February 5th-11th, 2008
All the kids jump for the camera!
After leaving the Philippines, Homma Kancho flew to East Timor for his second visit in the past year. Homma Kancho’s first visit was last November, 2007.
The purpose of this visit was to teach and practice Aikido, but also for Homma Kancho to compete his research into the Bujustu Fighting Gangs and martial art wars in East Timor. On the last day of this visit, an assassination attempt was made on the President of East Timor that thankfully was not successful. The President was wounded by gunshots to the abdomen and has since been in recovery. Homma Kancho escaped East Timor before travel restrictions were fully mandated by the government forces and with Homma Kancho’s permission we have included excerpts and photos from his East Timor travel log of 2008
PLEASE LINK HERE TO HOMMA KANCHOS TRAVEL DIARY AND PHOTO LOG
The following is a letter from the secretary of the East Timor Aikido Federation following Homma Kancho’s return from East Timor to the USA.
Dear Sensei Gaku Homma,
I hope you are well and greetings from us to all of members in your Dojo. Thanks also for you to make Timor leste include your oversea agenda. Right now we have challenge to move our Dojo to other place because government already hand over Dojo to Football federation to make their own office, so that’s why we still on intern discussion to utilize NONO(President TAF) is house for our Dojo.
Probbaly Next month we will try got funds from own self, design our Dojo and Budget planning to make our Dojo at NONO land. Rigt now Timor Leste is calm but dangerous because our country still on Military operation to the head of petitioner Gastao Salsinha, his group before doing attacking and shooting President and Prime Ministry of Timor Leste.
Best wishes to you, Mr. Janio Aldroaldo
Please link here to Homma Kancho’s articles on the martial arts in East Timor which also examine the past 30 years of the history of the martial arts in the United States and the resulting effects these developments have had world-wide.
Bujutsu Fighting Gangs in East Timor, Part I
Bujutsu Fighting Gangs in East Timor, Part II