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The Dojo TenChi was the cultural centre and dojo built by Georges Stobbaerts and his students in the Várzea of Sintra, Portugal, starting in 1981. It comprised two practice halls (500 m² and 120 m²) within a 2.5 hectare garden, and was the seat of the TenChi International school. It organized conferences and seminars with great masters from India and Japan on science, philosophy, art and the budo, alongside regular aikido classes and the Tenchi Tessen.

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  1981

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  "O Dojo Tenchi foi um exemplo no panorama internacional... à pessoa talentosa que dava alma à organização de que era Sede, o "Tenchi International"."

  — Jean-Marc Duclos. História do Aikido em Portugal (FPA)linkinfo

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  Georges Stobbaerts

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  1981 - 2014

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  "Fixa a sua residência em Portugal a partir de 1971 e funda mais tarde o Dojo Tenchi, com duas salas de prática, uma de 500 m2 e outra de 120 m2, integradas num jardim de 2,5 hectares."

  — Jean-Marc Duclos. História do Aikido em Portugal (FPA)linkinfo

  Pedro Escudeiro. (2000). Entrevista ao Professor Georges Stobbaerts (Pedro Escudeiro, 2000). Surya (Centro de Artes Orientais)linkhistoryinfo

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