Ta Ko Lang, Thailand February 11-13, 2014 Special Nippon Kan Advisor Scott Roney and retired Consul Haruo Yamagami from Japan accompanied me to Ta Ko Lang, Thailand for a visit to the Bilay House Orphanage. The Bilay House was built by AHAN in 2012 and houses over 20 orphaned children on a full-time basis. Bilay House is located in a …
Kathmandu, Nepal February 7th, 2014 Construction on the AHAN Nepal Training Center began in October 2013 and to celebrate its completion, the Grand Opening Ceremony was held on February 7th, 2014. Homma Kancho, Special Nippon Kan Board Advisor Scott Roney, Retired Consul Haruo Yamagami and special Japan journalist Terada Misao flew to Nepal to attend this very special event. Nepal …
February 2nd 2014 The Nepal Army Rangers are one of the most active contributing forces in current United Nations peace keeping operations around the world. Currently there are Nepal Army Ranger battalions stationed in Sudan, Syria and Iraq. Since the practice of Nippon Kan Aikido has been adopted as part of Ranger basic …
January 2nd, 2014 Nippon Kan staff member Soe visited the town of Sittwe, Myanmar this past winter. On this visit he went to check on the orphanage that AHAN has been working with to restore the dormitory quarters for the children currently living at the orphanage. AHAN has also been assisting in the rebuilding of the Mahatini temple adjacent to …
Oct 21-24, 2013 There are still many refugees from Myanmar that find refuge in Thailand, and the independent AHAN Bilay House near the Myanmar-Thailand border cares for refugee children from the Myanmar Karen tribe. The Karen children have taken up weaving or what they call TaTa in their local language. Pastor Bilay’s wife has already begun teaching the children this …
August 12, 2013 This summer the Bilay House Orphanage in Ta Ko Lang, Thailand was expanded with the purchase of an adjacent 1650 square meter parcel of land. The property has a building that will be used for the new AHAN Bilay House Heritage Center; a center where traditional Karen tribe weaving and other crafts will be produced. It will …
July 18th, 2013 It was only a little over a month ago that Welmer Pagenta served as my body guard and driver on my last trip to Illigan in Mindanao. Welmer was a humble and quite man who enjoyed sharing a rum with me at night. He not only attended Aikido practice every day, but he also attended every AHAN …
July 17th -23rd, 2013 Link here to see the video: A Documentary on the Rebuilding of the Badjao New Life Center; With You All the Way! Homma Kancho has come to Mindanao Island in the Philippines twice in the past 2 months. On his first visit with us at the AHAN Mindanao Learning Center in Illigan, he learned that the …
June 26-27th, 2013 Watch the video! “Because They are There… Chronicle of Emily’s Travels to Thailand and Myanmar
June 24th to 26th, 2013 After the visit to Sittwe , we returned to Yangon, the bustling capital of Myanmar. There, accompanied by Nilar Than, AHAN Myanmar Coordinator and family, we delivered rice and supplies to the Yadanapon Temple and joined the children for a mid day meal. AHAN Nippon Kan has been supplying 1 ton of rice, educational and …
June 22nd-24th, 2013 Awaiting the final touches. Emily Sensei was given the task of choosing the final paint colors. After leaving Thailand, I flew to Myanmar. The first stop was a visit to the town of Sittwe in the Rakhine state near the Bangladesh border. Accompanying me was Mr. U Than Aung, father …
June 19th -21st, 2013 Emily Busch, Nippon Kan Vice President and AHAN International Program Director journeyed to Ta Ko Lang, Thailand in June to visit the AHAN Bilay House Orphanage. The purpose of this visit was to research the purchase of adjoining property for the building of a Karen tribe traditional heritage center. …
June 3rd-9th, 2013 There is a tribe of people called the Badjao that live along the coast south of Illigan City on Mindanao Island in the Philippines. The Badjao are an ocean migrant people without a country and scavenge for survival. For the past 3 years, The AHAN Mindanao Learning Center has provided meals to the Badjao people; the only …
May 25th-June 2nd, 2013 I stopped by Japan in late May to do some research on land for a new AHAN Nippon Kan training center. While in Japan I went to visit the countryside home of Mr. Yamagami, former Japanese Consul. It was good to see Mr. Yamagami in a markedly different environment now that he has retired to a …
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. …
