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In mid-March 2006, Tanaka opened Fighting Spirit Dojo in Minster, Ohio with shoot-fighter Jody Poff. Poff teaches a group of mixed-martial-artists while Tanaka teaches judo to more than 50 students. Not long after, Tanaka and Poff moved their dojo to St. Marys, Ohio. He has also worked security for the horrorcore rap group Insane Clown Posse.
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