 Obata kaiso wearing gusoku yoroi. |
 Mayokogiri through two tatami floor posts. |
 "Nito" cutting: Lt. Kesagiri (upper) Lt. Kesagiri (lower). |
 Kodachi Shihonage. |
 Ryukyu Kobudo; Kamajutsu. |
 Obata kaiso wearing kimono. |
 Obata Kaiso with Stanley Pranin Editor of Aikido Journal. |
 Holding a Tanegashima: Paul Pocock and Howard Quick. |
 Kiriage on Bamboo. |
 Yokogiri on Bamboo. |
 Obata kaiso with his Kobayashi Yasuhiro. |
 Shinchokugiri through a tatami floorboard. |
 Cutting through two full tatami omote. |
 Kaiso wearing armor on horseback. |
Japan Trip 1998
 Meeting with city officials Tomioka city, Gunma-ken. |
 Kaiso's old apartment is now a parking lot! Yoyogi, Tokyo. |
 Answering technical questions from the Yoshinkan aikido honbu dojo staff! Shinjuku, Tokyo. |
 Visiting Mr. Tsuruta Kazushige at the "Aoi Art Sword Shop". |
 Obata Kaiso visiting a temple. |
 Inside a large temple. Obata-machi, Gunma-ken. |
 Visiting the Governor. Maebashi-shi, Gunma-ken. |
 Kaiso instructs famous actor Takita Sakae during a seminar. Maebashi University, Gunma-ken. |
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 In front of the 47 samurai temple (Sengaku-ji). Minato, Tokyo. |
 Kaiso explains the history of each of the 47 samurai. Minato, Tokyo. |
 Grave markers at Sengaku-ji. Minato, Tokyo. |
 Grave markers at Sengaku-ji. Minato, Tokyo. |
 Statue at the entrance of Sengaku temple. Minato, Tokyo. |
 An unsual jinbaori at the Obata town Armor Museum. Obata-machi, Gunma-ken |
 Armor and sashimono of the Obata-han. Obata-machi, Gunma-ken. |
 Another sashimono with Kaiso's "mitsu- tomoe" mon. Obata-machi, Gunma-ken. |
 Obata-han armor, jinbaori and gunsen. Obata-machi, Gunma-ken. |
 A jingasa style kabuto, worn by ashigaru. Obata-machi, Gunma-ken. |
Film Projects
 On the set of: "Ghost Warrior". |
 On the set of: "The Shadow" with John Lone. |
 On the set of: "Demolition Man" with Sylvester Stallone. |
 On the set of: "Demolition Man" with Wesley Snipes. |
 On the set of: "Showdown in Little Tokyo" with Brandon Lee. |
International Press
 "Martial Art Weapons" (Inside Kung-Fu) May, 1986. |
 "Inside Karate" June, 1987. |
 "Inside Karate" June, 1991. |
 "Budo DOJO" Winter, 1993. |
 "Arts & Combats" October, 1995. |
"Fighting Spirit" |
 "Blitz" January, 1997. |
 "Encyclopedie Mondiale des Arts Martiaux" Patrick Lombardo, 1998. |
 Two articles during a trip to Japan in 1998. |
 "Lelek es Tudomany" August, 2001. |
 "Blitz" March, 2002. |
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