Under the sage instruction of the Higashi family, Kokushi Budo Institute has produced Olympians and judo national champions throughout its 50-plus years of history. Shintaro Higashi—a two-time national judo champion himself—takes charge of judo instruction, teaching participants the art's signature grappling and throwing techniques. Nobuyoshi Higashi—a retired SUNY professor and the author of many martial-arts books—uses his own research to teach a style of jujitsu he designed, which combines techniques of his own invention with traditional moves venerated through more than 400 years of history.