Budo Senmon Gakko also known as Butoku Gakko, Bujutsu Senmon Gakko, or Busen, was a school for training young men and women in Japanese martial arts. There were four departments; kendo, judo, naginata
Butokuden in 1899
Japanese 1854 print describing Commodore Perry's "Black Ships".
Kenshiro Abbe was a 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 Budo Senmon Gakko, havi
Masahiko Kimura was perhaps Abbe's most famous opponent in judo competition
Royal Albert Hall, where Abbe gave one of the earliest demonstrations of aikido in the UK