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Aikido dojo in Jūsō, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka, currently headed by Miyako Fujitani. Its origins go back to a dojo (武徳館道場) founded in Kobe in 1969 by the father of the Jūsō aikido master, moved to Jūsō, Osaka in 1972, and rebuilt as the Tenshin Dojo in 1976. In the same period it was run by Steven Seagal, making him the first non-Japanese to operate an aikido dojo in Japan.

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• account_balanceAikikai Foundation

  1976

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  "assumed direction of the AIKIKAI-HOMBU-affiliated Tenshin Aikido Dojo in Osaka"

  — Josh Gold. (2011). Steven Seagal - Aikido Journal. Aikido Journallinkinfo

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  Steven Seagal

  Head instructor

  1976 - 1982

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  Josh Gold. (2011). Steven Seagal - Aikido Journal. Aikido Journal linkinfo

  Seagal taught at the school owned by Miyako's family and ran the Fujitani family dojo on behalf of Miyako's retired father, making him the first westerner to operate an Aikido dojolinkinfo
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  Miyako Fujitani

  Head instructor

  1982

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  "セガール氏が帰国後、女手ひとつで二人の子供を育てながら合気道道場を切り盛りする"

  — 天心道場 公式サイト (Tenshin Dojo Official Site) linkinfo

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