Aug 28-Sept 11, 2006 Armando finally arrived from Nicaragua at Nippon Kan headquarters in Denver, Colorado on August 28th, 2006. It took two years to overcome both Armando’s medical conditions and immigration obstacles to finally make this dream come true. Armando Lopez Espinoza is a twenty-three year old law student who has been battling cancer for the last five years. …
Aug 25th, 2006 Also located near the Platte River, the Nippon Kan gardens have become quite an oasis in this concrete jungle to much visiting wildlife in the area. The gardens are frequently visited by squirrels, raccoons, neighborhood cats and even a fox or two who usually arrive after 10:00 pm.! Many different birds visit the gardens and the gardens …
Written by Uchideshi Coordinator Jim Haugen The length of each term of our uchideshi students spends at Nippon Kan can vary depending on an uchideshi’s personal goals and other life commitments they might have such as school, work etc. While the length of an uchideshi stay may vary, while the uchideshi students are living at Nippon Kan they all …
June 1st, 2006 Nippon Kan General Headquarters Cross-Cultural Exchange Program with the village of Higashi Naruse in Akita Prefecture, Japan has been in operation since 1990. Higashi Naruse Village is small remote village in mountainous region of Northern Honshu whose cultural heritage and lifestyle has been perpetuated for centuries. Higashi Naruse village offers a very special opportunity to experience traditional …
written by Uchideshi coordinator Jim Haugen Three students will be graduating from Nippon Kan’s uchideshi program this term. Joshua Kemery, Hector Cid and Take Matsuo. All three survived to complete a semester in the coldest winter conditions Colorado has had to offer in many years. After graduation Joshua will be returning to college here in Colorado. Hector, who is from …
Congratulations to the graduating uchideshi! At Keiko Hajime, Jason Lowrey’s graduation from Nippon Kan’s uchideshi program ended with 100 ukemi falls! Nippon Kan usually has three to five uchideshi (live-in students) living at Nippon Kan at any given time. The motto for these hard working students is Uchideshi 24-7 which accurately describes their practice on and off the mat. Uchideshi …
