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Author dovezenskiPosted on May 3, 2026May 6, 2026Categories Home

After just a day since his return from his trip to France, where he held a series of classes at two Aikido clubs in Malzeville and Blainville, the teacher Igor Dovezenski held a HoJutsu seminar in the Japanese garden at the Hombu for his Macedonian students. 

During the event, shooting techniques from eight different body positions were studied, and the students that were there managed to quickly master them and show remarkable results in their execution. 

The next seminar, in the regular program of Bujinkan Macedonia, is the seminar for Otsuchi and Ono.

Author dovezenskiPosted on May 3, 2026May 6, 2026Categories Home

In the period between the 26th of April to the 2nd of May, the teacher Igor Dovezenski held a series of seminars in the region of Lorient (Grand Est) in France.

The classes were dedicated to the schools of Bujinkan ninjutsu, Daito-ryu aikijujutsu and the schools of kenjutsu from Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto-ryu.

The seminars were held at the aikido clubs in Malzeville (a suburb of Nancy), and in Blainville, which is situated thirty kilometers south of Nancy. Both dojos are part of the French aikido federation and through it the Aikikai foundation of Japan. 

The event’s participants were so amazed by their instructor Dovezenski that they sent him off with ovations and applause, and they have already invited him to come and share his knowledge with them again next year. 

The Macedonian teacher accepted the invitation fullheartedly, first and foremost because of the  honor being shown to him, but also because of the continuous joy that was shown by those being taught all through the sessions. 

With mutual respect and enthusiasm, the hosts and Dovezenski parted ways with the words: “See you next year.”

Author dovezenskiPosted on April 28, 2026May 1, 2026Categories Home

Immediately after the end of the seminar for Bow and Arrow, this past Saturday there was a test for a Sandan (3th Dan), during which sempai Taki Gakovski successfully overcame the hard test needed to earn this degree

During the testing, the candidate has to demonstrate up to three katas from the school of Koto ryu Koppojutsu, and he then needs to compete in a randori (a no holds barred fight) with three different attackers, where one of them has a knife. 

Before the test itself, kohai Marko Petrusevski was awarded the bronze medal “Genin” which is awarded on a person’s ten year anniversary at Bujinkan Macedonia. We would like to extend our heartfelt congratulations to both of them!

Author dovezenskiPosted on April 28, 2026May 1, 2026Categories Home

The traditional seminar for shooting a bow and arrow, that is usually held during the month of June, this past Saturday managed to gather around 20 members of Bujinkan Macedonia at the forest of Mlaka in the valley under the mountain of Lipac. 

During the seminar, the teacher Dovezenski taught techniques of shooting from different body positions, and ways to hold and control the bow. 

The students that regularly visit this seminar, naturally showed the best results during the shooting.

Author dovezenskiPosted on April 23, 2026April 26, 2026Categories Home

The teacher Igor Dovezenski, together with his student Taki Gakovski, from the 11th to the 22nd of April visited the Homby of the Bujinkan Dojo in Noda (Japan) with the goal of improving their knowledge. 

During the visit, they trained together with the dai-shihan’s and the inheritors of the schools (soke) that are taught in Bujinkan, they met and trained with: Norio Sakasai, Isamu Shiraishi, Yukio Noguchi, Toshiro Nagato, Hiroshi Nagase, Wataru Tezuka and others. 

Unlike Dovezenski’s previous visits, when his time was exclusively dedicated to training with the teachers, this time he wished to let his student experience some of the Japanese culture and traditions for the first time. And so, in addition to the training sessions, they visited several different cities, japanese gardens, ancient temples, castles and other places connected to the samurai traditions.

During their visit they managed to spend some time talking to and visiting several Japanese teachers with which there was talk about future plans concerning Bujinkan Macedonia.  

Author dovezenskiPosted on April 7, 2026April 12, 2026Categories Home

The leader of  “Taiyou e no Michi”, held a seminar this past Saturday on the topic of Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto ryu Bujutsu, it was held  at the Hombu Dojo of the organization.

During the training sessions, the teacher Igor Dovezenski taught four katas of simulated sword drawing (IaiJutsu/BattoJutsu), all the while the students studiously trained in the techniques shown to them by their teacher. 

Interest in this oldest documented Japanese samurai school is on the rise, and so, Dovezenski promised to insert it in the future seminar schedule at our dojo.

Author dovezenskiPosted on March 31, 2026April 2, 2026Categories Home

The chilly weather did nothing to dissuade the members of Bujinkan Macedonia from successfully realizing this 17th seminar dedicated to the techniques of spear fighting, also known as – “Strength of the Yari”. 

The event was held at the forest of Mlaka, and in it took part around 20 practitioners from all different age groups.

It was truly inspiring to see the level of enthusiasm and dedication shown by the younger students, who actively expanded and deepened their knowledge of the art of SoJutsu (spear fighting) from the school of Shinden Fudo ryu DakenTaijutsu. Under the leadership of the teacher Igor Dovezensk, the participants had the opportunity to learn from his sizable experience and approach to teaching, which was paired with his selfless wish to share it with all those present.  

According to the yearly program for Bujinkan Macedonia, the next seminar will be dedicated to the topics of HoJutsu and YumiYa.

Author dovezenskiPosted on March 30, 2026April 2, 2026Categories Home

This past Saturday, in the yard of the Hombu Dojo of the Organisation “Taiyou e no Michi”, a seminar was held on the topic of throwing Shuriken. In the event participated 23 students from Bujinkan Macedonia.

The events began with the practical section, where the students threw at three different targets. Under the tutelage of the instructor Igor Dovezenski several different throwing techniques were studied, with special effort given to perfect the participant’s accuracy, control and technique. All of the participants thus had the opportunity to showcase his technique and get some pointers as to where it needs improvement.

After the official part of the seminar, the participants spent their free time socialising by the Dojo’s fireplace, after which came the communal dinner and some board games.  

This time event had the expected effect of making the participants full of energy and motivation, which translated into an improvement in skills, but also to create some wonderful memories of their time together. 

With this Shuriken seminar we officially opened the 2026 season at the Hombu Dojo of  “Taiyou e no Michi”.

Author dovezenskiPosted on March 26, 2026April 2, 2026Categories Home

The leader of the Organisation “Taiyou e no Michi” ,Igor Dovezenski, completed a four day visit of Amsterdam, Holland, where he met up with some of his compatriots from the club of his deceased teacher and mentor for Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto ryu Bojutsu. 

The visit was dedicated to communal remembrance and respect, Dovezenski took an active participation in the training sessions organised in honour of their teacher Erik Louw’s birthday. The meeting was filled with strong emotions, especially with former students of Louw Sensei – people with which Dovezenski trained with, in many a past year, in Japan, but people that also have a lot of lasting memories of training at the Hombu Dojo of  “Taiyou e no Michi” in Macedonia. 

In those rare moments of quiet self reflection, Dovezenski visited many of the places that marked his first steps into this discipline during his three day stay in 2013, spent, at that time, with his teacher. It was a trip down memory lane, but also a reminder that the Way goes on without end. 

As a natural evolution of this meetup, a deal was struck for future cooperation with the successor of Louw Sensei, Marcel Breedveld. The cooperation will focus on regular joint training events, seminars and mutual visits of each other’s dojos in Macedonia and Holland – this will be a living bridge between tradition, friendship and a joint dedication towards the Way. 

Author dovezenskiPosted on February 22, 2026March 5, 2026Categories Home

Today, at the Skopje dojo of Bujinkan Macedonia, was held a seminar dedicated to the Shinobi Taiso system. 

In the seminar several licensed instructors took part, and several dedicated candidates for the opportunity to transfer their knowledge during some of our regular classes. This event was a great opportunity to collectively enhance some of their methodology, exchange some practical knowledge and make a unified curriculum. 

The work was done in a wonderfully positive and constructive atmosphere, with a clear accent given to the right ways to bodybuild as a foundation to any future personal technical development. The practical part of the event was given over to the exercises for strengthening and enhancing the mobility of the body from the second level (Junan Undo), with special attention to natural body movements, stability and coordination. 

Besides this, we managed to work through several important topics from the second level, nutrition as the main support to a continuous training effort and the ways in which proper breathing techniques enhance the health of the body. These things were not discussed as only a theory but were taken as a practical way to keep oneself and others healthy, of sound constitution and internally balanced. 

The seminar was a great way to remind ourselves of the importance of continuous education, self motivation and the slow but patient self improvement – all the things that make up the core of Shinobi Taiso and the ways in which of Budo functions as a concept.