 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.British professional wrestler Peter Thornley, best known as the original masked version of Kendo Nagasaki, has reported that in the early 1960s Abbe trained him in judo 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.