British Aikido has a proud history, yet iit s not recognised or protected by the governing body, Henry Ellis a direct student of Kenshiro Abbe attempts to protect the true history with honesty and proven facts. For many years The British Aikido Board ( BAB ) have shown no interest whatsoever in the true history of British Aikido, to be fair to the BAB, they have shown a great deal of interest and support for the false history of British Aikido for which they have now publicly apologised, the apology by the chairman Mr Vincent Sumpter can be viewed on www.geocities.com/britishaikido.