Obata-kaiso's Shinkendo Dojo
 

A loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong time ago I said I'd get pictures of Toshishiro Obata's dojo next time I went to Little Tokyo in LA...
Here ya go!

I wasn't about to stroll in there cos it just looked like somewhere you just don't do that! The brochure said prospective students even needs to call ahead to watch a session.

Its on the top floor of a very quiet mall:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...y/DSC02166.jpg

I'll scan the brochure later today

Oh! I was there just about a month ago!!

The place was closed, so you didn't even have the option of walking in. We saw a picture of him in the window, but we didn't realize it was his gym. Cool!

So his place also offers Kyokushin Karate? Sweet!

yeah we came up the escalator and i saw the word 'shinkendo' and im like where have i heard that...then i saw the poster in the window...ohhhhh yeeeaahhhhhhh....

I always thought this was his dojo:

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/6459/tatsutd1.png


Bad joke, I know. So here's a really cool pic to make up for it.
http://www.shinkendo-europe.com/gfx/turtle.jpg

yah i like this piccie. he looked cool in the tatsu costume too