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G Mayo founder of BullShinDo

2012-02-02T03:46:00.000-08:00

It is sad to see that despite the facts the MayoShinDo group still claim on their website Mayo site - Mr Mayo is the ``Founder of KyuShinDo``.Whilst such idiotic claims do little for the memory of Mr Mayo or the Mayo group, it is an insult to the memory of our teacher Kenshiro Abbe Sensei 8th dan, a man who was a true budo legend.

Mr George S. Mayo - Eulogy...

On November 30th 2004 G. S. Mayo, 10th dan, died in his 86th year. Founder of Kyushindo, founding Grand Master of MayoShinDo. The martial arts world lost a great teacher ...

`Positive Aikido` a True Story

2012-01-02T06:20:00.000-08:00

Techniques - History - Lineage - Anecdotes covering 55 years of Traditional Aikido.

About the Authors:
Henry Ellis & Derek Eastman both 6th dan AikiKai Hombu - Diplomas signed by Osensei Ueshiba - Kenshiro Abbe - Mikoto Nakazono - TK Chiba Shihan - Doshu Moriteru Ueshiba.. the last two pioneers of K Abbe Sensei from the inception of British Aikido..To purchase the book `Positive Aikido`. Order direct - please contact Dave Rogers Sensei USA the books main author. Please email Dave Rogers Email For price and postage.

Book also available on Amazon UK £10-95 free p&p & Amazon USA. $18.

For an in-depth review of "Positive Aikido" click here>Positive Aikido

TheTheory-Philosophy of KSD

2011-10-25T14:47:00.000-07:00

KyuShinDo is a Theory / Philosophy of the application of Judo's circular movement developed by Kenshiro Abbe Sensei - We now see people with dan grades in KyuShinDo - HOW CAN YOU HAVE A DAN GRADE IN A THEORY ??

Kenshiro Abbe Sensei only ever applied his theory of KyuShinDo to Judo ~ He never taught KyuShinDo Karate or Aikido.

Kenshiro Abbe 50th Memorial Slide Show of a Great Budo Event

2010-07-22T02:23:00.000-07:00

Visit My Aikido & Judo Video Site ~ Click -> Henry Ellis Aikido & Judo Videos A growing collection of early and modern Aikido and Judo videos..H Ellis - D Eastman - H Foster - K Chiba - M Nakazono - K Abbe - T Abe.

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The Kenshiro Abbe 50th Memorial Event May 14th 2005.

This movie slide-show offers an indepth look at this very special day of Budo.Narrated by Henry Ellis.

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" The Golden age of British Budo "

The film was shot in de dojo of Peter Beljaars “Sportacademie Beljaars “ located on the Boomstraat in Tilburg Holland.

NEW !! Kenshiro Abbe Sensei Video

Judo-demonstratie uit Japan (1970)

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British Aikido Origins from 1955 - Narration & Movie Slide-Show by Henry Ellis - Arrival of Kenshiro Abbe Sensei to the UK ~ Development of British Budo.

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Rare collection of Kenshiro Abbe Sensei photos from the private collection of Mrs Teresa Reeve the wife of the late Bill Reeve - The first personal aide to Abbe Sensei.

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A time of respect for self and teacher - A time before idiots such as George Mayo graded themselves to 10th dan - A time before Mr Mayo claimed to be the founder of KyuShinDo and his sad befuddled disciples believed him..A time when grades were earned - not handed out like Christmas cards. and just as valuable when Christmas is over..

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< Admin: Henry Ellis 6th dan International BiranKai ~ AikiKai Hombu.

Kenshiro Abbe Sensei 8th dan Judo ~ 6th dan Karate ~ 6th dan Aikido ~ 6th dan Kendo ~ 6th dan KyuDo...The old " Abbe School of Budo " or as it has always been affectionately known as " The Hut Dojo" . This board has hung in the dojo from its humble beginnings, the early dan grades for both Judo and Aikido are named on the board...At the bottom of the board you can see "KyuShinDo". Although this was the " Abbe School of Budo " .Teaching Judo - Aikido - Kendo - Karate.~~ Judo was the only art to involve the theory of KyuShinDo. There are now so many claims to have been a student of Abbe Sensei or to have trained at the Hut Dojo, I often wondered who cleaned the dojo windows.

Henry Ellis admin.

The Golden age of British Budo 1955 ~ 1964

The early sensei's ~ K Abbe ~ M Otani ~ M Nakazono ~ H Michigami ~ T Abe ~ M Noro ~M Harada ~ Shohei Hamano ~ TK Chiba ~ To name a few.
On this site you will find links to a wide selection of Budo articles. Factual stories of the early days of British Budo. This period was often referred to as the ` Golden Age of British Budo ` by Masahilo Nakazono Sensei. Believe me, there was such a time. The 1950s & early 60s ~ It was a time before the invention of Plastic and the clutter of soon to follow ``Plastic Samurai``. It was a time before the internet and the abilty to create your own worthless dan grade certificates. At this time there were other organisations that also had the same very high standards.

No Dishonour.
A time when no one would dishonour or dare to grade themselves. This was a time when students earned their grades, at the same time they were proud of their hard earned achievements. It was a time when students trained hard, the thought of Budo as a quasi religeon was the last thing on their minds.
It was a time that all the Martial Arts shared a healthy mutual respect for each other.
It was also a time before a teacher from another dojo would ~UP ~ your dan grade if you joined their group or association, known as the " Kellogs Syndrome ".

Not a good time for Dancing.
This was a time when there was only `Traditional Aikido` a time when tradition was an integral part of the martial arts. This was a time when only a dan grade wore a Hakama, which was received on his/her graduation to dan grade, a time of values and respect for tradition.

It was a time before Aikido uke's learned to float & fly, a time before `` no touch throws `` and Aikido with coloured ribbons or music, or both. A time before Ki stood for Ki-dology ,a time before Ki was thought of as a form of magic. It was a much better time for Aikido, and Budo in general. It was a time when the best place for dancing was at the London Hammersmith Palais.

When Kids were Kids..
It was a time when kids were allowed to be kids, a time before the idiots graded six year old kids to dan grade, it was a time when kids had a `mon` grading system of stripes and colours,a system which allowed them the time develop,to progress slowly and enjoy themselves. It was a time before the ``odd`` people wore designer gi's and Hakamas. It was a time before those blue Judo gi's and those awful badges.

A Time Before " Friends United "
It was a time before Kenshiro Abbe Sensei had so many friends, Abbe Sensei would have been number one on Face Book. It was a time before Abbe Sensei went from house to house eating `` everyones mums pie & mash ``. It was a time before the wannabee plastic samurai who never knew him, took Abbe Sensei's name in vain and added it to their shame.

When Dan Grades were special.
There was such a time in British Budo,it was a much better time.
It was a time when a 1st dan was special, a 3rd dan was like a super hero.
It was a time when only respected Budo teachers held 6th ~ 7th or 8th dan, Jeeez just look around you now ?? :-( . When I see some of these modern self graded 6 - 7 -8th dans - 10th dans, I just can't help but think ``my god !!, they actually compare themselves with the likes of Sensei's Abbe ~ Otani ~ Nakazono ~ Michigami Kellogs have much to be responsible for...Mr George Mayo attended ``ONE`` class with Abbe Sensei, he requested the usual opportunistic photo, his ``devoted `` followers claim Mr Mayo to be 10th dan KyuShinDo. ( Reminder, I must add a bullshit icon ! )

Plastic Plonkers
It was a time before the Plastic Plonker Samurai who had no concept or understanding of the true philosophy of KyuShinDo, yet, thought the name KyuShinDo sounded really ``Japanesy `` then added it to anything and everything.
There are some that say " There was no such Golden Age of British Budo " How would they know? It was before most of them were born. As a prominent Japanese Shihan said to me " Henry, there are very few martial arts clubs, there are many social clubs ".

Make a dream come true.
It was also a time before Mr Mayo dreamt he was the founder of KyuShinDo and woke up a 10th dan. It was a time before Abbe Sensei developed KyuShin and with the wonderful insight of Mr Mayo added " Do " or was it " Duh !? "

Mr Mayo `10th dan` KyuShin Duh
The students of Kenshiro Abbe Sensei studied with the master for many years, I know it was a dissapointment to Sensei that no student fully grasped the true meaning of his theory / philosopy of KyuShinDo. I have never met one `genuine` student who has claimed to completely understand, even after many years of study. Yet, Mr Mayo 10th dan did, after only one lesson, has spawned a large group of clubs teaching " KyuShinDuh ". Was this the start of the Plastic Samurai era ?. Just a thought, why is it when people grade themselves, they grade 8th and 10th dan, why is it never 9th ???
Just curious?

Mr Jack ( Man of Budo ) Poole.

Just as the followers of the late Mr Mayo have promoted him to 10th dan and laid claim to a non existant lineage to Kenshiro Abbe Sensei, along with the name of KyuShinDuh, in association with everything they do.

This is a classic example of what the followers of Mr Jack Poole will do. Despite the proven facts showing his claimed history/ lineage to be a total sham. These people will continue to promote this nonsense long after Mr Poole and I are gone..These people will use and abuse all the names of the deceased Budo masters as our infamous man of Budo has done for so many years, perhaps there will be no one around then to tell the truth, and that sham goes on and on.
For facts ~ Photos ~ Video ~ statements.Visit ``Aikido Controversy ``.
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Read the letters below.

Henry Ellis admin.

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Read the important letters below from Robin Otani Sensei ~ President of the BJC...Also a very important letter from Mrs Teresa Reeve the widow of Bill Reeve Sensei the first personal aide to Kenshiro Abbe Sensei.

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KYU-SHIN-DO BAGPIPES ~ PLAYING " Old MacMAYO-SHIN-DO "

The`KyuShinDo Blog` & `Kenshiro Abbe Blog` are fully supported by several surviving ``genuine `` original students of Kenshiro Abbe Sensei from 1955.

Take a look at this video example of the MayoShinDo group....KyuShinDo Karate :-) - The use of both names KyuShinDo and Abbe Ryu is an attempt to con the public into believing there is an association with Kenshiro Abbe Sensei...Click link to hear Mr Mayo 10th dan play " Old MacShinDo " on the Bagpipes. Click here.. Abbe Ryu - Japanese Bagpipes playing " Old MacShinDo " Another insult ........... KyuShinDo Karate video using photo of K Abbe Sensei # Sad & Disrespectful # "

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Read new article at bottom of this page " KyuShinDo is not a Martial Art " Click here to go to main site for this article

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I, G.S. Mayo - Founder of KyuShinDo

2010-07-19T00:57:00.000-07:00

.. Big Chief Mayo im speakum heap big porkies with forked tongue.

Quote:"I, G.S. Mayo, am the founder and developer of the art of Kyushindo and this letter is addressed both to the students who have left me in the past". ...Unquote:
Quote: ""Round Hairy Objects !"" Henry Ellis. Unquote:

It is a sad reflection on the martial arts of today that students of MayoShinDo believe this bs. Not only do the believe it, they promote it, they grade in it, they have no respect for true lineage.

To set the record straight, please read the letters on this page from Robin Otani Sensei President of the British Judo Council. Also the very important letter from Mrs Teresa Reeve Sensei, widow of Bill Reeve Sensei who was Abbe Sensei's aide from 1955. For anyone who is under the illusion that Kenshiro Abbe Sensei was ever associated with Mr Mayo other than a one off meeting involving opportunistic photos, or that Abbe Sensei ever taught such a thing as KyuShinDo Karate to anyone, and that includes the man who liked to be known as ``Chief`` Mr Mayo?. certainly never happened !!.
Abbe Sensei never referred to KyuShinDo in any other subject than Judo. He demonstrated Karate at his Budo displays, he would teach kicking and punching as a part of his Aikido teaching / instruction. In the early 1960s Abbe Sensei brought Mitsukie Harada Sensei to Britain to teach Karate at the now famous Hut Dojo. I was there when Harada Sensei arrived, I studied with both Abbe Sensei & Harada Sensei, there was never a student named G Mayo to be seen anywhere but in his own dreams.

Dan grades in KyuShinDo ?. How on earth can you have a dan grade in a theory / philosophy ? Gerard Gyngel Sensei BJC Judo Champion ( 3 times ).

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BullShido Investigation into MayoShinDo
Click here -> BullShiDo investigate MayoShinDo

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Kenshiro Abbe Sensei Blog Site. Click here -> Kenshiro Abbe Sensei

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Our Sincere Apology
We apologise if we have failed to add your name to the list of great personal friends of Kenshiro Abbe Sensei? ~ Please forgive our ingratitude if your teacher sat for many hours discussing philosophy with Abbe Sensei whilst he slept ~ Or, if we have not mentioned how much Abbe Sensei enjoyed your mothers pie and mash dinners, we sincerely apologise, there are just too many of you to mention on this site. If Abbe Sensei stayed at yours, or your teachers home for several weeks eating dear old mums famous pie and mash and teaching you privately whilst neglecting the BJC and its 35,000 international members, I can only apologise again. If Abbe Sensei graded you or your teacher to dan grade and Sensei's secretary forgot to send you a certificate. We apologise for that too. If your teacher had a dream that Abbe Sensei developed Kyu-Shin and your Chief added ``Do `` we can only apologise for that too, It is so strange that Abbe Sensei was a master of ` Judo ` ` Kendo ` ` Aikido ` ` Kendo ` KyuDo ` KarateDo ` yet this great Budoka forgot to add Do to KyuShin - Do...have you heard of `` MayoLudo ``
Yours in contrition
Henry Ellis

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Rik Ellis article "Aikido in MMA"
Click article - Rik Ellis Aikido in MMA
Maybe I should develop " CageOShinDo " . I could say that while Abbe Sensei was eating my mothers special pie & mash, Abbe Sensei dropped the rights to the name CageShinDo into my cot. I could grade myself to 10th dan which would be much more that my father has achieved in over 50 years...

MayoShinDo ~ KyuShinDo Karate ~ KyuShinDo Judo.

2010-06-13T16:40:00.000-07:00

< I wonder what Abbe Sensei would think :-(
MayoShinDo Karate – KyuShinDo Karate – KyuShinDo Judo.
This Group `` MayoShinDo`` has no association with Kenshiro Abbe Sensei. This group are teaching various martial arts and calling them KyuShinDo. They are attempting to convey to an unsuspecting public that they are somehow students with a connection to the legendary Budo Master Kenshiro Abbe Sensei…This group have no concept of the true meaning of the teachings of Kenshiro Abbe Sensei. It should be known that they have no connection or association with Abbe Sensei.. Mr Mayo had a one off visit to York Hall where he met Abbe Sensei and presented a rather `laughable ` demonstration, as referred to by Robin Otani Sensei the President of the BJC….This was also confirmed in a recent letter by Mrs Teresa Reeve the widow of Bill Reeve Sensei who was Abbe Sensei’s first secretary and personal aide..Both these letters can be read lower down the page.
This group’s claims are based on a one off letter reluctantly written by Bill Reeve Sensei to Mr Mayo and signed by Abbe Sensei ( see Mrs Reeve’s letter ) . This insidious group have claimed to have ``bin bags `` full of proof which they will soon make public, that was over five years ago, as of today NOTHING, emails and enquiry’s are ignored.
It is insulting to the genuine students of Abbe Sensei to see this group name one or more of their schools the “ Abbe Ryu “ If that is not misleading fraud? then I don’t know what is.
This group claim to be teaching the true priciples of KyuShinDo. They have the audacity to claim that Mr Mayo `` helped `` Abbe Sensei to develope KyuShinDo.
Rik Ellis Aikido/MMA

Click here -> Kenshiro Abbe Sensei

KyuShinDo is not a Martial Art ~ See article below..

2010-06-12T03:36:00.000-07:00

Kenshiro Abbe Sensei the founder of KyuShinDo ~ Kings Cross Dojo London 1950s.

It is very important for the visitor to understand that KyuShinDo is not a Martial Art, it is a theory with a deep and difficult to grasp philosophy. The butterfly emblem behind Sensei is his own personal KyuShinDo emblem.
KYU = Desire ~ yearn ~ sphere ~ circle ~ search ~ study.
SHIN = Heart ~ spirit ~ true ~ to be true to oneself.
DO = Way or Path ~ a Way of Life or Selfe Discipline.

Kenshiro Abbe Sensei began his study of KyuShinDo in the late 1930s. When he arrived in Britain in 1955 he wanted to impart not only his vast knowledge of Judo and other previously unheard of Martial Arts to his students, he wanted them to understand his theory of KyuShinDo which was the secret of his Judo success. It was a constant pain to him that his students could not fully grasp the true understanding of the principles of KyuShinDo. The honest direct students will admit that they never truly understand the KyuShinDo principles Abbe Sensei was teaching. Of course it is no problem for the members of MayoShinDo who never met this great Budo Master.

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Read the " BullShido " investigation into MayoShinDo .
Click here -> BullShiDo investigate MayoShinDo
A person using the u/n of Greyowl on BullShido states that " Mr Mayo and Abbe Sensei were collaborating on a book together - he then claimes to have seen the manuscript in Abbe Sensei's own hand ".............Abbe Sensei could hardly speak English and could not write at all in English ......See the letter below from Mrs T Reeves on how her husband would write all of Abbe Sensei's letters which Abbe Sensei would sign.

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See below the statement from Mrs Teresa Reeve the widow of the late ` Bill Reeve ` the first personal assistant to Kenshiro Abbe Sensei. This statement will show that the whole of the claims of the MayoShinDo group are at best a joke.

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Click here - KyuShinDo

MayoShinDo
Photo: The late AKA ` Chief` George Mayo 10th dan ( ? )
You may find the name MayoShinDo amusing ? what is not so amusing are the idiotic claims of not only Mr Mayo but also his misguided followers.
Mr Mayo " I GSM the founder and developer of KyuShinDo "( Unadulterated crap.)
Mr Mayo " I sat with Abbe Sensei into the late hours discussing psychology and
philosophy. ( Never happened - Abbe Sensei could not speak English )
Mr Mayo. Claims to have treated Abbe Sensei for car crash injuries years before the crash happened.
Abbe Sensei was a master of Judo - Aikido - Kendo - Karatedo - Kyudo - Iaido.
Now the Mayo's claim that Abbe Sensei brought Kyu Shin to Britain, and it was "" The Chief "" who added the Do to KyuShinDo. Why didn't Abbe Sensei fink of that ?? As Delboy would say " Wot a load of Porky Plonkers .
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Read the message below from an ex senior student of Mr Mayo taken from ``Martial Arts Planet Forum ``

Mayoshindo-Kyushindo

Hi,
i was a student of kyushindo judo in bristol for about 2-3 years in the late 1960's, i got to grade of brown belt,i trained 2-3 evenings a week,george mayo(i shudder to call him master! )in all the times i spent training,i never ever saw him actually take a class,he seemed more interested in taking money of students,if any newbie came in asking questions he gave him a lot of speil about circles and no need to use any force,as far as i know,he had no training in karate,yet he was running karate classes,and as other people have said,it is pathetic,save your money,go to a recognised style ie: shotokan,wado-ryu,taekwondo etc.please,please stay away from mayoshindo,10th dan my *ss.i am over 60 now,and still regret wasting 2-3 years in ignorance training in that style of judo.don't forget people,there was no way of checking how good any style was then,dojo's were as rare as hens teeth,and martial arts knowledge was very slim.good luck in findin a good dojo to train in.
U/N omitted here ~ can be found on MAP.
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Click here -> BullShiDo investigate MayoShinDo

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Important letter from Robin Otani Sensei ~ President of the BJC.
Click here - Scroll down for the R Otani Sensei ` Mayo`letter
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Important letter from Mrs Teresa Reeve.

Mrs Reeve is the widow of Bill Reeve Sensei who was the first personal aide to Abbe Sensei in 1955

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Dear Henry,

Thank you for bringing Mr Mayo to my attention and also this letter that his organisation claims proves his close association with Sensei Kenshiro Abbe.

Yes my husband Bill Reeve, who was BJC secretary at the time, wrote the letter under the express instruction of Mr Abbe. He did not want to write it as Mr G. Mayo was considered an irritating joke, but Mr Abbe hoped that this letter would encourage Mr Mayo and his clubs, I believe he had a couple in Essex at the time, to join the BJC when hopefully they could be introduced to a genuine judo system.

Mr Abbe did not have a good command of English and used a very limited vocabulary in order to communicate, as those who attended his classes would remember. How could he then spend hours in philosophical discussion as Mr Mayo claims and to what benefit for Kenshiro Abbe,an All Japan Champion to train and practise with George Mayo whose qualifications appear to be self graded and by his own admission non-competitive.

I also remember the appearance and display given by Mr Mayo and some of his students at York Hall, Bethnal Green. The commentator refused to introduce him and a short silence prevailed which became embarrassing. Eventually he was introduced but as far as I know was never invited to take part in any other judo demonstration arranged by the BJC. He almost appeared to be in fancy dress with numerous gold flashes on his belt denoting his "grade" I presume. Already equal to Mr Abbe!

Unfortunately, the key people here have all passed on and I only have my memory to rely upon. I never met Mr Mayo but I do remember my husband speaking of him and his judo "system" in a less than favourable way. This is the truth of the matter and his claim to friendship with Mr K.Abbe is insulting to the memory of a man who excelled in all aspects of the martial arts. I can't help but believe that Mr Mayo was attempting to achieve some reflected glory.

Kind regards

Teresa Reeve

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Dear Harry,

Happy New Year
Thanks for your e-mail.

The only George Mayo I know was invited to do a short display at one of Abbe Sensei's events in early 60's 1960-61? It was possibly at York Hall in E. London.

He was then purporting to be a 'Master' of 'Ju-Judo' which was his form of a 'Gentle Gentle Way' of doing Judo.

His display was in my opinion 'laughable' he only did light randori type practice with Juniors and he explained there was no contest allowed in his form of judo.

He wore a Gold embroidered black belt, I think it had Dragons on it, which I also thought was laughable.

At this time I was secretary of the BJC and to my knowledge Mr. George Mayo was never invited again to Abbe Sensei's events. I also recall Abbe sensei's opinion of Mr. Mayo ability was of low . I believe Abbe Sensei's tolerance was only because he had been invited to do courses for Mr. Mayo.

Of course I have met many people who say they do Abbe Sensei Judo but I have seen none who could prove it in combat 'on the mat'.

Over the years Mr. Mayo's name has cropped up and we have had the occasional member join the BJC from his organisation.

I know nothing more of his history or his credentials except that he is unknown and unrecognised in the Judo world known to the BJC.

I would refute any suggestions that he had anything to do with Abbe Sensei's creation of the Kyu Shin Do theory which was totally conceived by Abbe Sensei from his renowned experience of Judo.

I think this can also be held up by the fact that the philosophy of Kyu Shin Do (Harmony with the Universe) is very close to the Japanese Buddhist and Shinto religious thinking and today it is difficult to see exactly what is the philosophical difference between Kyu Shin Do and Jigoro Kano's Kodokan theory of Judo.

However, Abbe Sensei was adamant that on the mat, practical Kyu Shin Do Judo movements were superior, being based on the circular movements of the Universe, whilst Kodokan was a more linear theory. Myself and all those others who were privileged to experience randori with Abbe Sensei have never doubted that his Judo was the best.

Unfortunately since Abbe sensei's death, I know of no one with his practical randori/contest ability who could prove the superiority of Kyu Shin Do Judo.

None of his students ever reached his ability and although they may have been trained by Abbe Sensei they could not mirror his judo ability in randori and contest.

Consequently Kyu Shin Do only lives on as a philosophy of a great and revered Judo Master.

I hope this is of help.

Yours sincerely

Robin Otani
President of the British Judo Council.

Click here -> Kenshiro Abbe Sensei

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Visit the British Aikido History site for old photos of Kenshiro Abbe Sensei

Please visit the " British Aikido History Gallery " this one link gives you four old photo galleries Click here ~ British Aikido Photo Galleries

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KyuShinDo is not a Martial Art

2010-06-11T14:31:00.000-07:00

KyuShinDo is not a Martial Art
By Henry Ellis
6th dan International BiranKai ( AikiKai Hombu )

I became involved initially in Judo in 1956 and Aikido in 1957 as a direct student of the legendary Budo Master Kenshiro Abbe Sensei 1915 ~ 1985. I was a student with Ken Williams Sensei at the now famous `Hut Dojo`.

I am now involved with a few of the remaining direct students of Abbe Sensei in an attempt to protect the legacy and proud lineage left behind by this great man of Budo who was our teacher and mentor. We now have two informative internet sites which we hope will give any ` genuine ` student the truth about Kenshiro Abbe Sensei and his lifes dedication to the study and philosophy of KyuShinDo. The sites are the very popular ` KyuShinDo Blog ` and the ` Kenshiro Abbe Blog `. It has taken a great deal of effort to collate the history and facts that we trust will one day be of benefit to future generations who will see through the fog of fraudulent claims by so many of some kind of association with Kenshiro Abbe Sensei in what can only be an attempt to gain some form of credibility.
The worst KyuShinDo abusers has to be the MayoShinDo group who make endless claims, the most bizarre of all is the claim that the late Mr George Mayo is the founder of KyuShinDo…A claim that is totally disrespectful to the memory of a great Budo master.

I could not have achieved what has been done so far without the support of my long time friend Gerard Gyngel Sensei, a sincere student of Abbe Sensei since his arrival in the UK. working in the London office of the British Judo Council ( BJC ) in the early 1960’s alongside Abbe Sensei. Gyngel Sensei was in Abbe Sensie’s 1964 Olympic Judo squad, he was also three times Welsh Judo Champion. As one can imagine, a great source of factual information.

When writing articles such as this and others concerning the life of Abbe Sensei, fraudulent claims and facts are cross checked between our close associates so that we set the records of history straight.
Sadly we have to accept that we cannot fight every single bizarre claim as they are on the increase almost daily.
The only way is to promote the truth and expose the frauds by writing articles for the researchers that are genuinely interested in the truth, and hope that perhaps with our help they will eventually find it.

It is not the intention of the author to rewrite the history of Kenshiro Abbe Sensei in this article, the life of Abbe Sensei is already well documented. The purpose of this article is to state that ` KyuShinDo ` is not a martial art,
It never was a martial art.. KyuShinDo was the lifes work and study from the late 1930s of Kenshiro Abbe Sensei, who stated that it was a philosophy of his study of Judo, a concept that had made him the Champion of all Japan and one of the few Judoka to ever beat Masahiko Kimura Sensei. It was this philosophy that he tried so hard to impart to his British students, he often despaired that these personal students could not fully grasp this deep yet difficult theory which had made him such a great Judoka.
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We are saddened today to see so many people using the name of KyuShinDo, whilst at the same time intimating a connection with the name of Kenshiro Abbe Sensei.

Now to the true purpose of this article…As stated earlier ` KyuShinDo` is not a martial art, never was and never will be, simply because it is a theory or a philosophy as applied to KyuShinDo Judo. We now see people claiming to be teaching ` KyuShinDo Karate ` ……..Let me make it clear, Abbe Sensei never ever applied his KyuShinDo to any other art than Judo.. Abbe Sensei has no association what so ever with these people or their claims, one can only assume that the name KyuShinDo was abducted and raped because it sounded so very Japanesy.
It gets worse ! There are people who are claiming to be dan grades in KyuShinDo, I would like to laugh at the stupidity of it all, I can’t because it so sad and disrespectful to the memory of our teacher.
I recall Gerry Gyngell Sensei recently saying to me in astonishment, “ Harry ! how on earth can one have a dan grade in a philosophy ? “..
Having gone through the excruciating pain of traumatic heart bypass surgery, I thought that nothing could surpass such horror until I watched some so called KyuShinDo Karate videos on Youtube, they were horrendous to say the least.. I just trust that students will visit the great collection of Kenshiro Abbe videos on my video site at “ Aikido Ellis Videos “ before they accept that the ``Japanesy KyuShinDo `` is the real thing..

Take note, Kenshiro Abbe Sensei only ever taught KyuShinDo Judo. NOT KyuShinDo Karate ~~ NOT KyuShinDo Aikido ~~ or any other KyuShinDo claims that arise whilst I am writing this article.
Look for the next article coming soon “ Kenshiro Abbe Sensei ~ The Myths and the Lies “.

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About the author.
Henry Ellis Sensei 6th dan Aikido ~ International BiranKai ~ AikiKai Hombu.
Co-author of the book `` Positive Aikido ``.
Diplomas from 1957 signed by Morihei Ueshiba OSensei and the present Doshu Moriterue Ueshiba. Kenshiro Abbe Sensei ~ Masahilo Nakazono Sensei ~ TK Chiba Shihan.
A direct student of Kenshiro Abbe Sensei from 1957. Henry Ellis is one of three surviving pioneers of British Aikido from its inception in the 1950s. He is also the co-author of the book “ Positive Aikido “ and author of many martial arts articles printed in International Magazines. Teaching Aikido in Europe ~ Australia ~ USA.