Aikido Nippon Kan

Specialties

Aikido Nippon Kan is the largest traditional school of the Japanese Martial Art of Aikido in the Rocky Mountain Region. Founder and Chief Instructor Gaku Homma Sensei trained directly under the Founder of Aikido as the last live in student of the Founder.

15 classes a week offered, Beginning adult, advanced, weapons origin of movement, youth program classes beginning and advanced.

Beginning Aikido Schedule for Summer 2014 :

Monday/​Wednesday 6:30pm

August 18^th 2014

Tuesday/​Thursday 6:30pm

July 1^st 2014

August 26^th 2014

Saturday/​Sunday 8:30am

July 12^th 2014

September 6th2014

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History

Established in 1978.

Aikido Nippon-​Kan is the premier Aikido martial arts dojo in the Rocky Mountain region. Founded by Gaku Homma, the founder’s last uchideshi in Iwama, Japan, Nippon-​Kan welcomes all who are interested in Aikido and humanitarian efforts.

Our Mission:

The mission of AHAN, the Aikido Humanitarian Active Network is to extend the philosophy of Aikido into the world beyond the dojo. One goal of AHAN (the Aikido Humanitarian Active Network) is to inspire individual dojos to find and develop service projects in their own communities. It is not required to join AHAN as a member. Individual independent ideas and activities are encouraged and supported! If your dojo has started an activity you would like to share, please let us know and we will post it on the AHAN Activity Bulletin Board.

Meet the Business Owner

Gaku Homma Kancho M.

Business Owner

Nippon Kan, located at 1365 Osage Street, Denver, CO. is the largest Aikido martial arts dojo in the Rocky Mountain region. The school was founded in 1978 by Gaku Homma Sensei, who was a student of Aikido founder Morihei Ueshiba, as well as other high-​ranking instructors, at the Iwama dojo in Japan. Homma Sensei was the last official uchideshi (live-​in student) at Iwama dojo and is the best testimonial to the founder’s private life at Iwama during the last years of his life. After the founder’s death, Homma Sensei moved to the United States and opened his independent dojo. Homma Sensei is the creator of Nippon Kan’s unique teaching method that combines kenjutsu (sword techniques) and jojutsu (staff techniques) with taijitsu (open hand techniques). Since the school’s inception, more than 10,500 students have attended Nippon Kan’s beginner’s Aikido classes, and today more than 250 continuing students practice at this traditional-​style dojo. Homma Sensei’s teaching style combines his exte