The Book " Positive Aikido " is now available from www.NineCircles.co.uk .Only £11-00 ####################################################################################### British Aikido History ~ The Facts !! 1~Aikido was introduced to the United Kingdom by Kenshiro Abbe Sensei in 1955 at a Judo Championships at the Royal Albert Hall, London..~ 2 ~ The first UK student of Aikido was Ken Williams Sensei.~3 ~The 1st Dojo for Aikido was the ` The Hut Dojo `later known as the ` Abbe School of Budo ` Hillingdon, London. ~ 4 ~ The first 5 dan grades for Aikido in the UK were Sensei's K Williams ~ D Williams ~ E Dollimore ~ H Foster ~ H Ellis.. It is our intention to run " Aikido Ellis Video Channel " alongside the very popular " British Aikido " website to share with our visitors some old and rare photos & film footage of the early Budo masters. We hope that the visitors to our various websites including " KenshiroAbbe.com " will enjoy the varied content with many articles for the student to learn and pass on the truth to future generations...There are now more and more false claims to lineage or to a personal friendship with Kenshiro Abbe Sensei than ever before. There are only a few genuine students of Abbe Sensei surviving today with several of them contributing to these websites######################################################################################.................................................................................................................................................. THE BRITISH AIKIDO BOARD...................................................................... The governing body for approx 25% of Aikido within the UK " The British Aikido Board " has never officially recognised Kenshiro Abbe Sensei as the father of all British Aikido or its incepton in 1955. The previous BAB Chairman Toni Davis stated at a BAB general meeting whilst fully and knowingly condoning the fraudulent claims of one Mr Jack Poole " We the British Aikido Board are not the custodians of the history of British Aikido,and we therefore have no interest in the same !!".. On this site you will find videos of the great `Kenshiro Abbe 50th Celebrations ` May 2005. The event was sold out with 425 participants including many BAB members.Participants - Guests - Spectators reached an amazing 1000. There were many distinguished guests. Mr Vincent Sumpter the present BAB chairman "refused" to attend the event to pay the respects of his membership to the memory of Kenshiro Abbe. News !! The BAB ave now added a small page on the history of British Aikido and Kenshiro Abbe Sensei to their website. It has only taken them 20 years.######################################################### " No matter your pretence, you are what you are and nothing more !" Kenshiro Abbe Sensei 1915 - 1985 "