" British Aikido History " the Book.

British Aikido History  -  From 1955

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

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Credits

This book documents the progress of ` Traditional Aikido ` from its introduction to the UK at the Royal Albert Hall in 1955 by Kenshiro Abbe Sensei, also recognised are the many teachers that followed on from that incredible era - Tadashi Abe - Mutsuro Nakazono - Masamichi Noro - TK Chiba - Matsutaro Otani - Tomio Otani - Ken Wlliams - Haydn Foster - Gwynne Jones - William Coyle - Ralph Reynolds, and so many others who should never be forgotten.

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This is the only book detailing and documenting the true history of British Aikido from its inception in 1955, this fascinating book is co-authored by direct students of  Kenshiro Abbe and Ken Williams Sensei.  

The book " British Aikido History -This book acknowledges and credits the many British Aikidoka and Japanese Budoka that Ellis and Eastman met along their  journey to promote the then little known martial art of Aikido.

 

From a time when the Hut Dojo was the only Aikido dojo in the UK - incredibly there is now an Aikido dojo in almost every  village town and city in the UK.

This is the story told by two of the last of the original pioneers still involved in the protection - preservation and  promotion of the true history for future generations. There are many old photos from the 1950s/60s. There are many acknowledgments to those that have helped to protect and preserve our origins from the era of Kenshiro Abbe Sensei from 1955.

The book is 311 pages of stories - interviews -anecdotes - history - and much more - Please visit the free preview to see what this book has to offer. Over the years I have been asked many times `what was it like to study directly under Kenshiro Abbe Sensei?`, this book will give the reader a taste of that era, a time when Aikido was a martial art and the people who trained were martial artists in the truest sense of the term. Sadly, so many of the Japanese and British early pioneers of Aikido are no longer with us, we remember them as we pay our respects to them, may they rest in peace. 

The book was published by Amazon on the 7th of March 2021 - Cost B/W £6-35p or colour version £27-00.