British Aikido Board origins and its associations with the Martial Arts Commission from 1977.
British Aikido Board
By Henry Ellis
BAB ex founder member & British Aikido pioneer.
British Aikido Council
With the birth in 1955 of Aikido in Britain at the now famous “Hut Dojo ” Hillingdon Middlesex. The dojo was known at that time as the ”Abbe School of Judo?, soon to be renamed the “Abbe School of Budo?. There were no organisations for Aikido at that time, just this one dojo. The rapid interest and expansion of Aikido across the UK would eventually encourage Kenshiro Abbe Sensei to develop another organisation alongside the British Judo Council ( BJC ). It was named the ” British Aikido Council “ ( BAC )
