Tags: Martial Artist.
Kenshiro Abbe (阿部 謙四郎 Abe Kenshirō 15 December 1915 – 1 December 1985) was a prominent Japanese master of judo aikido and kendo. He introduced aikido to the United Kingdom in 1955 and founded the Kyushindo system. Abbe was a graduate of the famous Budo Senmon Gakko having studied judo and kendo there. Following an illustrious early career in the martial arts he served in the Imperial Japanese Army before and during World War II.
