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Between Heaven & Earth – The Aikido of Seiichi Sugano ShihanSugano Sensei is known as a gracious, gentle, and greatly revered teacher who has dedicated himself to training and inspiring students around the world. He became an uchideshi of O-Sensei in 1959, and so, is one of only a handful of current teachers who is a direct student of O-Sensei, founder of Aikido. In 1965 Hombu Dojo sent him to Australia, where he remained for nearly 15 years. In 1979 Sugano Sensei’s teaching mission took him to Belgium where he taught until 1989 when he moved to New York Aikikai at the invitation of Yamada Sensei. Sugano Sensei’s approach to Aikido has been strongly influenced by his passion for learning and dedication to personal development, which has included studying Zen mediation and more recently, European fencing.