December 27th, 2012 Homma Kancho met with Nippon Kan Alumni staff and supporters for a meeting in Tokyo, Japan. December 26th, 2012 Homma Kancho traveled to Nagoya, Japan to meet with Shuji Maruyama Sensei, Founder of Kokikai Aikido. Maruyama Sensei was Homma Kancho’s first Aikido instructor as a young boy. November 13th 2012 Homma Kancho traveled to Iwama Ibaraki, Japan …
December 24th-26th, 2012 Homma Kancho arrived in Ta Ko Lang Village just in time for Christmas at Bilay House. The 12-foot Christmas tree Homma Kancho had brought during the construction of Bilay House in 2011 was decorated for the holiday and everyone gathered around to sing songs accompanied by three new guitars Homma Kancho brought on this trip from Myanmar. …
December 23rd, 2012 AHAN construction began on this project in the spring of 2012 in the village of Huaye Park, Thailand near the Myanmar border. On December 23rd, 2012 Homma Kancho returned for the grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony of the Huaye Park Community Church; a community church and learning center built by and for the Myanmar Karen tribe …
December 15th-20th, 2012 Homma Kancho visited the town of Sittwe, Myanmar three times this year in efforts to support the rebuilding of a temple orphanage boarding facility in western Myanmar. My name is Htuyn Oo and I am the brother of AHAN Myanmar Coordinator Nilar Than. I have lived through the birth of democracy in Myanmar as a student and …
November 28th, 2012 When leaving the Denver airport after Mr. Than’s arrival, Mr. Than looked toward the sky and watched with great interest the vapor trails behind the number of planes in the Denver sky. “What are those white lines behind the planes?” he asked. Puzzled, we looked at the planes wondering what he found so unusual about them until …
November 28th- December 13th, 2012 President Obama visited Myanmar on the 19th of November, 2012, heralding the move toward democracy awakening in Myanmar. Mr. U Than Aung has worked as the Chief Editor of the English Myanmar Times since before the rule of the current military government and has witnessed the unfolding history of Myanmar firsthand. Mr. Than worked hard …
November 7th-10th, 2012 After concluding the Nepal Army Ranger intensive training in Nepal, Homma Kancho and Koichi Ninomiya Sensei traveled to Thailand to visit the Bilay House Orphanage, built in Ta Ko Lang, Thailand by Homma Kancho and AHAN for Karen tribe refugee children in 2011. They brought with them five laptop computers for the students and one for Pastor …
November 1st-5th, 2012 Homma Kancho traveled to Nepal this past November to instruct a five-day training intensive with the Nepal Army Rangers. On this trip he was accompanied by Koichi Ninomiya Sensei, son of his long time friend and Founder of Enshin Karate, Joko Ninomiya Shihan. (www.enshin.com) Koichi Ninomiya Sensei currently instructs at Enshin Karate Headquarters in Denver, and was …
October 25th, 2012 After his first visit in July, Homma Kancho first returned to the town of Sittwe in October 2012. Sittwe is located in western Myanmar and there is a long history of tribal war in this area between the Muslamian, Lohinga and Rakhine tribes. More than once this year violence has erupted in Sittwe. In June and October, …
Time of Transition; Nippon Kan Homeless Meal Service, from the Mission Forward October 21st, 2012 Homma Kancho began serving meals to the homeless at the Denver Rescue Mission 22 years ago. 22 years later, with close to 70,000 meals served, Homma Kancho was again at a crossroad. In the summer of 2012, Homma Kancho noticed that there were signs that …
October 13th, 2012 AHAN Myanmar Learning Center in Yangon purchased the land adjacent to the center in 2012 for future expansion needs. Currently my husband Jude and our students are learning how to build an organic garden on the newly acquired land. Currently there is a building boom in Yangon and an incredible number of new expensive houses are being …
October 13th, 2012 AHAN Nippon Kan has been supporting the Madrasa Orphanage for girls in Dhaka, Bangladesh for the past 8 years. Mr. Maji Sarkar, AHAN Bangladesh Coordinator supervises the monthly rice deliveries of 500 kg of rice per month and sends documentation for AHAN records after each monthly delivery. Below is the receipt from the January 2nd, 2013. Written …
October 13th, 2012 In Izmir I teach physical education classes at a sports gym based on intense level Nippon Kan uchideshi training techniques and exercises. I am following Homma Kancho’s advice of working and training hard without having my own dojo until I go into military service later this year. I also received an invitation to speak at the Keep …
October 13th, 2012 The AHAN Mindanao Learning Center has taken on the role of emergency shelter in times of natural disasters before and this past September served as a shelter for local residents as earthquakes rocked Illigan City causing a tremendous amount of damage. The AHAN Mindanao staff and students have learned to work very effectively together as a team …
October 13th, 2012 The Nepal Army Rangers report that Nippon Kan Aikido has become part of required basic training not only for all Nepal Army Rangers but has being adopted into the training for all Army soldiers in Nepal. Aikido is now being practice by the Nepalese Army Air Defenders, Officers Commandos, Para Commandos and Nepal’s Middle West Army. Demonstrations …
