Junyu Kitayama, teacher of Vladimír Lorenz (aka Kazik), 8th dan judo, and Stanislav Cheresharov, 8th dan jiu-jitsu, 50s

Josef Mádl with his parents Josef Mádl and Anna Mádlová, 1960s

Josef Mádl with his mother Anna Mádlová, 1960s

Josef Mádl with his father Josef Mádl, 1960s

Josef Mádl's father Josef Mádl during training with Grand .38 SPL revolver, 1970

Josef Mádl (left) with Vladimír Lorenz, 1980s

Vladimír Lorenz (aka Kazik), martial arts expert, in 1966-1986 teacher and mentor of Josef Mádl, photo from 1986

Josef Mádl, air marshals training, 90s

Josef Mádl (bottom centre in black) and his first group of pupils, 1990s

Vladislav Zadrobílek aka D.Ž. Bor. Mystic, founder of the TRIGON publishing house, teacher and inspirer of Josef Mádl, 1990s

Josef Mádl, 2000

Josef Mádl, photo for his own book Bodyguard, The Modern Samurai, Hubertlov Bohemia, 2000

Ordination of Josef (Kodo) Mádl as a Zen monk 23 March 2000 Prague-Stodůlky, Venerable Abbot Nishiyama of Daimanji Monastery, Sendai, Japan.

Josef Mádl (in black) meeting with the Dalai Lama at the Forum 2000, photo 2002

Josef Mádl (third from left) with a group of stuntmen during the recording of Shangai Knights with Jackie Chan, Barrandov 2002

Josef Mádl's meeting with Václav Havel, around 2000

Josef Mádl in 2003

Josef Mádl with yoga teacher Sri Maheswarananda, 2014

Josef Mádl, Torah ritual in Dojo Avaloka, Prague 2018

Josef (Kodo) Mádl depositing precious objects under the foundation stone of Avalok, Prague 2010

Josef (Kodo) Mádl, around 2020

Josef (Kodo) Mádl, wedding registrar, around 2020

Josef (Kodo) Mádl in the Vysočina, 2025

Jana Jelínková at the time of the interview (2025)

Jana Jelínková at the time of the interview (2025)