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Author dovezenskiPosted on April 21, 2024April 23, 2024Categories Home

One day after the Bow and Arrow seminar, under a heavy blanket of rain, wind and chill, the rifle marksmanship (HoJutsu) seminar was successfully held.
The goal of this seminar is to train correct body positions and methods of firing a samurai rifle, but through the use of an air rifle as a substitute.

Neither the pervading chill, nor our soaked clothes managed to dampen our spirit and our willingness to train. On the contrary, we spent our time admiring the beautiful nature surrounding us, and enjoying the time spent in the company of our dojo’s members.

Author dovezenskiPosted on April 21, 2024April 23, 2024Categories Home

In the midst of the breathtaking forests of the Mlaka region, this past Saturday, the traditional YumiYa seminar, which is dedicated to the art of using a Bow and Arrow, was held.

Although this event is mainly focused on the use of the Japanese Hankyu bow, the teacher Igor Dovezenski teaches and demands of his students to understand how to use different shooting styles using the historical bows of many other Asian nations. 

During the seminar, Dovezesnki taught shooting techniques while using an Ottoman, Hungarian or the Japanese samurai and ninja bows. 

The evening after the seminar was dedicated to the history and traditions of Japan, taught by the teacher and accompanied by photographs that he himself had made during his travels throughout the Land of the Rising Sun.

Author dovezenskiPosted on March 31, 2024April 1, 2024Categories Home

The fifteenth jubilee, in a row, of the SoJutsu seminar called “Strength of the Yari” was celebrated this past Sunday in the yard of the principle Dojo of Bujinkan Macedonia. 

During this traditional event, which always attracts a large number of participants, there were people from many different age groups, and the vast canopy of the Hombu’s great walnut tree was still too small to shelter them all. 

During the seminar all the techniques, principles and kata’s of the school of Shinden Fudo ryu Dakentaijutsu were taught and drilled. While the time that the participants spent among their friends and the energy that they all shared was, as always, exemplary.

Author dovezenskiPosted on March 31, 2024April 1, 2024Categories Home

This past Saturday, in the yard of the Hombu Dojo of Bujinkan Macedonia, a seminar was held dedicated to the art of Hira Shuriken throwing. 

Sixteen members of Bujinkan Macedonia participated in this event and spent six hours perfecting their skills with the metal blades, so they could better understand this ancient ninja art. 

Some of the Dojo’s older students had the opportunity to try out some different throwing techniques using types of Shuriken that come from schools that are not part of Bujinkan’s curriculum. 

Author dovezenskiPosted on March 18, 2024March 20, 2024Categories Home

Another two week long musha shugyo to Japan was undertaken this March by the teacher Igor Dovezenski. 

This time, in addition to the regular training sessions with the teachers from the Homby Dojo in the city of Noda, the journey was used to study many other different arts that stem from the rich culture and traditions of the Land of the Rising Sun.

So, besides the samurai and ninja arts, the teacher Igor Dovezenski also dedicated himself to studying the secrets of creating a Japanese zen garden, and the tea ceremony known as Chado.

Furthermore, he visited the province of Shiga or more accurately he visited the city of Koga (Koka), which is known as one of the birthplaces of Ninjutsu (the second is Iga). There Dovezenski met with members, descendants, of the Fujibayashi family whose ancestors were famous Shinobi warriors, later he also managed to visit their family’s home which is dotted with hidden false walls, tunnels and passageways that they could use to escape their enemies. 

This martial journey was also a spiritual journey for the leader of Bujinkan Macedonia, who visited several temples and gardens: Senso-Ji in Asakusa – Tokyo, then Kodai-Ji and Kiyomizu-Dera in Kyoto and finally Narita-san in the city of Narita (he also visited many other smaller Shinto and Buddhist temples throughout Japan).

Author dovezenskiPosted on February 29, 2024March 15, 2024Categories Home

Under the leadership of Taki Gakovski, who is also the teacher for the kid’s group “Ninja Kid’s”, this past Saturday saw the successful completion of the seventh “Kid’s Ninja Summit”. 

Besides the regular agility and flexibility exercises that we teach to our youngest, the kid’s were also taught several self-defense techniques. 

And, as always, the seminar was filled with laughter, joy and play.

Author dovezenskiPosted on February 12, 2024February 13, 2024Categories Home

Yesterday, at the Skopje dojo of Bujinkan Macedonia a seminar was held on the topic of Kusari Fundo (Chain with Weights).

The dynamic and battle-like atmosphere was felt only by the privileged few students that had managed to set aside a few hours of their Sunday rest, so that they could spend their time bettering themselves through the ancient Togakure ryu Ninjutsu arts. 

We can talk for hours, trying to do justice to the techniques that the teacher Igor Dovezenski taught, but, the only true way to understand and experience this one, is to take part in one of our seminars. We can only waste our breath and words trying to explain something like the feeling of training in our dojo – it has to be felt on one’s own skin.

Author dovezenskiPosted on February 1, 2024February 1, 2024Categories Home

Under the leadership of Shidoshi Ho Taki Gakovski, this past Saturday, the sixth “Kids Ninja Summit” took place. 

As is the case with all of these seminars dedicated to children, the dojo reverberated with their laughter and joy, the children have always loved this event. 

During the closing of the seminar, several of the children asked the instructor Gakovski about scheduling the next summit, which only goes to show how popular this event really is among the children. 

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

The overwhelming interest and consistent number of participants during this winter ninja training, that is primarily dedicated to the techniques of survival in harsh natural environments, are a guarantee that this event shall remain part of the yearly schedule of seminars in Bujinkan Macedonia.
The mass attendance of this event is the reason why the teacher Igor Dovezenski takes great pleasure in transferring his knowledge to his students, whо look forward to the second weekend of January – when this seminar takes place. 

This year, the seminar went back to its roots at the forest of Mlaka in the valley below the mystic mountain of Lipac. Although the terrain and environment at the location itself, allow for a greater possibility of survival in the winter conditions, the temperature in the air, consistently below zero, served as a stark reminder to the participants that there can be no underestimating nature during these coldest of months. 

During this seminar, the teacher Igor Dovezenski decided that two shelters shall be built in parallel. At the same time, in an entirely separate location, the knowledge and ability to survive in winter conditions of shidoshi ho Vladimir Antovski was tested. Afterwards, Dovezenski carefully reviewed the shelter built by his student, and concluded that the candidate has successfully mastered the basics of winter survival, for which he shall receive a special certificate.

Author dovezenskiPosted on January 2, 2024January 3, 2024Categories Home

The end of the year 2023 shall be marked by the successful organization of 44 seminars, which is just one short of the record holding year of 2018, during which we managed to organize 45 seminars. With this result, it is almost a certainty that we still deserve to be epithetized as the “most dynamic ninjutsu dojo” in the world.

Let us start this review with our international seminars. During this year the leader of Bujinkan Macedonia – Igor Dovezenski taught at four international events. The first one was held in Macedonia, where, together with his friend from Turkey (Erjan Sharbat), he taught at the now well known BuYuKai. After this followed his appearance at BuYuKai Serbia, that was held in Novi Becej, then came the guest visit to Istanbul where the teacher Dovezenski shared his knowledge with the members of Bujinkan Turkey. The international events were rounded out with a teaching visit to Dojo Satori in Novi Sad (Serbia) where he taught Daito ryu Aikijujutsu. It is of note, that the BuYuKai seminars are always completely booked, a good example of this is BuYuKai V, which, all thought attendance was capped at 40 participants, we had to “overbook” so that we can accommodate two more people at the behest of some close and dear friends of the Dojo. 

The key event of the year was that the teacher Igor Dovezenski took his son Petar to accompany him on his regular self-improvement trip to Japan, allowing him to train in the presence of and experience the aura of the Japanese ninjutsu teachers. The two week long visit and the accomplishments that were achieved at the Hombu Dojo in Noda (Japan) are impossible to describe in this short report, so it is better that we tell those stories during some of our seminars in nature.

During the summer, we held our legendary Ninja Summer Camps, both of them, the one dedicated to children and the one dedicated to adults. We would like to mention that during the fifteenth iteration of the camp for adults, a new attendance record was set with the participation of 25 trainees, and so, to accommodate this rise in popularity, in 2024 the number of available open spots shall rise to 33.

Other events of note in 2023 were: in January the new Takamatsu manga, created by Dovezenski and Gakovski and titled “The mission to Xilinhot”, was promoted to the wider public, in February (Сечко – its traditional Macedonia name, which can be roughly translated to: the Month of Piercing Cold) the “Female self-defense Workshop” took place, there were a record breaking 23 participants during our traditional seminar “Strength of the Yari”, there are three new bearers of the “Genin” bronze medal (Kosara Dovezenska, Ksenija Dovezenska and Kristijan Mitevski), a company team building event was organized  (TTG – MK) and a new name was added to the NafudaKake at the Hombu (Marko Petrusevski).

So, to best sum up our results during 2023, we shall take a look at the numbers: 7 ninjutsu seminars at the Skopje Dojo, 21 seminars at the Hombu Dojo of Bujinkan Macedonia, 4 international seminars, two summer camps, a two week long visit of Japan and nine Daito ryu Aikijujutsu seminars at the Hombu Dojo, Skopje Dojo and abroad. 

Last but not least, we would like to extend our sincere gratitude to all the members of Bujinkan Macedonia, Daito ryu Macedonia and the Organisation “Taiyou e no Michi”, who through their tireless work managed to grant us the chance to spend another year enjoying the incredible world of the traditional Japanese martial traditions. We can’t promise you that next year shall be as successful as this one, but what we can promise is that, as long as we are breathing this Macedonian air, our love for the classical martial arts that we have inherited from previous generations of warriors shall never waver. 

The topic for the first semester of 2024 shall be Takagi Yoshin ryu Jutaijutsu.

One Dojo – one family. Bujinkan Macedonia – loyalty, dedication, honor. 

My story – my life. 

Ninpo Ikkan!!!