IRIE SHODAI SOKE
Founder of KOKODO JUJUTSU and headmaster of Hombu dojo in Japan

Irie Yasuhiro began his training Adult training in Hakkoryu Ju-Jutsu in 1969 and trained directly under Shodai Soke Okuyama Ryuho. He quickly rose through the ranks and in 1971 Irie Sensei became a teacher in the Hakkoryu Hombu dojo  and eventually made is way act as  the head instructor for more than 20 years.
He he poured his heart and soul into spreading the art. Many westerners and North Americans travelled to the Hakkoryu Hombu to study and Irie Yasuhiro was their main teacher. 

After growing the art and many Shihan worldwide Soke Irie left Hakkoryu due to personal reasons and decided to create his own form of JuJutsu called KoKoDo or the Imperial Light Way Gentle Art. Soke established the KoKoDo So Hombu Dojo in 1995, teaching the JuJutsu as a traditional Japanese Budo system and well as runs a Shiatsu ,Acupuncture and bone-setting clinic. 

​The art has quickly grown to have over 30 chapters in over 12 countries worldwide.
KoKoDo is unique in that the waza and content are taught in an unbiased fashion making it easy to understand even for beginners. Keeping with a deep sense of tradition, the waza are contemporary in nature. All the waza embody Soke Irie personal technique. The waza is logical students can through study and can reproduce Soke Irie’s movements.