Seagal's Top 10 Students

[Seagal Fan 1989]

I did an intense research on this, then had a conversation with Harou Matsuoka a month ago...and this is my list


1)Harou Matsuoka
2)Craig Dunn
3) Shaun Ravens
4)Larry Reynosa
5) Elliott Freeman
6) Glenn Odle
7)Jorge J. Angulo
8) Luis Santos
9) Francis Takahashi
10) Josh Gold


These are the stand out students of Ten Shin Aikido...along with Debbie Gorman, Binh Dang & Mino Osaka

Many of these names have been with Seagal since the beginning.

[Seagal Fan 1989]

A popular Martial Arts magazine is trying to get an interview with everyone on the above list...so far 6 out of 10 have contributed... I won't blow the whistle... but we will see a Steven Seagal devoted issue this summer.

I hope in the meantime he gets a better movie deal in the works... so far his last hit was "Exit Wounds"..I can say this because I'm a journalist and a (moviefone) AKA...(critic)...Steven has been loved by many for years, I don't understand why he went backwards instead of forwards...only Steven can answer this in an upcoming issue dedicated to him only... Stay Tuned !

[suziwong]

Also Jaime Calderon...He was senior student of Take Sensei..

Originally Posted by Seagal Fan 1989

I did an intense research on this, then had a conversation with Harou Matsuoka a month ago...and this is my list


1)Harou Matsuoka
2)Craig Dunn
3) Shaun Ravens
4)Larry Reynosa
5) Elliott Freeman
6) Glenn Odle
7)Jorge J. Angulo
8) Luis Santos
9) Francis Takahashi
10) Josh Gold


These are the stand out students of Ten Shin Aikido...along with Debbie Gorman, Binh Dang & Mino Osaka

Many of these names have been with Seagal since the beginning.

[Seagal Fan 1989]

Jaime Calderon was a student of Larry Reynosa in the beginning and later became close with Steven Seagal.

[Falc]

What about Patrick (kept books at the W.Hollywood dojo,) and Phillip Chen (not a typical Ten-Shin stylist, but practiced there all the same)?

Any word on what Shaun-Sempai is doing, how their kid grew up?

[illusions]

Hi Falc - Do you mean Patrick Gorman? He's supposed to be back in the LA area.

Most respectfully, I think of the top 10 students as:

1) Harou Matsuoko
2) Craig Dunn
3) George Gonzales (Stevens former body double, stuntman later Layola U Sensei)
4) Shawn Ravens (both Steven's and Abe Sensei's Uke - now in NY)
5) Mino Osaka Sensei (Marobiotics Sensei also) - weapons
6) Binih Dang - does Karate - now Steven's movie producer - stuntman
7) Larry Renosa / Makoto dojo - estranged from Steven - ventura
8) Larry's student Elliot Freeman - some study with Steven in St. Louis
9) Glenn Odle
10) Jamie Calderon - Reynosa's former student - now Steven's in Chico CA

I left out others because of on-going discussions on how they obtain their ranks. I left out another because of a rebellious attitude for as we know motive and attitude are a huge part of the martials arts. Phil Chen helped to produce some of Steven's movies - location currently unknown.

Illusions

[Donald Lee Wilkey]

Isn't the bad guy in Steven's movie "Glimmer Man" (Greg Palmer-guy who gets wrist locked and tossed onto the restaurant tables) a top ten student of Steven Seagal?

[Mama San]

I don't know, Don. The only 'Palmer' that I found
was a Steven Palmer, stunt man.
On Deadly Ground - 1994 - (stunts) (Steve Palmer)
Glimmer Man - 1996 - (stunts)
Fire Down Below - 1997 - (stunts)
The Patriot - 1998 - (stunts)
God bless,
Mama san

[Donald Lee Wilkey]

Originally Posted by Mama san

I don't know, Don. The only 'Palmer' that I found
was a Steven Palmer, stunt man.
On Deadly Ground - 1994 - (stunts) (Steve Palmer)
Glimmer Man - 1996 - (stunts)
Fire Down Below - 1997 - (stunts)
The Patriot - 1998 - (stunts),
God bless,
Mama san

Heavenly Father bless your assistance Mama san, that's the Steven Palmer i was talking about, i do believe he's also the bad guy in the bar room brawl scene in "On Deadly Ground", where Forrest Taft joint locks the little guy's extended arm and tosses him into the 'pull tabs' box-office window, just before Forrest inquires of BIG BALLS oil worker, "ARE YOU A MAN? Did you use those to beat up on this little native man?"

[tatami eater]

Originally Posted by Seagal Fan 1989

I did an intense research on this, then had a conversation with Harou Matsuoka a month ago...and this is my list


1)Harou Matsuoka
2)Craig Dunn
3) Shaun Ravens
4)Larry Reynosa
5) Elliott Freeman
6) Glenn Odle
7)Jorge J. Angulo
8) Luis Santos
9) Francis Takahashi
10) Josh Gold


These are the stand out students of Ten Shin Aikido...along with Debbie Gorman, Binh Dang & Mino Osaka

Many of these names have been with Seagal since the beginning.

Francis Takahashi is a Shihan in his own right with ties to the founder I believe with a dojo in Alhambra last time I checked.Awesome instuctor!

[Glen Grey]

What an outrageous error. Do errors like this help anyone?
Francis Takahashi was most definitely not a student of Mr. Segal.
In fact Takahashi Sensei was head instructor at Chicago Aikikai in 1965 -when Mr. Segal was in Junior high school believe.
In fact, Takahashi Sensei started his relationship with O-sensei and the Ueshiba family and Hombu dojo in 1959, about the time Mr. Segal was born.