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In 1953, Mas Oyama opened his first “Dojo”, a grass lot in Mejiro in Tokyo. In 1956, the
first real Dojo was opened in a former ballet studio behind Rikkyo University, 500 meters
from the location of the current Japanese honbu dojo (headquarters). By 1957 there were 700
members, despite the high drop-out rate due to the harshness [...]