Editing Aikido (section)

===International dissemination===
Aikido was first introduced to the rest of the world in 1951 by [[Minoru Mochizuki]] with a visit to [[France]], where he demonstrated aikido techniques to judo students.<ref name="Mochizuki">{{cite encyclopedia
 |last=Pranin
 |first=Stanley
 |title=Mochizuki, Minoru
 |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Aikido
 |year=2006
|url=http://www.aikidojournal.com/encyclopedia.php?entryID=474
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826182832/http://www.aikidojournal.com/encyclopedia.php?entryID=474
 |archive-date=26 August 2014
}}</ref> He was followed by [[Tadashi Abe]] in 1952, who came as the official [[Aikikai]] Hombu representative, remaining in France for seven years. [[Kenji Tomiki]] toured with a delegation of various martial arts through 15 continental states of the United States in 1953.<ref name="Styles"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ejmas.com/jnc/jncart_svinth3_0100.htm|title=Journal of Non-lethal Combat: Judo in the US Air Force, 1953|author=Robert W. Smith|work=ejmas.com}}</ref> Later in the same year, [[Koichi Tohei]] was sent by Aikikai Hombu to [[Hawaii]] for a full year, where he set up several [[dōjō]]. The trip was followed by several visits and is considered the formal introduction of aikido to the United States. The United Kingdom followed in 1955; Italy in 1964 by [[Hiroshi Tada]]; and Germany in 1965 by [[Katsuaki Asai]]. Designated the "Official Delegate for Europe and Africa" by Morihei Ueshiba, [[Masamichi Noro]] arrived in France in September 1961. [[Seiichi Sugano]] was appointed to introduce aikido to Australia in 1965. Today there are aikido dōjō throughout the world. [[Steven Seagal]]'s film debut ''[[Above the Law (1988 film)|Above the Law]]'' (1988) is regarded as the first American film to feature aikido in fight sequences.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wingchunnews.ca/the-truth-about-steven-seagals-aikido/ | title=The Truth About Steven Seagal's Aikido | date=June 29, 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author1=Bill Palmer |author2=Karen Palmer |author3=Ric Meyers |title=The Encyclopedia of Martial Arts Movies|date=January 1995 |publisher=[[Scarecrow Press]], 1995|isbn=1-4616-7275-9|page=2}}</ref>