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 The Long and Winding Road of a Budoka ,  - Amazon £5-99p

Henry Ellis the last survivor of the original first group of five Aikido pioneering students and dan grades of Kenshiro Abbe Sensei from the 1950s. 

Ellis Sensei tells many stories starting from the origins of the legendary Hut Dojo. Memories from his 70 years of travelling and spreading the word of Aikido and Budo.

The stories bring to life many of the people from those incredible times, the stories vary from serious to the hilarious .

  Ellis Sensei has spent his final years documenting in several           Amazon books the history of British Aikido, Including The life of Kenshiro Abbe Sensei - 

Henry Ellis a student of K Williams - K Abbe - T Abe - M Nakazono - M Noro - K Chiba - N Tamura - M Harada - T Otani.

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Jason White

5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting read

    Reviewed in the United States on 10 February 2024

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This is a short, easy to read book. It's interesting reading about Henry Ellis & his path through budo. I was originally just going to put it on a shelf with the rest of my collection but I decided to read the first page & couldn't put it down. I wasn't expecting it to keep my attention the way it did but I'm glad I ordered it now.

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British UK1 MMA  Light Heavyweight Champion title holder   2012

Rik Ellis ~ Aikido Shodan - Demonstrating.

Uke / Training Partner 

Nick ``Head-Hunter`` Chapman . UCMMA Champion.

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Henry Ellis began his Martial Arts training 70 years ago at the now legendary `` Hut Dojo `` the first Aikido Dojo in the United Kingdom.

Henry first began with Judo and shortly after joined the small Aikido section under the direct teachings of Kenshiro Abbe Sensei and many other highly respected Budo masters such as Tadashi Abe Sensei - Mutsuro Nakazono Sensei - Masamichi Noro Sensei - Kazuo Chiba Sensei - N Tamura Sensei -  M Harada Sensei (Karate)  T Otani (Kendo ) All of Henry's books have one main aim, to preserve the true traditional spirit of the Traditional Aikido first taught by Kenshiro Abbe Sensei from 1955. This book tells of Henry's 70 years of amazing anecdotes - memories - experiences . from a time when there were just 5 students in the first Aikido class to a dojo in almost every town and city.

Henry Ellis - dan grade certificates signed by OSensei Ueshiba - Moriteru Ueshiba - Kenshiro Abbe - Mutsuro Nakazono - Kazuo Chiba Shihan. .