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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).

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  Georges Stobbaerts

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  georgesstobbaerts.com states the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai declared Stobbaerts' school a Ryu, granting it institutional recognition; the exact year is not given.

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  Frederico Muñoz

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  georgesstobbaerts.com states the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai declared Stobbaerts' school a Ryu, granting it institutional recognition; the exact year is not given.

  assessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  "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 Stobbaertslinkinfo

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