It is one of the philosophies of the AHAN Myanmar Learning Center is that learning and education are not found only in the classroom but outside in the world around us as well. This December, 47 students and staff from the AHAN Myanmar Learning Center went on a fieldtrip to visit the historical sites of Yangon. The AHAN Myanmar Learning …
Sept 19th, 2010 Captain Anees of the Nepal Army Ranger Special Forces and one of the supervisors of Nepal Army Aikido has been in the United States for special forces training with the US Military since April 2010. Captain Anees stopped by Nippon Kan before his return to Nepal to practice Aikido and join Nippon Kan volunteers in serving dinner …
October 9th, 2010 Every fall for the past 19 years, Nippon Kan has been involved with the Denver Parks Department in “Putting the Beds to Bed” in Denver city parks. “Putting the Beds to Bed” consists of turning the flower beds for winter, and Nippon Kan has been named the Nippon Kan Army by Parks Department officials for our teamwork …
September-December 2010 Without the support of all of the students and friends who have volunteered their time, we could not have continued our service to the homeless for these past 20 years. 2010 marked our 20 year anniversary of our Homeless Meal Service Project with the Denver Rescue Mission in Denver and in these past two decades, over 400 volunteers …
August 22, 2010 Nepal Army Ranger Forces have been part of UNAMID efforts in Sudan. This report was submitted by Sgt. Dan Gurung who has been stationed in Sudan for the better part of a year. UNAMID is made up of soldiers from all over the world, and recently Sgt. Gurung received permission from his superiors to open Aikido practice …
Nippon Kan Uchideshi Practice at Enshin Karate August 20th, 2010 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 …
Curry for 300 August 17th, 2010 One of the responsibilities of being an uchideshi (live-in student) at Nippon Kan is helping to prepare and serve our monthly dinner for the homeless at the Denver Rescue Mission. This dinner is served on the 3rd Sunday of every month and has been a Nippon Kan tradition for the last 20 years. On …
August 15th, 2010 Homma Kancho, who has led Nippon Kan’s efforts to feed the homeless in Denver for the last 20 years, was honored by local, leading Colorado television station, Channel 7, as one of Denver’s Every Day Heroes for 2010. A Channel 7 news team paid Homma Kancho and volunteer staff a visit while they were preparing for our …
Aug 6-10, 2010 An Aikido seminar practice was held in Guatemala City, Guatemala for Aikidoka led by Pablo Benafe Sensei. The practice was instructed by Nippon Kan General Headquarters, Central and South America Division Coordinator, Scott Olson Sensei, and assisted by Nippon Kan General Headquarters senior uchideshi, Michele Zanrei. It is Nippon Kan policy and philosophy not to have branch …
August 1, 2010 Homma Kancho celebrated a big milestone this year: his 60th birthday. By coincidence or design, 2010 was also a big year for Nippon Kan and Homma Kancho who received numerous awards for outstanding service to our community. Homma Kancho said, “I have been named for many awards this year, but these awards are really meant for all …
About seven years ago, Jeremy Olive Sensei served as Technical Instructor for Nippon Kan along with Rudy Landry Sensei. Jeremy took a leave of absence to attend to his training at the Denver Police Academy, start a family and then to embark on a new career as a Denver Policeman. Currently Olive Sensei’s daughter attends Youth Program classes at Nippon …
Working on His Tan… After Homma Kancho finished a hectic teaching tour of the Middle East region, he finally took a few days for himself and spent a little “R & R” time in Izmir, Turkey on the Aegean sea. He said upon his return, “Once in a while it is nice to travel without such a hectic teaching and …
Every third Sunday of the month, Homma Kancho and Nippon Kan student volunteers have supplied and served meals for on average, 350 homeless at the Denver Rescue Mission. This past May 16th, Nippon Kan celebrated the passing of a very special milestone; 20 years of consecutive service and 60,000 meals served. To celebrate this landmark occasion, Japanese Consul General Kazuo …
July 30th-Aug 10, 2010 AHAN International Program Director, Nippon Kan Vice President, Emily Busch Sensei visited Bangladesh and Myanmar for the second time this past July-August. The purpose of this visit was to check on the status of AHAN supported projects there, to check to see if goals were be being achieved and to work on projections for future stages …
July 25th, 2010 Mindanao AHAN Learning Center Construction Begins Plans have been in the works for awhile to build a new AHAN Learning Center in Mindanao, and this July, the project began in earnest. This construction has been organized into nine stages, and my students are helping to build the new AHAN Learning Center from the ground up. This fall, …
