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Sensei Chief
Instructor of TenShin Dojo Miami
Angulo Sensei began
his martial arts training at the age of six in Hialeah, Fla. at the famed Hialeah School of Judo under master instructor Raul
Guash. Persuaded by an older relative to leave judo and train in Karate, Angulo Sensei began his formal training in Karate
at the Twin Dragons Karate School under Sensei Juan Sagaro. After Twin Dragon closed he was introduced to Donald Graham Sensei
who at the time was teaching American Freestyle Karate (Joe Lewis System of Tracy's Kenpo Karate), and Aikido. Angulo Sensei
attained his sho-dan (first degree black belt) at the age of eighteen in American Freestyle Karate. At the same time that
he studied Karate with Graham Sensei he studied Aikido (at the time a little known martial art) receiving his Sho-dan at the
age of nineteen in Aikido from Graham Sensei's teacher Masatoshi Yamashita of Hiroshima, Japan.
By the age of 21 Angulo Sensei received his Ni
Dan (second degree black belt) in Karate from Graham Sensei and Ni Dan in Aikido from Yamashita Sensei. In 1985 Angulo Sensei
was promoted to San Dan (third degree black belt) in Tracy's Kenpo Karate by the founder of the art Al Tracy. In 1988 Angulo
Sensei was promoted to San Dan in Aikido by Yamashita Sensei and opened his first Aikido Dojo, Aikido School of Florida that
same year.
In the summer of 1991 Angulo Sensei met Steven
Seagal Shihan and was impressed with Seagal Sensei's powerful style of Aikido and asked Seagal Shihan to accept him as a student.
Angulo Sensei was accepted as a student and his school was one of only three schools under the direction of Seagal Shihan
at the time. Today, Angulo Sensei continues to maintain a student teacher relationship with Seagal Shihan and holds teaching
credentials and black belt rank directly from Seagal Shihan. Only a handful of individuals have attained black belt ranking
under Seagal Shihan. Angulo Sensei also studies Brazilian Jiu-jitsu under Professor Mike Cardoso.(**)
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