Steven Seagal to head the International Aikido Festival with the participation of the CIS countries, France and Finland
Hollywood actor and screenwriter Steven Seagal will take part at the International Aikido Festival, which will be held on October 2-4, 2020 in Yekaterinburg.
In addition to martial arts masters from Russia, teams from the neighboring countries, as well as from France and Finland are expected, Maria Egorova, a representative of the Russian Aikido Federation, reports to TASS.
According to Egorova, the festival will be featured with training sessions under the direct supervision of the famous Master of the Aikido Steven Seagal. Upon their completion, the best teams and participants will be awarded diplomas and special prizes from Steven Segal’s school “TenShin Aikijujutsu”, the Federation representative said.
Japanese martial arts are of great interest in Turkmenistan. During his almost thirty-year career, Aikido coach Shamuhammed Bailiyev has trained over three and a half thousand fighters in his club “Lachin-Ay”.
In October 2018, as ORIENT informed, Shamuhammed was awarded by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan for special merits in the development of Japanese martial arts in Turkmenistan.
Aikido philosophy says that you do not have to conquer the whole world, just conquer yourself and consider that you conquered the whole world.
Georgiy ASLANYAN
