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Author dovezenskiPosted on November 23, 2019November 27, 2019Categories Home

The teacher Igor Dovesenski today held a special workshop for Junan Taiso tailored for the licensed instructors of the Shinobi Taiso group.

During the event, the participants learned techniques with the so called “yoga bricks”, during which they had to come to know, down to the details, with the desired results.

In the end was scheduled the next Workshop which will be held in January, and during which more techniques with the new props will be taught

Author dovezenskiPosted on November 12, 2019November 12, 2019Categories Home

On invite by Bujinkan Turkey, the teacher of Bujinkan Macedonia – Igor Dovezenski held a seminar in Istanbul during which he taught together with his friend Erjan Sharbat – instructor and representative of Bujinkan in this country.

During the wonderfully organized event, Dovezenski taught the school of Gyokko ryu Koshijutsu, while his colleague from Istanbul taught martial techniques with a tanto, and also unarmed defense from the same.

The full Dojo and the words of praise at the end of the seminar, as also the invite directed towards Dovezenski to again teach in Turkey, are just one more confirmation of the quality that Bujinkan Macedonia has possessed for a long time now.

In the end let us mention that together with the teacher Dovezesnki, traveled his students Marko Opacic, Vladimir Antovski, Mihail Drakalski, Taki Gakovski, Kosara Dovezenska and Ksenija Dovezenska. All of them showed perfect knowledge and were often called upon by their teacher to help during the demonstration of the katas.

Author dovezenskiPosted on November 5, 2019November 5, 2019Categories Home

The leader of the Organization “Taiyou e no Michi” , the instructor Igor Dovezenski, this past weekend held a seminar for classical Japanese martial arts in the Swiss city of Biel.

Invited by his compatriot Boris Leskarovski, at the same time a karate master of the highest order who has been living and working in Switzerland, Dovezenski taught traditional techniques of Bujutsu, Aikijujutsu and Ninjutsu.

In the event took part around fifteen members from Switzerland and Macedonia, who during the two days enjoyed the katas that the teacher from Macedonia selflessly shared.

Interestingly, although in Switzerland there exist a lot of clubs for martial arts and sports, Kobudo is almost unknown for most of the citizens of this European country.

One of the goals of the master Leskarovski is for his karate club “Kashivakan” to be a gathering place where those interested could train two times a year with the Instructor Dovezenski and to grow acquainted with the roots of the Japanese martial arts. Towards that goal, already this spring the next “Kobudo Gashuku” seminar is scheduled, that will surely have even more visitors, judging by the fact that the first one had the goal of introducing the members of Kashivakan Dojo to the Koryu martial arts that are the predecessors of modern Budo.

Author dovezenskiPosted on October 31, 2019October 31, 2019Categories Home

Учителот на детската група на Буџинкан Македонија – Таки Гаковски, заедно со Ксенија Довезенска, Марко Поповиќ и Матеј Спировски од Нинџа Клинци, утрово беа гости на ТВ24.

За време на интервјуто, тие зборуваа за активностите на Доџо-то, но и за плановите и целите кои не очекуваат во иднина.

Како претставници на Буџинкан Доџо предводено од страна на соке Масааки Хатсуми, наша обврска е да објасниме на јавноста дека Нинџутсу е уметност која пропагира хармонично живеење и мир помеѓу луѓето во светот. Под влијание на ефтините филмови од Хонг Конг и Холивуд, некои луѓе се уште сметаат дека Нинџутсу е боречка вештина која се користела исклучиво само за борба.

Author dovezenskiPosted on October 23, 2019October 25, 2019Categories Home

The yard of the Hombu Dojo of the organization “Taiyou e no Michi” this Sunday was a real battlefield on which instead of merciless fighting, the members of Bujinkan Macedonia for the first time had the opportunity to study the techniques with a samurai battle axe – Ono.

According to the legend, the school Shinden Fudo ryu Daken Taijutsu uses the following weapons: Yari (spear), Ono (war axe), Otsuchi (large hammer), Tachi (sword) and Naginata.

By the reactions and the fire with which the participants practiced the shown techniques, it can be concluded that they really enjoyed the katas that the teacher Dovesenski selflessly shared with those closest to him.

The next Ono seminar is scheduled for spring, 2020. Mark the date on time.

Author dovezenskiPosted on October 16, 2019October 16, 2019Categories Home

The Hombu Dojo of the Organization “Taiyou e no Michi” was the home of another amazing seminar dedicated to the great samurai war hammer – Otsuchi.

The Sunday sunny day was as if created for an event of this caliber. The hot weather, strange for this time of the year only added to the enjoyment during the training with this unconventional samurai tool.

The teacher Igor Dovezenski during the seminar taught the forms of combat with an Otsuchi, and then selflessly shared the combat techniques which the participants absorbed with great joy.

Author dovezenskiPosted on October 16, 2019October 16, 2019Categories Home

Another seminar for the handling of the ninja net – Toami, was held this Saturday in the yard of the Hombu Dojo of the Organization “Taiyou e no Michi”.

In the event took part six members of Bujinkan Macedonia who for an entire six and a half hours practiced the basic techniques of throwing the net, and also the combat scenarios (Kata) with this unusual ninja tool.

The wonderful sunny day was as if crated for training, and the Fall can be especially beautiful in the yard of the Hombu.

At the end of the seminar, it was agreed upon that the next one should be held in the springtime and to be a two day affair, with the goal of perfecting the techniques with the Toami.

Author dovezenskiPosted on October 2, 2019October 4, 2019Categories Home

There are many reasons why we shall remember the eleventh edition of the “Way of the Shugenja”. On the difficulty scale, we can say that after the legendary march Skopje-Hombu and Hombu-Kokino-Hombu, this one is third on the list when difficulty and happenstance on the road are in question.

The instructor Igor Dovezenski decided to share his own feelings about this epic seminar.

“In 07.45 we left the yard of the Hombu Dojo and started towards the furthest point of the march – the village of Kokoshinje. The way to Murgash, and then to the peak of Lipac we passed in a routine manner, with no fatigue showing. We climbed the next two hills of Mangovica and we dropped down to the village of Pezovo where we had a magnificent encounter with a doe, which flew out like an arrow from the low oak forest. After this, with a fast pace we went through the village of Ksanje, from where we started for Kokoshinje.

We already were in unknown terrain and movement was done only according to our sense of orientation. The road between these two villages was through vast plowed fields, with no shade in sight, during the time of day when the sun shines the brightest and the temperature is the highest. In some of my student strength began to falter, and our water reserves started to dwindle because of gratuitous sweating caused by the environment and the exertions. And exactly when we reached Kokoshinje and where we had to refill our reserves, we found out that the village fountain was almost dry because of the drought and the indifference of the small number of villagers that were still living in this inhospitable place.

The clock struck 14.00, and we had the longest and toughest part of our route in front of us. We needed to travel 20 kilometers to the village of Konjuh, through uninhabited mountain terrain, criss-crossed with many rocky areas, covered in oak forest and low prickly hedges that slowed us down immensely. After ten kilometer had passed, I started to notice that with the slowed down tempo, because of the terrain, it will be hard for us to reach the road to the village of Konjuh before darkness overcame us. I told Sashe Gacev that the roadside stop in the village of Tatomir we will have to skip, because that village is high above sea level, and that after we climb we will have to backtrack, and that will cost us a lot of time. In those moments I thought that, maybe if we continued on, we might still have a chance to reach it before the night came upon us in the wild. We dropped down to a gully through which sometimes ran a small stream, which from time to time was lost below the sandy surface. We moved fast, but some of my student started to lag behind. As much as I tried to “drag them” with my fast pace, still the difference between me and them became ever so larger. Here I finally knew that there was slim chance that we will manage to reach the road to the village of Konjuh, and that soon it will be dark. Still, I decided that I will give it my best and try to get my people to the target on time.

18.30 hours. By my estimation to the end of the gully there were around 4 kilometers. With the tempo that we were moving through the river stones, we would have passed at most three when the sun set. That meant that we had to make a camp in a place that had water and where wild animals would come during the night to quench their thirst. And already in my head began to resonate the wolf howls that we heard from the bush while we were traveling between the villages of Kokoshinje and Tatomir.
I decided that we should climb the right side of the gully, the side towards Shopsko Rudare and following the top of the mountain we should try to find some kind of dirt road that we could follow during the night. We started up the steep hills and through the thick forest. In front of us there appeared some goat paths that were made by the animals that move through the mountain. All around me there were droppings from wild animals, skeletons of herbivores, marks left by wild boars. I watched and I kept quiet, so not to disturb my students.

Suddenly one of the paths in front of us started to widen, and the terrain to clear up. And just as the sun was beginning to set. I grasped at this straw of hope and though that if we were lucky, maybe this little path will lead to a bigger one. I began to run forward and gave the order for all to follow me. The fatigue was gone in a flash, and the pain in the legs subsided. As I ran I loudly encouraged the people behind me to follow. I told sempai Taki and sempai Blagica to be the “liaisons” between me and all the rest and to move with a distance of 20 meters between us. But despite all that, the distance between me and the rest grew on. All were tired, thirsty, spent. I was left with only one last tactic to make them follow me faster. To anger them. To hurt their ego. To cause them to be stubborn. I turned and I yelled:

-Why aren’t you listening to my orders, you monkeys, how do you expect me to get You out if this wilderness?
Then one of my trusted students lost control and started to shout and complain uncontrollably. Sempai Blagica retorted sharply that he should watch his conduct, but for me that meant that the battle against time was lost and that we would have to sleep in this unknown, harsh and uninviting wilderness. I couldn’t allow myself to spoil my relationship with my students which I consider my family.

Then came the hardest part. To convince them that we should spend the night here, and that according to the rules of survival, as soon as darkens falls, we have to make camp.
I cautiously looked over the terrain and I found a narrow gully, well hidden, and most importantly full of dry branches at an arms length. I quickly made a fire, and in that time the students gathered the dry branches in a pile. The place was ideally chosen, and most important of all was that it was safe and we couldn’t cause a fire in the forest, because of the long drought the grass was as dry as gunpowder. The guard was set and we all huddled around the fire. I didn’t sleep at all. I listened to the guard so I can judge their moral. I talked to them when their eyes would drop, I woke them when they would fall asleep. I made sure that the fire stayed lit. I used my body to warm up those that were cold. Morning came. I repeated to them what I had said the previous night:

• This seminar became a true survival. We did what we trained for all these years. We survived. With no almost no equipment. With no weapons to protect ourselves. We survived with what little we had.
  

The sun started to climb in the sky, and so did we through the dense oak forest. After a while in the distance the first houses of Shopsko Rudare appeared…

I will say that in this seminar took part seven Warrior of Bujinkan Macedonia. During the first day we traveled around 52 kilometers in 12 hours. In two of the participants there were some health concerns followed by hallucinations caused by thirst. Our friendships, meaning our tight knit relationship passed the test again.

In a short while the pain in the muscles will subside, the feeling of miserable thirst will fade, the chill in our bones will be gone and so will the memories of our fight with the big dogs (sharplaninci).
The memory of our friendship and the self-sacrifice that we have for each-other will remain forever.
Pain is temporary. Glory is eternal. Just as is our respect for Mother Nature. Her strength always reminds us how powerful she really is and how small we truly are”.

Author dovezenskiPosted on September 23, 2019Categories Home

Еднодневен семинар за ШурикенЏутсу се одржа во саботата во дворот на Хомбу Доџо-то на Буџинкан Македонија.

За време на настанот, учителот Игор Довезенски предаваше техники односно начини на ракување со девет различни типови на Шурикени.
Инструкторот особено внимание посвети на начините на држење на оружјето, а интересен момент беше и вежбањето на техниката на гаѓање од затскриена положба, која што учесниците многу добро ја совладаа.

Author dovezenskiPosted on September 16, 2019September 16, 2019Categories Home

The Ninja Kids of ” Taiyou e no Michi” again presented their Ninjutsu techniques and again, as always left speechless all guests present in the Skopje City Park.

The demonstration was held this Saturday, as part of the event called “After Class”, in it took part eight members of the kids group from the only Ninjutsu dojo in Macedonia.

As always, the Embu of the Ninja Kids attracted the most attention during the event and garnered the loudest applause form the public.

In the end we would like to congratulate the instructor Taki Gakovski that tirelessly works with the youngest members of Bujinkan Macedonia and generously shares his knowledge with them.