“It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty,and how few by deceit”.
Noel Coward.
Year 2000 - Henry Ellis challenged the collusion between the British Aikido Board and one Jack Poole, Ellis requested an explaination, why was Mr Poole being awarded a BAB pioneer celebtaion award of a Samurai statuette ? Mr Poole wasn't even named on the event programme, ( see event programme below). Mr Poole was one of Ellis's beginner students in 1968, yet, here he was now standing next to his teacher Ellis, claiming to be a pioneer of British Aikido History from 1951. Ellis demanded the BAB show proof of Mr Pooles bizarre claimes to have started Aikido in 1951 with Tadashi Abe in France, this claim was totally destroyed by Pierre Chassang Sensei, personal aide/assistant to Tadashi Abe Sensei from 1950. Chassange Sensei stated " There were no English students with Tadashi Abe in France during the 1950s". Rather than provide the much needed proof to corroborate Mr Poole's incredible history, some morons came up in desperation with the attached web page, as one can clearly see their moral fibre shows who they represent as they attempt to protect their corrupt lineage and grades.
Ellis still has in his possesion the membership attendance records from 1968 showing the date Mr Poole actually signed in as a new member.
As one can see from the adjacent poster the extreme lengths some dim wit associate/s went to great lengths to bizarrely protect both the BAB and Mr Poole. As if this defamation was not enough to ruin them in a court of law.
Ellis has the damning apology from the now ex BAB Communications Executive where he states that all the lies agains Henry Ellis by the BAB secretary Shirley Timms - Chairman Toni Davis - (new) Chairman Vincent Sumpter? were an attempt to protect themselves from a gross error of judgement by supporting Mr J Poole's attempt to completely alter British Aikido History.
Ex - BAB Communications Executives apology added below.
One may well ask " Why does this still matter "? - It matters because the BAB and Mr Poole have never disowned these claimes, therefore, it is now more important as time goes on,there will be no one left to tell the truth. We must never forget the statement from T Davis the then BAB chairman " We the British Aikido Board are not the custodians of British Aikido History, we therefore have no interest in same ".
Dear Henry,
I write this email to once and for all state that I am truly sorry for all of the distress caused to you by my email correspondence which contained information I now know to be complete lies and fabrication. The basis for the lies came from various members of the then BAB Exec team. These meetings were held in both Solihull and Slough at the home of the BAB secretary, Shirley Timm’s. None of the information discussed at these meetings was minuted in any detail with regard to you. It became apparent very quickly they were trying to recover themselves from a huge mistake they had made with regard to awarding Jack Poole an award for time in Aikido when he clearly had not been in Aikido this long. People turned against you in these meetings and started to bad mouth your good name and character with utter rubbish and fabrication.
With Regard (signed) (BAB Communication Officer (name withheld by Henry Ellis for legal reasons).
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