[1] He also founded the North American Heaven and Earth Society, which encourages students to learn about themselves, their spiritual beliefs, and their art.

[3] He began his formal martial arts training at the age of 8 with Kim Son Ree, a 7th degree black belt in Tang Soo Do.

[5][6]  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.

[1] 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.

[3] 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.

[4] Taganashi[10] plays himself in the documentary film The Warrior Within (1977) narrated by Chuck Norris, where he represents the philosophy and practice of Goju-Ryu.