training in Goju ryu karate at the Jundokan dojo of Eiichi Miyazato.

His day as a member of the riot squad ended at 5pm whereby he would make the journey from Gushikawa City where he was stationed to the Jundokan in Naha where from 6pm to 10pm every night he would pursue his karate training with an equal dedication under the guidance of Miyazato, founder of the Jundokan and heir to Chojun Miyagi.

After the dojo on many occasions, taken by the spirit of perfecting their technique, they would make their way to the hills of Madanbashi approximately an hours walk from the Jundokan.

The main focus of Taira's training is the application of Goju Ryu Kata techniques to self-defence, as bunkai.

The kata works as a template to prepare the student with entry and exit points for defensive and counter moves.

One of Taira's motivations in spreading his teaching world wide is to give him access to more partners of differing size and skill levels, to better test his techniques.

He is well known in France and was profiled in the official magazine of Fédération Française de Karaté et Disciplines Associées (FFKDA).

[4] The National Geographic Channel's Deadly Arts program profiled a visit by French Canadian martial artist Josette Normandeau to Okinawa, where she trained with Taira.

[5] Taira teaches seminars world wide throughout the year, visiting the US, Canada, Australia, France, Italy, Portugal, England, Lithuania, India and New Zealand.

[7] In Okinawa the students most closely associated with his teachings are Satoshi Taba, Stewart Azuma, Glenn McIlvride, and Keiji Ito.