Miyako Fujitani

Also known as

Miyako Fujitani Seagal

Description

Japanese aikido teacher and current head instructor of the Tenshin Dojo in Osaka. Daughter of the Jūsō aikido master, she was granted 1st dan by the founder Morihei Ueshiba. She married Steven Seagal in 1974 and co-established the Tenshin Dojo; after Seagal returned to the United States she ran the dojo on her own while raising their two children. Currently holds the rank of 7th dan. She was the model for the female aikido teacher Hanayama Yuriko in the NHK morning drama 'Man-tian'.

Teachers (1)

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  Ueshiba Morihei

  sports_martial_artsAikidō Probable

  Probable

  Tenshin Dojo's own instructor profile states she was granted shodan by Morihei Ueshiba; 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

  1 source expand_more

  fact_check

  Tenshin Dojo's own instructor profile states she was granted shodan by Morihei Ueshiba; no independent source corroborates it

  “10代の頃より合気道を始め、合気道開祖植芝盛平翁より初段を允可される”

  — 指導者紹介 (Tenshin Dojo - Instructors). 天心道場 (Tenshin Dojo official website)linkhistory info

Ranks (2)

• sports_martial_artsAikidō

  military_tech1 dan Probable

  Probable

  Shodan granted by founder Morihei Ueshiba per Tenshin Dojo's official instructor profile; no independent source corroborates it

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

  Dan-Kyu System

  granted by Ueshiba Morihei, Aikikai Foundation

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source expand_more

  fact_check

  Shodan granted by founder Morihei Ueshiba per Tenshin Dojo's official instructor profile; no independent source corroborates it

  “合気道開祖植芝盛平翁より初段を允可される”

  — 指導者紹介 (Tenshin Dojo - Instructors). 天心道場 (Tenshin Dojo official website)linkhistory info

  military_tech7 dan Probable

  Probable

  Current rank reported by Tenshin Dojo's official site as 7th dan shihan; no independent source corroborates it

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

  Dan-Kyu System

  granted by Aikikai Foundation

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source expand_more

  fact_check

  Current rank reported by Tenshin Dojo's official site as 7th dan shihan; no independent source corroborates it

  visibilityFirst-hand

  “現在、合気道七段 師範”

  — 指導者紹介 (Tenshin Dojo - Instructors). 天心道場 (Tenshin Dojo official website)linkhistory info

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