The British Aikido Board
The Shameful Truth of the Governing Body of Aikido in the UK.
By Henry Ellis Co-author of Positive Aikido.
( BAB Founder members Henry Ellis & Derek Eastman & ESTA org now resigned )
For many years The British Aikido Board ( BAB ) have shown no interest what so ever in the true history of British Aikido, to be fair to the BAB, they have in the recent past shown a great deal of interest and support for the false history of British Aikido for which they have now publicly apologised, the BAB apology to Henry Ellis by the BAB chairman Mr Vincent Sumpter (left ) can be viewed on this site. The British Aikido Board Secretary Ms Shirley Timms being fully in posession of the facts on the frudulent claims of Mr Poole, had the audacity to threaten Henry Ellis with Libel action in an attempt to stop the expose of Mr Poole who even to this day is considered a BAB treasure 
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Kenshiro Abbe Sensei
When Kenshiro Abbe Sensei first stepped on British soil in 1955 he brought with him the knowledge of many Budo arts, Aikido being one of them. Abbe Sensei also brought his Aikido based philosophy of Kyu-Shin-Do. This was the inception of British Aikido. Yet no where in the BAB literature will you find any reference to Kenshiro Abbe Sensei by name or the origins of Aikido within the UK. In the year 2000 the BAB were Continue reading »
Is Aikido a Martial Art?
Sensei Henry Ellis – 2001
Co-author of Positive Aikido.
PART 1
At first sight of the above title I am sure that a lot of Aikidoist’s will be angry, they will assume that this is yet another attack on the credibility of Aikido by other martial artist’s.
On this occasion they are totally wrong, I have been a student of Aikido since 1957, In those early days I first started Judo in 1956 at the Kenshiro Abbe School of Budo, I studied Karate with Harada Sensei and Kendo with Tomio O’Tani Sensei, so with my background I feel that I have something to offer to this debate.
First Impressions
The Aikido that I first saw being demonstrated by Abbe Sensei in 1956 was without doubt a positive martial art.
I was immediately impressed by its positive techniques and power, and in those days my fellow martial artists and I were in no doubt that we were witnessing a devastating new form of self-defence as demonstrated by Kenshiro Abbe Sensei.
Abbe Sensei had begun his martial arts career at the age of five and became a legend in his own lifetime. At eighteen he was the youngest ever all Japan Judo champion and also the youngest ever 5th Dan at the world renowned Kodokan. He later became the oldest ever all Japan Judo champion at the age of thirty three.
When Abbe Sensei arrived in the UK in 1955 he was 8th Dan Judo, 6th Dan Karate, 6th Continue reading »