AFTER MANY HAPPY YEARS OF TEACHING AND SUPPORTING THE SPIRIT OF TOMIKI AIKIDO WE HAVE COME TO THE DECISION THAT WE CAN NO LONGER OFFER CLASSES.

FOR NOSTALGIC REASONS THIS WEBSITE IS BEING MAINTAINED AS A HISTORIC JOURNAL OF THE MANY ENJOYABLE TIMES THAT WE ALL EXPERIENCED.

His voice was heard on the very first British TV advert which was for Gibbs SR Toothpaste shown at 8.12pm on the opening night of ITV on September 22 1955.

He presented the London area news magazine 'Town and Around' in 1961. He was a BBC TV relief newsreader in March 1961. Later he worked for an Australian TV company in Sydney and eventually retired to Norfolk and became a very good portrait painter. As a hobby he practised Judo and later Aikido under the instruction of Senta Yamada Sensei. In 1966 they published a book together about Aikido called "The Principles & Practice of Aikido" it cost 35 shillings.