by Tony Dolan There I was in the middle of an intense session of motion and sweat when the question was asked. “Tony, would you like to go to Ireland with Sensei as his Otomo?” I am not sure exactly how long I thought about it but the look on Emily Sensei’s face when I just about screamed YES was …
Aug 9-16, 2006 Aikikai Ireland-AOL, Simone Chierchini www.aikikai.ie invited Homma Kancho to teach a fund raising seminar in Donegal, a town about five and a half hours west of Dublin, Ireland. The strife between Northern and Southern Ireland has been part of world news for decades, but this story is about AHAN, and the positive events that took place during …
July 25-28, 2006 While in Turkey, Homma Kancho took time out to visit Bangladesh and assist in the first rice delivery for the Dharmarajika Orphanage. He brought with him baseball bats, balls, and enough gloves to make four baseball teams. Homma Kancho joked, I am NOT a serious baseball player, not good enough at the game to be teaching it, …
Rice, Balls, Gloves and Bats Hit a Home Run with Orphans in Dhaka! July 21st-July 28th, 2006 In July 2006, AHAN President Emily Busch traveled to Bangladesh to personally follow up on a rice donation project with the Dharmarajika Orphanage in Dhaka, Bangladesh initiated by Homma Kancho on his first visit to Bangladesh in February 2006. Homma Kancho also took …
AHAN President Emily Busch visits Dhaka. July 21-28, 2006 After Homma Kancho’s first visit to Bangladesh in February of 2006, Emily Busch, AHAN Nippon Kan President traveled to Bangladesh to meet with AHAN Bangladesh Coordinator Maji Sarkar. The purpose of this visit was to put into place the mechanics for current and future AHAN projects there. AHAN Bangladesh Coordinator Maji …
Homma Kancho visits Turkey July 19-Aug 4th, 2006 The Matsukawa Kyougaku Taiko Drummers from Matsukawa Village, Nagano Prefecture, Japan have worked in cooperation with AHAN Nippon Kan in a number of events to introduce Japanese traditional music and support humanitarian causes in many countries including the United States, Brazil and now Turkey.October 31st will be the kickoff of the Matsukawa …
July 18, 2006— Nippon Kan student Tyffany Price was selected by Nippon Kan to participate in the Nippon Kan Japan Cross-Cultural Internship Program. Tyffany is currently living in the remote village of Higashi Naruse in Northern Honshu for a three month internship. Link below to a progress report from Tyffany on her new experiences in Japan. Nippon Kan General Headquarters …
July 16, Aug 20, Sept 17 Like clockwork, everyone arrived without fanfare and began making preparations for the evening’s meal service as they have done almost every third Sunday of almost every month for the last sixteen years. Everyone knew what to do, and sets about their tasks with calm proficiency. After the meal of 280 to 300 dinners was …
July 15th, 2006 For the past twenty eight years, Nippon Kan Youth Program classes have been held for our younger members age seven to fifteen. There are two youth program classes at Nippon Kan; one class for the younger and newer members, and an advanced class for Nippon Kan youth members by special invitation. Depending on the season there are …
June 19-30th 2006 Nippon Kan mid-term Soran (promotion review) was held this past June 19th-30th. Since Nippon Kan’s inception, promotion testing has never been held. This has always been part of Homma Kancho’s and Nippon Kan philosophy. At Nippon Kan, student attendance and participation in AHAN community service projects count a great deal in promotion evaluation. These factors along with …
Jan. 18th, 2006 To start out the New Year, Nippon Kan’s used computer redistribution program got into full gear. During the holiday season we received many computer donations, so there were plenty of computers to refurbish for use in AHAN projects around the world. Under the supervision of the Computer Redistribution Program leader Erik Moore, Nippon Kan uchideshi, student …
June 17-18 2006 Written by AHAN President Emily Busch Nippon Kan’s Homeless Meal Service Project has been ongoing at the Denver Rescue Mission for the past sixteen years. This seminar was organized to raise funds to provide local meal service to homeless Denver residents for the coming year. IISA Instructor Stephanie Yap Sensei, Founder and Chief Instructor of Aikido of …
June 3rd, 2006 Written by Project Leader Jim Bailey This year marks the 15th anniversary of Nippon Kan’s bi-annual volunteer service project with the Denver Park and Recreation Department of Denver. To celebrate, Nippon Kan students, family members and friends took on an especially big project this year! On June 3rd, the “Nippon Kan Army” headed to Weir Gulch, a …
Many Aikidoka traveling through Denver come to Nippon Kan to practice. Nippon Kan welcomes all Aikidoka to practice with us regardless of style or affiliation. A visiting Aikidoka’s rank is always respected at Nippon Kan and we have classes at all levels that visitors are welcome to join. This past June, Nippon Kan had a visitor from the East Coast …
