| Kenshiro Abbe Sensei and his lifes dedication to | | | | researchers that are genuinely interested in the |
| the study and philosophy of KyuShinDo. The sites | | | | truth, and hope that perhaps with our help they |
| are the very popular ` KyuShinDo Blog `  and | | | | will eventually find it. |
| the ` Kenshiro Abbe Blog `. It has taken a great | | | | It is not the intention of the author to rewrite the |
| deal of effort to collate the history and facts that | | | | history of Kenshiro Abbe Sensei in this article, the |
| we trust will one day be of benefit to future | | | | life of Abbe Sensei is already well documented. |
| generations who will see through the fog of | | | | The purpose of this article is to state that ` |
| fraudulent claims by so many of some kind of | | | | KyuShinDo ` is not a martial art, |
| association with Kenshiro Abbe Sensei in what can | | | | It never was a martial art.. KyuShinDo was the |
| only be an attempt to gain some form of | | | | lifes work and study from the late 1930s of |
| credibility. | | | | Kenshiro Abbe Sensei, who stated that it was a |
| KyuShinDo is not a Martial Art | | | | philosophy of his study of Judo, a concept that |
|         By Henry Ellis | | | | had made him the Champion of all Japan and one |
| Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 6th dan International | | | | of the few Judoka to ever beat Masahiko Kimura |
| BiranKai ( AikiKai Hombu ) | | | | Sensei. It was this philosophy that he tried so |
| I became involved initially in Judo in 1956 and | | | | hard to impart to his British students, he often |
| Aikido in 1957 as a direct student of the | | | | despaired that these personal students could not |
| legendary Budo Master Kenshiro Abbe Sensei | | | | fully grasp this deep yet difficult theory which had |
| 1915 ~ 1985. I was a student with Ken Williams | | | | made him such a great Judoka. |
| Sensei at the now famous `Hut Dojo`. | | | | Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â |
| I am now involved with a few of the remaining | | | | We are saddened today to see so many people |
| direct students of Abbe Sensei in an attempt to | | | | using the name of KyuShinDo, whilst at the same |
| protect the legacy and proud lineage left behind | | | | time intimating a connection with the name of |
| by this great man of Budo who was our teacher | | | | Kenshiro Abbe Sensei. |
| and mentor. We now have two informative | | | | Now to the true purpose of this articleÂ…As |
| internet sites which we hope will give any ` | | | | stated earlier ` KyuShinDo` is not a martial art, |
| genuine ` student the truth about Kenshiro Abbe | | | | never was and never will be, simply because it is |
| Sensei and his lifes dedication to the study and | | | | a theory or a philosophy as applied to KyuShinDo |
| philosophy of KyuShinDo. The sites are the very | | | | Judo. We now see people claiming to be teaching |
| popular ` KyuShinDo Blog `  and the ` Kenshiro | | | | ` KyuShinDo Karate ` ……..Let me make it |
| Abbe Blog `. It has taken a great deal of effort to | | | | clear, Abbe Sensei never ever applied his |
| collate the history and facts that we trust will one | | | | KyuShinDo to any other art than Judo.. Â Abbe |
| day be of benefit to future generations who will | | | | Sensei has no association what so ever with |
| see through the fog of fraudulent claims by so | | | | these people or their claims, one can only assume |
| many of some kind of association with Kenshiro | | | | that the name KyuShinDo was abducted and |
| Abbe Sensei in what can only be an attempt to | | | | raped because it sounded so very Japanesy. |
| gain some form of credibility. | | | | It gets worse ! There are people who are |
| The worst KyuShinDo abusers has to be the | | | | claiming to be dan grades in KyuShinDo, I would |
| MayoShinDo group who make endless claims, the | | | | like to laugh at the stupidity of it all, I can’t |
| most bizarre of all is the claim that the late Mr | | | | because it so sad and disrespectful to the |
| George Mayo is the founder of KyuShinDoÂ…A | | | | memory of our teacher. |
| claim that is totally disrespectful to the memory | | | | I recall Gerry Gyngell Sensei recently saying to |
| of a great Budo master. | | | | me in astonishment,  “ Harry ! how on earth |
| I could not have achieved what has been done so | | | | can one have a dan grade in a philosophy ? “.. |
| far without the support of my long time friend | | | | Having gone through the excruciating pain of |
| Gerard Gyngel Sensei, a sincere student of Abbe | | | | traumatic heart bypass surgery, I thought that |
| Sensei since his arrival in the UK. Â working in the | | | | nothing could surpass such horror until I watched |
| London office of the British Judo Council ( BJC ) in | | | | some so called KyuShinDo Karate videos on |
| the early 1960’s alongside Abbe Sensei. | | | | Youtube, they were horrendous to say the least.. |
| Gyngel Sensei was in Abbe Sensie’s 1964 | | | | I just trust that students will visit the great |
| Olympic Judo squad, he was also three times | | | | collection of Kenshiro Abbe videos on my video |
| Welsh Judo Champion. As one can imagine, a | | | | site at “ Aikido Ellis Videos “ before they |
| great source of factual information. | | | | accept that the ``Japanesy KyuShinDo `` is the real |
| When writing articles such as this and others | | | | thing.. |
| concerning the life of Abbe Sensei, fraudulent | | | | Take note, Kenshiro Abbe Sensei only ever |
| claims and facts are cross checked between our | | | | taught KyuShinDo Judo. NOTÂ KyuShinDo Karate |
| close associates so that we set the records of | | | | ~~ NOT KyuShinDo Aikido ~~ or any other |
| history straight. | | | | KyuShinDo claims that arise whilst I am writing |
| Sadly we have to accept that we cannot fight | | | | this article. |
| every single bizarre claim as they are on the | | | | Look for the next article coming soon “ |
| increase almost daily. | | | | Kenshiro Abbe Sensei ~ The Myths and the Lies |
| The only way is to promote the truth and | | | | “. |
| expose the frauds by writing articles for the | | | | |