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Ursprungligen postat av Goodman!
Jag har hört att det Seagal har ljugit mycket om sin vistelse i Japan. Där han ska ha hävdat att han tränat med diverse Aikido snubbar som redan var döda när han påstod att han träna med dom. Hittar ingen artikel eller så om det hela, men det var en polare som sa detta till mig. Är det bara skitsnack eller stämmer det?
Enligt Wikipedia:
Seagal, currently a 7th dan degree and Shihan in aikido, moved to Japan in his late teens and became the first foreigner to operate an aikido dojo in Japan. He was trained by Harry Ishisaka and received 1st dan degree or Shodan under the direction of Koichi Tohei. He continued to train in aikido as a student of Seiseki Abe, Koichi Tohei (to whose aikido organization, Ki Society, Seagal refused to join in favor of staying with the Aikikai), Kisaburo Osawa, Hiroshi Isoyama and the second doshu Kisshomaru Ueshiba.
When Miyako's father retired from his job as an instructor, Seagal became the new head of the organization known as Tenshin Aikido in Osaka (affiliated with the Aikikai). Seagal is known by his students as Take Sensei. Segal left his dojo in Osaka and his wife, Miyako being the care-taker of the dojo up to the present day. Seagal initially returned to Taos, New Mexico, with his student—and later a film stuntman—Craig Dunn. There, they opened a dojo, but Seagal spent much of his time pursuing other ventures. After another period in Japan, Seagal returned to the U.S. in 1983 with senior student Haruo Matsuoka. They opened an aikido dojo, initially in Burbank, California, but later moved it to the city of West Hollywood. Seagal left Matsuoka in charge of the dojo, which he ran until the two parted ways in 1997. He currently trains three students: Craig Dunn, Elliot Freeman, and Jorge Angulo.[citation needed]
Initially, he worked as the martial arts coordinator for the films The Challenge (1982) starring Scott Glenn and Toshirô Mifune, and Never Say Never Again (1983) starring Sean Connery and A View to a Kill.
He has helped train UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva and was in his corner at UFC 117 in August 2010 and UFC 126 in February 2011. Silva credited Seagal with teaching him the kick that knocked out Vitor Belfort in their fight at UFC 126.[9][10]