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BY DAISUKE HATANO STAFF WRITER

2012/11/11

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photoEven at the age of 57, Kenji Oba shows he still has the stuff at his stunt school in the Myojinoka district of Matsuyama. (Daisuke Hatano)

MATSUYAMA -- The violent sounds of a fistfight echo throughout a warehouse on the outskirts of Matsuyama. But it's the voice of one bystander that really pumps up the adrenaline and stirs the emotions of the combatants.

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