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2005 Aiki Expo: Gaku Homma, Nippon Kan
Aiki Expo 2005
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Gaku Homma, Founder of Aikido Nippon Kan in Denver, trained in Iwama and at the Aikikai Hombu Dojo in Tokyo under aikido founder Ueshiba Morihei and Morihiro Saito in the late 1960s. Homma moved to Denver, Colorado, and founded the Nippon Kan as an independent dojo in 1978.
This demonstration emphasizes the difference between soft and hard applications of techniques.
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