Kenshiro Abbe

and he went on to establish the British Aikido Council, British Karate Council, British Kendo Council, and British Kyudo Council. During this period, Abbe's family remained in Japan. Robinson wrote, "[he] did invite his family to live with him in London however they refused, apparently not at all attracted by the life style that Kenshiro offered them in England." Independent sources from the late 1960s include this rank with his name. In addition to his ranks in judo, aikido, and kendo, he held the rank of 5th dan in karate and dan ranks in kyūdō and jūkendō. and kendo and that the samurai sword he used in character as Nagasaki was a personal gift from Abbe.

In 1964, Abbe returned to Japan for the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Henry O'Tani (2009) has stated that during Abbe's absence from the UK, a dismissed BJC senior executive and several senior instructors misappropriated his financial and organisational resources and set up their own BJC group.

Abbe died on 1 December 1985 in Japan. and he was buried or commemorated at the family grave there. Robinson (2007) wrote, "Abbe was the master who introduced Kendo, Aikido, Karate, Kyodo, Jukendo, Iaido, Yarido and Naginatado to Europe yet he died almost totally alone and forgotten by most."