Conversation so far:
When did Seagal get involved in martial arts?
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What kind of martial arts was Seagal doing?
By 1974 Seagal had returned California.
That year he met Miyako Fujitani, a second-degree black belt and daughter of an Osaka aikido master.
Who did he train with?
an Osaka aikido master who had come to Los Angeles to teach aikido.
When Miyako returned to Osaka, Seagal went with her.
The following year they married.
Did he earn a black belt?
He taught at the school owned by Miyako's family (though he is often stated to have been the first non-Asian to open a dojo in Japan).
What other accomplishments did he have in his martial arts training?
Seagal initially returned to Taos, New Mexico, with his student (and later film stuntman) Craig Dunn, where they opened a dojo.

Question: Was this successful?
Self-contained rewrite: Was Steven Seagal's Taos dojo successful?