SENSEI WILLIAMS

A Brief history of Sensei K. Williams
Technical Director of the Ki Federation of Great Britain

At the age of 24 Sensei Williams began to study all the arts under Kenshiro Abbe Sensei 10th Dan, and then became his number one full time assistant. The first and only non-Japanese assistant to a Japanese teacher. He was later promoted to National Coach, for the British Aikido council and representative of the Aikikai, and began teaching and spreading Aikido all over the United Kingdom. At this time he was the youngest 3rd Dan in the world. Abbe Sensei invited many teachers from the Aikikai for Sensei Williams to study under, Nakazono Sensei 8th Dan, Noro Sensei 7th Dan, Tamera Sensei 7th Dan and Tada Sensei 8th Dan.

After 11 years Abbe Sensei went back to Japan. Sensei Williams continued practising and teaching without a teacher for 9 years, and formed the renowned Aikido Society. He then went to Japan to meet and practise with Koichi Tohei. After this meeting Sensei Williams started the Ki Federation of Great Britain. After 10 years he left Tohei Sensei and decided to teach his own method for the Western mind to understand, which has proven very successful.