Instructor Biography:

Sensei Raymond Sturdy, Hachidan.
Born 6th March 1944 in Edmonton, London. 

Sensei Sturdy began to study the art of Aikido in March 1974 at the Aiki-kai of Poole, Dorset, which was affiliated to the Aiki-Kai of Pentre, Wales under the technical direction of Sensei K. Williams.  In 1976 Sensei Williams went to Japan and became affiliated to the Ki No Kenkyukai under the President Sensei Koichi Tohei.  The Aiki-Kai of Wales was later to become the KI Federation of Great Britain with Sensei Williams as the President.  In the ten years affiliated to the Ki No Kenkyukai Sensei Sturdy attended many courses, being given instruction by Koichi Tohei Sensei, Koretoshi Maruyama Sensei, and Kenjiro Yoshigasaki Sensei. 

In 1986 Sensei Williams resigned from the Ki No Kenkyukai.  Over many years Sensei Sturdy accompanied Sensei Williams to Japan, USA, Europe and the UK.  Sensei Sturdy became a member of the Executive Committee and Trustee of the Ki Federation Headquarters, and as a result becoming an International Teacher, teaching in Australia, Europe and the UK. 

In 2002 Sensei Sturdy moved to Somerset to be with Sensei Williams and was then made Vice-President of the Ki Federation of Great Britain. 

Sensei Sturdy resigned from the Ki Federation on the 29th August 2006 and formed the Ki Aikido of Great Britain on the 1st September 2006.