Henry Ellis Co-author of Positive Aikido. Principal of the Ellis Schools of Traditional Aikido UK - USA.
Kenshiro Abbe Sensei came to Britain in 1955 at the invitation of the London Judo Society ( LJS ).
He considered the Judo that he saw to be too concerned with strength, also too physical and hard. It was his intent to introduce his theory of Kyu-Shin-Do to the British
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