The British Aikido Board - Exposed - Blog

This website is dedicated to preserving and protecting the valuable lineage and legacy of British Aikido history from its introduction to the UK in 1955.

There are only two surviving original pioneers alive and still involved in documenting those amazing early days. It has been a worthwhile struggle against organisations and people who have tried to corrupt that history. Those early days when a person would never ever consider elevating their grade to even 5th Kyu (yellow belt)  We live in shameless times when people grade themselves higher than Abbe Sensei - Masahilo Nakazono - Kazuo Chiba and other deceased Budo masters. many with the approval and acceptance of the British Aikido Board.

                     Excellent researched and documented video.

``The Founding of JuJutsu Judo Aikido in the UK``. 

The Controversy in Brief.

In the year 2000 - the senior British Aikido Board executives conspired and colluded to change the factual documented history of British Aikido, as two of the pioneers of that history, Henry Ellis and Derek Eastman have made every effort to protect the proud lineage and legacy of Kenshiro Abbe Sensei from 1955.

The aim of this blog is simply to hope and trust that no other Aikidoka will be treated as disrespectfully as these original pioneers of Aikido were treated by the 2000 BAB executives, whose conduct was beyond shameful as it was corrupt, the BAB were ordered by the executives of `Sport England`  to issue Ellis with a written apology. 

The then chairman, one Toni Davis, stated " We the British Aikido Board are not the custodians of British Aikido History, we therefore have no interest in same". 

Please note;

It should be noted that Ellis and Eastman who were founder members of the BAB, have no dispute or issues with the present day BAB executive board. We sincerely would like to see the BAB become the organisation that we all worked tirelessly to create in its infancy from membership of the MAC to the later creation of the BAB. The MAC meetings were represented on behalf of the BAB by Ms Shirley Timms and Derek Eastman.

Blog Admin;  Henry Ellis.

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  NEW VIDEO - A Video for all Budoka

The Founding of JuJitsu - Judo - Aikido in the United Kingdom   

  CLICK  The above YouTube video heading the live link will take you to the video of the history of the arrival of the martial arts to the UK from the late 18th century - The video is narrated by Abdul Rashid with many photos and much factual in-depth research. This video is based on the now popular and highly credited book of the same name. The UK visiting Japanese masters from pre - WW1 and post WW2 were - Yukio Tani - Kaneo Tani - Seizo Yamamoto - Taro Miyake - Sadakazu Oyenishi - Akhitaro Ono - Gunji Koizumi - Matsutaro Otani - Kenshiro Abbe - Mutsuro Nakazono - Kazuo Chiba.

"Its discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty, and how few by deceit" ~ Noel Coward 

Martial Arts Books by Abdul Rashid & Henry Ellis - Derek Eastman

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The books authors respectfully acknowledge the many `genuine` Budoka involved in the UK origins of Aikido and other inclusive  Martial Arts.

L to R: `British Aikido Board Controversy` - `Kenshiro Abbe Bio` - The Founding of JuJutsu - Judo - Aikido in the UK` - `Positive Aikido` - ` My Interviews with Henry Ellis ` - `British Aikido History`

The six books above are all factually honest books, documenting and protecting the legacy of UK Traditional Martial Arts from its UK origins. All the books are available on. Link> " Amazon Books ".

 

 "It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty, and how few by deceit "                                                             Noel Coward

The Content published on this site is 100% factual - legally filed and documented

NEW " The British Aikido Board Controversy " The Book.

The preparation and publishing of the above titled book will soon be completed. The book will fully expose the behind the scenes intrigue, conduct and deceit of the many individuals involved, including the BAB secretary Ms Timms - then chairmen Toni Davis - chairman Vince Sumpter - Jack Poole and so many other totally shameless individuals . The BAB must never again be allowed to treat its members with such disregard and disrespect. Every detail of this book is documented facts and  beyond legal dispute. It should be noted that not one of the original pioneers of Kenshiro Abbe's era are members of this discredited organisation. 

The British Aikido Controversy is an incredible factual documented

story of intrigue and fraudulent claims to mislead the BAB  membership and the public. The BAB went to extraordinary lengths to change the known and accepted history of British Aikido. 

Henry Ellis and Derek Eastman who are both survivors of the pioneering group from the 1950s with Kenshiro Abbe Sensei and Ken Williams Sensei from the once famed " Hut Dojo".

Ellis and Eastman also went to equally extraordinary lengths to protect our proud history for students of today and long in to the future.

Cover photo Ms Shirley Timms BAB secretary.

Henry Ellis

 

Click    " Is Aikido a Martial Art ? "

This book consists of a interview I conducted with Henry Ellis, a pioneer of Aikido in the UK since the 1950s. With over sixty years  of experience in Aikido he shares his views on the above topic, warm-ups with Karate style kicks and punches, daily runs,full contact training, read about what he went through under the direction of Kenshiro Abbe Sensei and Ken Williams Sensei at the famous "Hut Dojo". You will have a different perception of Aikido after reading this book.

Author: Abdul Rashid. 

2022 Release - Amazon - £7-99p.

Cover photo Henry Ellis and son Rik.