Author dovezenskiPosted on Categories HomeThere was a significant reduction in seminars in comparison to 2023, when we managed to realize 44, but we need to be grateful even for these 31 that we managed to organise and hold. I say that we need to be content with this number, because much of our energy and resources were dedicated to the creation of our “Japanese Zen Garden and Ninja Village” project in the yard of the Homby Dojo. If we want to keep our epithet of the “world’s most dynamic ninjutsu dojo”, we will have to find a balance between the planned work on the first Japanese Zen garden in Macedonia and it’s opening to the public, and the regular organization of our legendary Bujinkan Macedonia seminars.
Let us start with the international seminars. This year the leader of Bujinkan Macedonia – Igor Dovezenski taught during three international events. The first was held in Macedonia, where, together with his friend from Turkey (Erjan Sharbat), he taught during the well known BuYuKai. After this he attended BuYuKai Serbia, held in Novi Becej, and afterwards was the visit to Istanbul where the teacher Dovezenski shared his knowledge with the members of Bujinkan Turkey.
In this past year, the teacher Igor Dovezenski managed to visit Japan twice for his regular self-improvement trips, and during the second trip he also managed to bring with him his two daughters Kosara and Ksenija, so they had to opportunity to train with and witness the souls of the japanese ninjutsu teachers. Both of the two week stays, and the achievements at the Homby Dojo in Noda (Japan), are impossible to sum up in such a short report, so we will leave those stories for some other time.
During the summer, we held our legendary Summer Ninja Kamps, one for children and the other for adults. We have to mention that during our sixteenth camp for adults there was a new record set, with 32 people attending, and so in 2025 the number of open spots will be raised to 35.
Other notable events were: The promotion of both of our Bujinkan manga comic books at the city library of Novi Becaj in the Republic of Serbia, organised by the municipality as part of the “A breath of Japan” event, then the international and home promotion of the movie “Kill the children first” – in which the teacher Dovezenski was the fight choreographer while his daughter Kosara was a stunt double, next is the improvement or better said the certification of Konstantin Anastasievik for the first level (Shoden) of Shinobi Taiso, and the interview of the leader of Bujinkan Macedonia by the only macedonian martial arts magazine Ipon.mk. Three new names have been added to our Hombu Dojo’s Nafuda Kake: Marina Jovanova, Sara Gilevska and Ljubomir Pavlovski.
Maybe the most important event for this past year, besides the myriad seminars, was the visit of the Hombu Dojo of Bujinkan Macedonia by the eminent professor from the Japanese University of Mie and one of the leading experts on the topic of Ninjutsu, d-r. Yuji Yamada.
To sum it all up, we shall give count to all the seminars for the year 2024: 7 ninjutsu seminars at the Skopje Dojo, 12 in the Hombu Dojo of Bujinkan Macedonia and in nature, three international ones, two summer camps, two two-week Japan trips, five Daito ryu Aikijujutsu seminars – of which four in Skopje and one at the Hombu.
In the end, we would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to all of the members of Bujinkan Macedonia, Daito ryu Macedonia and the “Taiyou e no Michi” organisation whose tireless work allowed us to spend another year on this marvelous adventure through the world of traditional japanese martial arts. We can no longer guarantee that we shall achieve even better results next year, but what we can guarantee is that as long as our legs can carry us, our love for the heritage of the Japanese martial arts that was left to us by the preceding generations shall never wane.
The topic for the first half of 2025 shall be Koto ryu Koppojutsu.
One Dojo – One Love! Bujinkan Macedonia – loyalty, dedication, honour.
A beautiful neverending story!
Ninpo Ikkan!!!
