Sei Shihan John Greene​

Branch Chief, 6th Degree Black Belt

Sei Shihan John Greene is the Seido Karate Los Angeles Branch Chief and hold black belts in Seido and Kyokushinkai karate. He began his formal martial arts training in 1970 training in jujitsu and judo under master Sensei Nobuyoshi Higashi. In 1971 he began his study of karate-do with world renowned karate master Kaicho Tadashi Nakamura at the 14th Street Dojo in New York City while at the same time continuing his training under Sensei Higashi. He trained three times a day practicing Judo, Jujitsu, and Kyokushin Karate, and received his shodan from Kaicho Nakamura in Kyokushin Karate in 1975. A year later, Sei Shihan John arrived in Los Angeles and by 1980 he was overseeing martial arts programs for the Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation at the Northridge Park.

In 1980 he returned to New York to train with Kaicho Tadashi Nakamura and receive his Black Belt in the newly formed World Seido Karate Organization. In 1981 Sei Shihan John and his students became members of the World Seido Karate Organization and the official Los Angeles branch was established. For the past 25 years Sei Shihan John and his staff of qualified instructors have been teaching Seido karate to children, women, and men in the Los Angeles area. Presently he is teaching at the Hollywood Dojo and oversees all outside Seido programs taught by his students.