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Author dovezenskiPosted on January 13, 2025January 13, 2025Categories Home

The study of ways to survive in winter is the traditional way in which we start each and every new year. This year too, for the 15th time, we had the opportunity to enrich and perfect our knowledge concerning this topic.

The event was held in the forest of Mlaka, situated in the valleys under the mountain of Lipac, in the event partook around ten warriors from Bujinkan Macedonia, which tirelessly worked on their own self improvement during yesterday’s events. 

At the same time, a test was organized for the skills and techniques of winter survival of Kosara Dovezenska, with which she became the first girl from Bujinkan Macedonia to be tested during this hard trial, but she sadly failed to pass the test this time.

Several hours after the event’s conclusion, the leader of Bujinkan Macedonia wrote a public message to commemorate his daughters trial, which we show here in its entirety:

“This girl is my hero of the day!

Today Kosara Dovezenska was the first girl from Bujinkan Macedonia to be tested during the hard trial of the “Ways of Winter Survival”, but she sadly failed the test. 

The test is such that the candidate is left alone in a forested area with only a knife and a small axe, while the rest of the group leave the immediate area. He/she then needs to build a shelter sturdy enough to weather the elements, start a fire using only a fire-starter and show many other types of skills and knowledge that we shall not waste time explaining here. 

So that there can be no hint of special treatment or nepotism, because she is the daughter of the leader of Bujinkan Macedonia, a commission was formed just for her, made up of all of the Sempais that had previously managed to pass the test, judging her on her performance. 

At 15:00 we started towards the place where she was one her own and when I saw her caked in mud and freezing, with ripped gloves and soaked to the bone – as a father I couldn’t hide my sorrow, but as her teacher I must admit that I was more than proud of her, although I already knew that she had failed, owing to two mistakes that I immediately noticed.

With her face caked in mud, she was cute as a button, but that did nothing to mellow out the harsh judgment handed down by the Sempais, which rated her performance in the same strict but just way that they were  judged by me throughout the preceding years.

One thing that I am known for is my strictness when advancement through the ranks of the Dojo is concerned, that is why our Dojo is considered to be one of the best in the world, and that same level of strictness has been instilled in my oldest students (Sempai). The test for survival in winter conditions is especially difficult, but Kosara will have a chance to fix her mistakes next year.

I LOVE YOU MY DEAR DAUGHTER!!! And I am proud of you!!!

Never give up!!!

Author dovezenskiPosted on January 2, 2025January 2, 2025Categories Home

There 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!!!

Author dovezenskiPosted on January 2, 2025January 2, 2025Categories Home

As every year, the end of December is reserved for the testing for advancement in the student levels and titles of Bujinkan Macedonia, and afterwards comes the celebration (BonenKai) of another successful season of training. 

We would like to extend our congratulations to the children from our children’s groups which successfully passed their tests, and also to congratulate the adult members of Bujinkan Macedonia for their new levels and titles. 

May we be even stronger next year!!!

Author dovezenskiPosted on December 22, 2024December 28, 2024Categories Home

This past Saturday at the Skopje dojo of Bujinkan Macedonia a special New Year’s Kids Ninja Summit was held, in which participated a record breaking 30 children from or Ninja Kids children’s group. 

Besides the fantastic training, filled with laughter and fun, there was a surprise visit by our very own Ninja Santa Claus, who brought our youngest martial arts practitioners a lot of gifts. We also organised a lottery – to the delight of all the little ninjas present. 

We wish all of our Ninja Kids all the best in the new year 2025.

Author dovezenskiPosted on December 15, 2024December 17, 2024Categories Home

Today, at the Skopje dojo of Bujinkan Macedonia, was held the last Ninjutsu seminar for the year 2024. In the event partook around 20 students, which tirelessly studied the secrets of fighting with and defending from a knife. 

The atmosphere during the seminar was wonderful, positive and combative, which just contributed to the cheerful demeanor of the participants. 

The next Ninjutsu seminar, and also the first for the year 2025, will be the legendary “Ways of winter survival”.

Author dovezenskiPosted on December 10, 2024December 10, 2024Categories Home

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Author dovezenskiPosted on November 17, 2024November 25, 2024Categories Home

The teacher of Bujinkan Macedonia, held a regularly scheduled Shinobi Taiso seminar for instructors, during which the level’s of Chuden (Junan Undo) and Okuden (Ki Undo) were studied. 

Special care was given to the modules concerning nutrition (Eiyo), breathing techniques (Kokyu Ho) and meditation (Mokuso). 

Thanks to these seminars, the licensed Shinobi Taiso instructors keep expanding their knowledge base and gathering a large amount of experience.

Author dovezenskiPosted on November 17, 2024November 25, 2024Categories Home

This past Saturday, under the leadership of shidoshi-ho Taki Gakovski, at the Skopje dojo of Bujinkan Macedonia the eight in a series of Kids Ninja Summits was held. 

During this special event dedicated to the youngest members of our dojo, around 20 children were present, all of which enjoyed the fun and warm environment that is created by training with their instructor. 

During the summit, the teacher Igor Dovezenski did a live demonstration with a real Japanese sword (katana). 

The next Kids Ninja Summit will be held in December, and for our smallest warriors there will be a new year’s raffle.

Author dovezenskiPosted on October 30, 2024October 30, 2024Categories Home

The traditional friendly seminar between Bujinkan Macedonia and Bujinkan Turkey, which is held biannually in each of the participant countries, managed to again gather a lot of Ninjutsu lovers, this time in Istanbul.  The seventh in a row BuYuKai was organized by the Haburamu Dojo and the instructor Erjan Sharbat. 

As is tradition, the team from Bujinkan Macedonia arrived in “the city of emperors” two days before the events officially started with the goal of enjoying the beauty of the blue Bosphorus, and the old cobblestones of the city’s bazaars. This time spent in each other’s company helped strengthen the friendships that have been growing between the members of these two martial arts clubs. 

Besides the participants from the host country and from Macedonia, we had participants from Serbia, with which the seminar continued its international character and tradition of gathering many different lovers of ninjutsu from many different countries. 

The teacher of Bujinkan Macedonia decided that this year he shall celebrate his 50th birthday in Constantinople, surrounded by his children, students and close friends, who managed to surprise him with an amazing gift that is already hanging inside the Hombu Dojo in Dovezence. 

During the event, Dovezenski and Sharbat taught several different basic and advanced techniques and principles of ninjutsu, while the participants took great pleasure in absorbing some of the knowledge that these two instructors have managed to accumulate throughout the years. 

The next BuYuKai will be held next spring in Macedonia, and there are plans in place for a great big surprise for the event’s participants. 

Mark the date on your calendars and await the eight iteration of the traditional BuYuKai event. 

 

Author dovezenskiPosted on October 22, 2024October 24, 2024Categories Home

One day after the KusariGama seminar, a seminar for KyoketsuShoge was held, an event that is also a part of the yearly Bujinkan Macedonia program. 

The beautiful Autumn day only added to the charm of the nine katas that the students of Igor Dovezenski tirelessly trained in so that they could perfect their ninja skills. 

This was the last seminar at the Hombu for the year 2024. See you next season.