Eli E. Cohen

Eli Eliyahu Cohen, born in Jerusalem 1949, is a direct student of Master Ohshima. He was the first Israeli to receive the highest rank in SOD [Shotokan Ohshima Dojo] 5th dan Black belt [1990]. Eli also holds the rank of 5th dan in Iaido [Japanese swords] and Shodan in Kendo. He served as Ambassador of Israel to Japan [2004-7], and since 2006 has written five books in Japanese. He has also written a series of children’s stories about a warrior butterfly in English, Japanese and Hebrew.