Nippon Kan Uchideshi Practice at Enshin Karate
August 20th, 2010
Ninomiya Kancho teaching Nippon Kan uchideshi.
Nippon Kan uchideshi had a special challenge one day in August as they traveled to Enshin Karatewww.enshin.kan.com. (home of the Sabaki Challenge full-contact international karate tournament) Headquarters in Denver for a special practice. Kancho Joko Ninomiya and his son Koichi Ninomiya Sensei personally instructed our Nippon Kan uchideshi in the art of Enshin-style Karate. All of our uchideshi were honored that Ninomiya Kancho and his son would take the time to teach them personally, and learned valuable lessons in the vulnerabilities of Aikido against skillful punches and kicks. This was a good lesson learned, even for our advanced uchideshi.
Many thanks to Ninomiya Kancho for welcoming our visiting alumni uchideshi at your dojo for this special training.
Hard practice at the Enshin Karate Dojo
Lower row, From second left: Koichi Ninomiya Sensei,
Ninomiya Kancho, Homma Kancho and uchideshi
Written by
Gaku Homma Kancho
Nippon Kan Uchideshi Practice
August, 2010
Posing after practice; Nippon Kan uchideshi.
This summer Nippon Kan Hombu dojo was home for a total of twelve alumni and new uchideshi, all who had traveled from other states in the USA, and from the countries of Bolivia, Turkey, Mexico and Japan to attend the Nippon Kan August Shochyu Geiko Practice Marathon. These uchideshi practiced six hours a day for the entire twenty four days of the marathon. Homma Kancho cautioned, “Aikido practice is not flower arranging. In the old days, people in general were stronger with all of the physical labor they had to endure to survive. Today, things have changed and everyday life is much easier now. Today, physical training and determination are very important in maintaining energy and power in our bodies”.
The following video depicts Homma Kancho’s methods for uchideshi strength training. Link here to watch Nippon Kan uchideshi strength training practice.