Description

The TenChi International is the school founded by Georges Stobbaerts in 1978 in the region of Sintra, Portugal, with the Dojo TenChi as its seat. It is recognized as a school of aikido at graduation level, was declared a Ryu by the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai, and comprises the Tenchi Tessen art of movement alongside aikido. Its teaching in Portugal is represented in the Federação Portuguesa de Aikido by the Associação de Clubes de Aikido TenChi (ACAT).

Also known as

TenChi · Escola de TenChi Internacional

Founded

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  Georges Stobbaerts

Affiliations (1)

• corporate_fareRecognised byGreater Japan Martial Virtue Society Probable

  Probable

  georgesstobbaerts.com states the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai declared Stobbaerts' school a Ryu, granting it institutional recognition; no independent source corroborates it

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  fact_check

  georgesstobbaerts.com states the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai declared Stobbaerts' school a Ryu, granting it institutional recognition; no independent source corroborates it

  “He was representative for Portugal of the Dai Nippon Butoku-kai (Kyoto, Japan), that granted to him the graduation in Hanshi, 8º Dan and his school was declared a Ryu by the same institution.”

  — Life and Work of Georges Stobbaertslink history info

Locations (1)

• location_onSintra

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Places (1)

Tags

aikido · tenchi · tenchi-tessen · ryu · portugal

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