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Obata kaiso in yoroi

Obata kaiso wearing
gusoku yoroi.
cutting tatami

Mayokogiri through two
tatami floor posts.
tameshigiri
"Nito" cutting:
Lt. Kesagiri (upper)
Lt. Kesagiri (lower).
kodachi shihonage


Kodachi Shihonage.
Nicho-gama

Ryukyu Kobudo;
Kamajutsu.

Obata kaiso in kimono

Obata kaiso
wearing kimono.
Holiday Party
Obata Kaiso with
Stanley Pranin
Editor of Aikido Journal.
tanegashima
Holding a Tanegashima:
Paul Pocock and
Howard Quick.
kiriage on bamboo

Kiriage on Bamboo.
yokogiri on bamboo


Yokogiri on Bamboo.

Kobayashi Yasuhiro kimono
Obata kaiso with his
Kobayashi Yasuhiro.
shinchokugiri
Shinchokugiri through a
tatami floorboard.
two target cut
Cutting through two
full tatami omote.
armor on horseback
Kaiso wearing armor
on horseback.




Japan Trip 1998

Tomioka-shi


Meeting with city officials
Tomioka city, Gunma-ken.
Yoyogi

Kaiso's old apartment is
now a parking lot!
Yoyogi, Tokyo.
Yoshinkan
Answering technical questions
from the Yoshinkan aikido
honbu dojo staff!
Shinjuku, Tokyo.
Aoi sword shop


Visiting Mr. Tsuruta Kazushige at
the "Aoi Art Sword Shop".

Kaiso

Obata Kaiso
visiting a temple.
Temple

Inside a large temple.
Obata-machi, Gunma-ken.
Maebashi Governer

Visiting the Governor.
Maebashi-shi, Gunma-ken.
obata & takita
Kaiso instructs famous actor
Takita Sakae during a seminar.
Maebashi University, Gunma-ken.
vacant

sengaku-ji
In front of the 47
samurai temple (Sengaku-ji).
Minato, Tokyo.
sengaku-ji
Kaiso explains the history
of each of the 47 samurai.
Minato, Tokyo.
sengaku-ji
Grave markers at
Sengaku-ji.
Minato, Tokyo.
sengaku-ji
Grave markers at
Sengaku-ji.
Minato, Tokyo.
sengaku-ji
Statue at the entrance
of Sengaku temple.
Minato, Tokyo.

obata museum
An unsual jinbaori at
the Obata town
Armor Museum.
Obata-machi, Gunma-ken
obata museum

Armor and sashimono
of the Obata-han.
Obata-machi, Gunma-ken.
obata museum
Another sashimono
with Kaiso's "mitsu-
tomoe" mon.
Obata-machi, Gunma-ken.
obata museum

Obata-han armor,
jinbaori and gunsen.
Obata-machi, Gunma-ken.
obata museum

A jingasa style kabuto,
worn by ashigaru.
Obata-machi, Gunma-ken.




Film Projects

Ghost Warrior

On the set of:
"Ghost Warrior".
The Shadow
On the set of:
"The Shadow"
with John Lone.
Demolition Man film
On the set of:
"Demolition Man"
with Sylvester Stallone.
Demolition Man film
On the set of:
"Demolition Man"
with Wesley Snipes.
Showdown in Little Tokyo
On the set of:
"Showdown in Little Tokyo"
with Brandon Lee.




International Press

magazine cover
"Martial Art Weapons"
(Inside Kung-Fu)
May, 1986.
magazine cover

"Inside Karate"
June, 1987.
magazine cover

"Inside Karate"
June, 1991.
magazine cover

"Budo DOJO"
Winter, 1993.
magazine cover

"Arts & Combats"
October, 1995.

magazine cover

"Fighting Spirit"
Number 2, 1996.


magazine cover

"Blitz"
January, 1997.
book cover
"Encyclopedie Mondiale
des Arts Martiaux"
Patrick Lombardo, 1998.
press in Japan

Two articles during a
trip to Japan in 1998.
magazine cover

"Lelek es Tudomany"
August, 2001.
Blitz magazine cover

"Blitz"
March, 2002.


"Blitz"
2004

 






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