Chambers Sensei was born in the early 1930’s in London, England. After two years in the British Navy, he attended Cambridge University. In 1961, he went to Japan on a one-year tutoring contract for a British diplomatic family and stayed for 12 years. While in Japan, he studied Judo at the Kodokan and also Aikidō at the Hombu dōjō. On February 11, 1962, Donn Draeger introduced him to his Shintō Musō-ryū Jōdō teacher, Shimizu Takaji Sensei. Chambers Sensei started his study of Katori Shintō-ryū with Otake Risuke Sensei in 1965.