This is to acknowledge all the Nepalese Army Nippon Kan Aikido Instructors for their efforts, dedications and contributions toward peacekeeping activities while dispatched as members of the United Nations Peacekeeping operations to various regions of conflicts in the world. It is our sincere wish for all of you to return home safely after the deployment. The photos were taken …
A Report on Bilay House:
December 1, 2018
Bilay House, an orphanage & a youth support facility for children and youngsters of the Karen people in Myanmar, has been supported by AHAN Nippon Kan, and currently the 3rd phase of construction of additional building, funded by AHAN Nippon Kan, is happening, and it’s going well. AHAN Nippon Kan funded the constructions of a school/dormitory and of a learning …
Aikido Nippon Kan’s AHAN Active Team’s visit in Thailand
October 30, 2018
Bilay House, established by the support from AHAN, is located in Thailand, about 4-hour drive from to the north east Bangkok. AHAN staffs visit Bilay House on a regular basis (twice a year), and we checked on the status on the construction of the 3rd support facility building during this visit. For the support operations, AHAN staffs conducted interviews with …
Aikido Nippon Kan’s AHAN Active Team’s visit in Nepal
October 30, 2018
AHAN Active Team members paid a visit to Down Syndrome Society of Nepal (DSSN) located at Kapurdhara, Kathmandu (President: Shila Thapa) as part of planning purposes for 2019 support operations. Helping DSSN is part of support activities by AHAN’s WWY (We are With You) Support Initiatives in Nepal, and various WWY projects are supported by members of the Nepalese Army …
A Visit to the Nepalese Army Aikido Instructor Training Unit
October 30, 2018
During their visit in Nepal for AHAN related purposes, AHAN staffs, led by Homma Kancho, visited two Nepalese Army Aikido Instructor Training facilities to witness the current status of their ongoing Aikido instructor training programme. One of the training locations is “K-9 Emily Memorial Dojo”, located in the K-9 training squadron base, where elite female soldiers selected from 19 …
Aikido Nippon Kan’s AHAN Active Team’s visit in Vietnam
October 29, 2018
AHAN Active Team members traveled to the city of Huế in Vietnam, a fierce battle ground during the Vietnam War, for a follow-up visit to a support facility for the victims of the use of defoliant. Many Thanks to all the local coordinators who are mostly retired teachers who were teachers during the wartime! We very much look forward to …
Aikido practice in the city of Huế in Vietnam
October 29, 2018
Every time we come to Huế, we join this local Aikido group for practice. Although I still don’t know clearly what the name of their dojo is, they are always welcoming, and they are good-natured fellow Aikidoists. Practicing at this dojo reminds me of the days from 40-some years ago when I started a dojo in Denver with such …
Home Alone and Holding Down the Fort!
October 24, 2018
Aikido Nippon Kan’s Annual Fall Volunteer Event has been held at this time of the year for the past 27 years, and this year’s volunteer event was held on October 13. Aikido Nippon members and their families & friends gathered in Civic Center Park in the heart of downtown Denver again this year to turn the flowerbeds to “put the …
A Visit to Japan by Aikido Nippon Kan Representatives
October 20, 2018
12 representatives, including Bryon Hays, Vice President of AHAN Nippon Kan, Hien Pham, the Secretary of AHAN Nippon Kan and 4 senior instructors, from AHAN Nippon Kan, a non-profit organization with its headquarters in Denver, CO, U.S.A, traveled to Japan to discuss with AHAN staffs in Japan to firm up a plan to establish AHAN Nippon Kan’s Japan Branch Office as …
Aikido Nippon Kan – Summer of 2018
September 26, 2018
Thank you and ‘Gokurosama Deshita’ to all who participated in Nippon Kan’s Marathon Seminar. To date, over 1,800 Aikidoists took on the challenge to participate in Nippon Kan’s Marathon Seminars, and a wide range of members participated in this year’s seminar, from members of Nippon Kan’s Moo Club, which only those who are 60 and older can join among …
A mysterious 7-year long journey of a weapons bag
September 10, 2018
Here’s the story of how I got Frank Gordon’s weapons told by Nippon-kan Weapons Instructor Chris A. My friend, who lives across the street from City Park had seen the a blue bag lying on the sidewalk next to the street, which he thought might have camping gear in it, so he left it there assuming someone would eventually come …
YES! WE DID IT!
July 19, 2018
On the occasion of the World Youth Skills Day in 2018, ‘Heritage Run’ was organized, and Aikido team members from the Nepalese Army Rangers swept up trophies among over 250 athletes in the inaugural Heritage Run. A team from the WWY (We are With You) initiative, which was founded in 2015 through a collaboration between AHAN Nippon Kan and …
Nepal Ranger Aikido Nippon-kan Training Center
May 25, 2018
Huge Aikido Training Conducting in ANTC (Ranger Aikido Dojo) through Nepal Army. Only here (82 Different Unit and Sub-Unit of NA Total 123 Soldiers (Students) practicing together Nippon-kan Aikido
With My Precious Black Belt Students at Bilay House in Thailand
May 15, 2018
There is no Bokken or Jo; no Keiko-gi to practice in, and of course no Dojo… But they have shovels, hoes and sickles and worn-out T-shirts as well as the vast & generous mother nature. 38 children from different backgrounds are living at Bilay House for different reasons, and 12 high schoolers welcomed me with their bright smiles that day. …
A Long Whispering at the age of 68…
May 11, 2018
When Nippon Kan was founded, it was just me and a few others. It’s been 43 years since then, and it’s been quite some time since Nippon Kan was no longer a small Aikido group in a town. Unlike a business entity, a Dojo does not pay wages but collects monthly dues from its students. However, a …