After a hiatus of several years caused by the COVID pandemic and it’s travel restrictions, the teacher of Bujinkan Macedonia – Igor Dovezenski, together with his son Petar, visited the Japanese teachers and again trained at the heart of Bujinkan in the city of Noda.
The working visit took place from the 11th to the 27th of June, and in addition to the muriad training sessions in the Hombu Dojo, many important meetings and conversations were had with the new heirs of the schools of Bujinkan.
During the visit, Igor and Petar Dovezenski refreshed and improved their knowledge by training with the teachers: Toshiro Nagato, Yukio Noguchi, Hiroshi Nagase, Isamu Shiraishi, Tetsuji Ishizuka, Vataru Tezuka and others. During most of the training sessions in the Hombu Dojo, Igor Dovezenski had the role of Uke (the person upon whom the technique is shown, meaning the person that helps the teacher show and teach the technique).
What little free time they had, the Dovezenski dedicated themselves to visiting the temples connected with the creation of some of the classical martial arts. They also visited and cleaned the graves of the creators of Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto ryu and Ono ha Itto ryu.