Kobukan Karate Federation Kobudo Director

Gregory Poitras

Hanshi Greg has studied and trained in martial arts for over 40 years with more than 25 years of teaching martial arts in the Western Pacific, Far and Middle East. He has instructed Military Police in Japan and U.S. Customs Air Interdiction Agents, as a Certified U.S. Customs Defensive Tactics Instructor, in advanced self-defense techniques while performing Southern Border, Central and South American drug interdiction ops.

Hanshi Poitras holds the following ranks: 8th Degree Black Belt (Hanshi) in Matsubayashi Ryu, and a 7th Degree Black Belt in Matsumura Shorin Ryu and Hakutsuru White Crane, in He is a 25-year retired Navy Veteran who has served as a Combat Air Crewman serving more than 17 years in the Western Pacific and Middle Eastern Theaters of Operation. He is currently serving as a Commissioned Federal Law Enforcement Officer with U. S. Customs and Border Protection.