Historic Day - Chiba Sensei Re-visits the Hut Dojo.

Photo Right:...The Hut Dojo 2010 ~ H Foster ~ TK Chiba ~ D Eastman ~ H Ellis

Sensei's Foster - Ellis - Eastman - Diplomas signed by Osensei M Ueshiba - K Abbe - M Nakazono - M Noro - TK Chiba - Doshu M Ueshiba.
2010 TK Chiba Shihan asked the last three pioneers of Kenshiro Abbe Sensei's first group of students from the 1950s to join with him to pay homage to the " Hut Dojo " with its amazing history and lineage..Chiba Sensei first visited the Hut Dojo on his arrival to the UK in 1966. This was the first of several meetings where the early days were lived again in pain and laughter..Sadly in February 2011 Haydn Foster Sensei died leaving Henry Ellis and Derek Eastman as the last of the original pioneers.
Chiba Shihan paid homage to all those teachers past a present that have graced the "Hut Dojo" tatami.Sensei's - K Abbe - M Otani - M Nakazono - M Noro - H Kobayashi - H Michigami - H Harada - T Otani - W Woods.


In Memoriam.
1955 ~ In memory of the Japanese - British teachers to have graced the famous Hut Dojo tatami.
Sensei's ~ K Abbe ~ T Abe ~ M Nakazono ~ M Otani ~ T Otani ~ H Kobayashi ~ W `Bill` Woods - H Foster ~ H MacFarlane ~ A Allan ~ R Reynolds ~ R James ~ D Tubbs