The pro-Putin American actor has made another contribution to Russian society.
Footage captured by Russian government news agency Tass shows Seagal taking part in the opening ceremony for the Typhoon All-Russian Aikido Center, where he is seen cutting the small red ribbon. Russian media reported that Seagal was the guest of honor at the event this past Saturday."The young athletes that I saw today have a very great potential. We need to open more such centers in order to develop it.
A martial arts demonstration was put on for the guests, the attending media and Seagal. In the video footage, he can be seen at the center of a group of people, sitting on a red carpet and watching the aikido performances. Steven Seagal, pictured in 2022, opened the Typhoon All-Russian Aikido Center in Moscow this past Saturday. Russian President Vladimir Putin, known to be a martial arts enthusiast, is seen practicing judo in 2016."I am very glad to be able to present this center today and that aikido will develop here. These arts can make this world a better place," he said.
Tass said that the Typhoon center will train young martial artists to prepare them"for service in the Russian Armed Forces." The center isn't open to the public yet, but when it is, a"sports and patriotic club" will operate there and reportedly the classes will increase the level of physical fitness for successful service in the Russian armed forces.
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