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Toshishiro Obata (小幡 利城 Obata Toshishiro) is the founder of Shinkendo.He is well-known in Japan as a tameshigiri champion for several years in a row and is an authorized shitoka (sword tester).[citation needed]He studied aikido under Gozo Shioda in the Yoshinkan Honbu Dojo and studied the sword arts of Nakamura-ryu Ioriken Battojutsu Toyama-ryu Yagyu Shinkage-ryu Kashima Shin-ryu Ryukyu Kobudo and others.
