Nippon Kan Beginner’s Classes Start for 2007

January 8, 2007

J M

Jan 8th, 2007 Written by Nippon Kan Office Staff Tyfanny Price Four, six-week sessions of Beginner’s classes are scheduled every eight weeks at Nippon Kan throughout the year. Inspired by New Year resolutions, 110 new students join in this first group of Beginner’s classes for the year. This year, Denver had a very severe winter with several record breaking snow …

Fall Down Seven Times, Get Up Eight

January 1, 2007

J M

Life as a Nippon Kan uchi-deshi “So why are you here?” one of the Nippon Kan students asked me as I stood in front of the Hakama Kai class on my first day of training, still jet-lagged from the journey from Scotland, worn-out after four hours of aikido practice and slightly daunted by standing up in front of all these …