Tatsuya Sakai is a Japanese

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who won the 2004 Steel Challenge World Championship in

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. Since

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cannot be

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obtained by civilians in Japan, he trained at home using an

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pistol. A month before the championship he went to California to train with a real gun,Effective pistol training alternatives. , Make Ready!
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