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TenChi International

categorySchool (ryuha)
calendar_month1978
location_onSintra Portugal

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

1978
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“In 1978 he founded the project TenChi in the region of Sintra in Portugal. This cultural centre located in the nature was dedicated to the practice and the research in various forms of arts and movement.”
— Life and Work of Georges Stobbaertslink history info

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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    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 Portugal
    warning No sources cited

Places (1)

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Dojo TenChi
Dojo · Sintra

Tags

aikido · tenchi · tenchi-tessen · ryu · portugal

Sources

Life and Work of Georges Stobbaertslink history info
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Pedro Escudeiro. (2000). Entrevista ao Professor Georges Stobbaerts (Pedro Escudeiro, 2000). Surya (Centro de Artes Orientais)link history info
Jean-Marc Duclos. História do Aikido em Portugal (FPA)link history info
Georges Stobbaerts - TenChi Aikidolink history info

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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). TenChi International. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01KZ6D9E8QBFBAMY0SCWFM1FYJ - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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