I want to be able to work on a project that will give people around the world the chance to represent their own people, their own culture, their own stories, rather than just Hollywood - really, you know, dominated Hollywood. And that's a dream of mine.

He became the first foreigner to operate an Aikido dojo in Japan. When news of this emerged Seagal's marriage to La Russa was annulled and he then married LeBrock on 5 September 1987. A&E resumed the show for the second season which began on October 6 2010.

He later moved to the Los Angeles California area where he made his film debut in 1988 in Above the Law. Between 1998 to 2009 he appeared in a total of 22 of these. He became the first foreigner to operate an Aikido dojo in Japan.