He seemed to hold me down for a very long time

 A -SE: I was the only RV manufacturers assistant at that time. There was a guy in the centre of the mat with a blindfold on who I later came to know as Sensei Harry Ellis. I asked Sensei Eastman to let the readers decide that on agreeing to this interview&8230; Introduction Q -DW: Sensei Eastman , first I would like to thank you for agreeing to this interview. Was older and senior to me he was also a good judoka. Q -DW: After witnessing that first insight into the martial arts, why didn't you make the same wise move as your friend? A -SE: I didn't really know what I was watching, my first impression was that maybe it could be ju-jitsu or something like that, hmmm why did I stay? I am not sure, crazier still the question should be why did I sign up.

Abbe Sensei told us that this display was so very important as Lady Baden Powell and the Japanese ambassador were in the audience, and it was hoped that Lady Baden Powell would promote martial arts within her youth foundation groups internationally. Q -DW: Where did you begin your long journey of Aikido? A -SE: At the now Internationally famed "Hut" or as it later became the "Abbe School of Budo" It was actually called the "Abbe School of Judo" when I first joined. I found that Trevor's Aikido had definitely moved up a gear, although the training and technique was still fairly traditional, he had by far the most powerful aiki movement of any person I had ever met including the Japanese. John once took me to the '

Thomas A Becket' , a famous training gym for boxers above a London pub. He asked me for copies of my certificates with O'Sensei's signature on them. He then said to Sensei Williams; "Sensei, have you ever seen anyone ukemi like that before?" Sensei Williams then took me down in nikyo, a very painful wrist locking technique, he seemed to hold me down for a very long time before allowing me up. This was a big advantage as I was an apprentice engineer and did not earn much money. Mr Cotterell bred Chihuahua dogs of which there must have been about 50 or 60 of what Henry called overgrown rats. By David J Wilson E. He was teaching a style we had never heard of called "Tomiki Aikido" so we decided to go and check them out. Harry shouted " What the #### do you think is going on in here! What do you think this is Bangladesh market day?" He then threw the suitcases outside the dojo door in the rain, with George scrambling around getting his merchandise together and put it all back in his car.

He was in total control of the dojo and all who were in it. I also trained with Sensei Tomio Otani and I would be uke for all the dan grades at the HUT.