September 23rd, 2007 In late September, with just a hint fall in the air, students at Nippon Kan held a party for Homma Kancho in the Nippon Kan gardens. Homma Kancho is so busy throughout the year working with AHAN and teaching Aikido around the world, Nippon Kan students decided to have a garden party in his honor to thank …
September 15-16, 2007 Nippon Kan General Headquarters Instructor Scott Olson Sensei was sent to Guatemala to teach an AHAN fundraising seminar and investigate the petition to join AHAN Nippon Kan as AHAN Nippon Kan Guatemala by student groups practicing there. Olson Sensei instructed this weekend seminar with AHAN Nippon Kan Central America and AHAN Mexico Coordinator Fernando Roman Sensei of …
Sept 13th, 2007 Ava teaching basic Aikido for P.E 2 students from MSU-IIT University, Nov.26, 2007 Martial Art Instructor Ava Yancha returned to her teaching in the Philippines after completing her one-month IISA Instructor’s training course at Nippon Kan Headquarters in August. Ava has been teaching beginning level Aikido in the local community of Malawi and Illigan City in Mindanao …
September 9th, 2007 Members of the very popular full-contact Kyokushin Karate, Kagoshima branch came to visit Nippon Kan. In preparation for their upcoming world tournament in Japan, this highly trained group of athletes had come to Boulder for high-altitude training. Before returning to Japan the group stopped by Nippon Kan to pay their respects to Homma Kancho. Their branch leader …
Gaku Homma $2,000.00 San Ong $100.00 Victor Bui $100.00 Thomas Dammen $100.00 Michael Vaughn $100.00 Emily Busch $100.00 David Geras $100.00 Steven Lacks $100.00 Haruo Yamagami $100.00 Tom Filarecki $60.00 James Haugen $60.00 Kazumi Yoshimura $50.00 Jim Bailey $50.00 Spencer Everroad $50.00 Tony Dolan $50.00 Sarah Wolfe $50.00 Thomas Crisman $50.00 Elwyn Owen $50.00 Alicia Hotovec $50.00 Travis Felch $50.00 …
August 26th, 2007 We received calls of distress from Bangladesh early last August due to severe flooding in the region. Nippon Kan Headquarters in Denver heeded the call and quickly organized a fundraising seminar at the Nippon Kan Headquarters to raise support for badly needed flood relief supplies. Homma Kancho was already scheduled to teach a fundraising seminar in Rio …
Aug 25th, 2007 Summer midterm promotions for Nippon Kan’s Youth Program were held on August 25th. For over 20 years Nippon Kan has held two youth program classes, one for all youth program members and one class for our more advanced members. Depending on the season, Nippon Kan has about 70 of our younger students in the program. Once, every …
Aug 21-29, 2007 AHAN Nippon Kan Rio de Janeiro, (Luc Leoni Sensei) hosted a fundraising seminar in support of the Renascer Shelter, a family development center in Rio de Janeiro. Homma Kancho last visited Brazil two years ago when he coordinated a cross-cultural series of events in Brazil, featuring the Kyougaku Taiko Drummers from Nagano, Japan. LINK HERE The fundraising …
August 2007 Patio dining at Domo Restaurant during the summer months is wildly popular. Unfortunately the winds are gusty at times in Denver so it is difficult to use umbrellas over the garden tables in the summer to shade our Domo guests from the sun. Domo’s solution to the sunny days of Denver summer are traditional straw hats which have …
August 15th, 2007 Armistice Day marks the day Japan surrendered to the United States bringing the end to WWII for Japan. The Nippon Kan gardens has a tall flagpole where an American flag is flown every day of the year in recognition of the efforts of all of the American volunteers who built the Nippon Kan facility. Every day that …
August 10th, 2007-February 6th, 2008 All of the gardens and landscaped areas at Nippon Kan are organic and chemical free so we attract many uchideshi (live-in students) of the four legged, eight legged, many-many legged and winged variety. We have everything from dragon flies, butterflies, praying mantis, locusts, grasshoppers and other insects, fish, snakes, frogs, mice, rabbits, squirrels, fox, badgers, …
Homma Sensei’s visit to Budapest When some of my friends and I decided to publish one of Homma Sensei’s many books, we did not know that we embarked on a long journey. The high point of the road, was Homma’s Sensei’s visit to Hungary. Instead of going through the days hour by hour, I would like to give a general …
I was fortunate recently to attend the Kobayashi Summer Camp Seminar held in Canmore, Alberta, Canada. This 4 day seminar was hosted by the Calgary Aikikai which is the home and Dojo of Inaba Yasuhisa Sensei. Inaba Sensei is a long time student and friend of Kobayashi Yasuo Shihan and as I watched the two of them interact over the …
July 22-present Fifty students from Kazakhstan had an important chance this summer to experience life in Colorado through a special government cross-cultural exchange program. Six of these students, having finished their assigned work-study projects, came to work at Nippon Kan’s Domo Japanese Country Foods Restaurant for a one-month internship.The brightest students from all over Kazakhstan were selected for this work-study …
Written by John Grotrian July 15, 2007 On February 26th, 2007 Homma Kancho arrived in Katmandu where Scott Olson Sensei, the Nepal Aikido Club and I met him at the airport. The enthusiastic group had prepared a warm welcome complete with a banner and flower garlands called malas. A few hours earlier, Scott Sensei and I had been met by …
