Author: koryu

Author koryu

On sunday, the classical martial arts school Taiyou e no Michi / Bujinkan Macedonia, is organizing a seminar in nature on the theme: Bojutsu (the art of staff fighting).

This is an art which was studied in almost every classical school and was always mandatory to learn by the japanese bushi (warriors).

During the seminar, body postures, strikes and blocks will be practiced using the rokushaku bo (a staff 180cm in length). Practicing in the open allows us to feel the way the techniques and kata were performed during the Sengoku Jidai period (the civil wars in Japan), when the battles were fought in the open (on the battlefields).

Date: 25.04.2010 (sunday)

Place: Brestov Dol

Programme:
08.00 hours – departure from Skopje
09.00 hours – arrival
10.00 – 16.00 hours – theory and practice
16.30 hours – departure for Skopje

The seminar will be held no matter the weather conditions.

Author koryu

With lots of laughter and positive energy, in the spirit of Rokkon Shojo, this weekend we practiced in our dojo under the guidance of the great ninjutsu master Sveneric Bogsater. His performance and teaching were enjoyed by 40 attendants from Serbia (Belgrade, Novi Sad and Nis), Montenegro (Budva) and Macedonia (Skopje and Kavadarci).

The first day, we began training with a Tachi (battlefield sword), which was followed by Taijutsu techniques. His performance of the Kihon Happo techniques was impressive – he managed to tie all eight into a single kata. Afterwards, we practiced kunai techniques, an old japanese weapon, which when in Sveneric’s hands, acts like an extension of his arm.

The second day, we practiced techniques which were always a favorite in our dojo. Defense against knife. Here also, the students had a chance to see Sveneric’s quality.
After that, we moved on to hanbo techniques, which we also enjoyed.
Once again, I thank all our friends which came from abroad to study with us.
I am also thankful to the students of Bujinkan Macedonia for their support and help organizing this seminar. As always, you were amazing in every way possible.
In the end, a great thanks to sensei Sveneric, for the honor and trust he gave us and for again sharing his knowledge and experience, and mostly for the oral transmission (kuden) which I will never forget, especially in the moments which we spent on the Vodno mountain at the courtyard of the monastery of st. Panteleimon.

All the best until the next seminar.

Author koryu

The best of the Bujinkan world in Macedonia again:
Tai Kai 2010 with one of the best-known ninja masters of today – Sveneric Bogsater
Theme: Rokkon Shojo, Tachi, Hanbo and Kunai
There is no need to speak much of him.
Everyone that knows what is the Bujinkan, knows who sensei Sveneric is.

We
invite you to take part and learn a bit more about one of the oldest
martial arts in Japan. The seminar is open to everyone, regardless of
their level of knowledge. This is a chance to find out more about this
art which was a mistery even to the Japanese themselves.

Date: 10-11 apirl, 2010

Price: 50 euro (for the instructors with more than 5 students the seminar tax is free)

Timetable:

Saturday
10.00 – 13.00 training
13.00 – 15.00 break
15.00 – 18.00 training
Sunday
10.00 – 13.00 training
13.00 – 15.00 break
15.00 – 18.00 training

Place: dojo Taiyou e no Michi – Skopje – Macedonia

Equipement: hanbo, boken (tachi), kunai (only wooden are allowed)

If you have any questions, please make contact with us.

For those who will be the first to make application, we will
provide home stay / or you can make reservation
at one of the hotels in Skopje: http://www.skopjehotels.com.mk

If you have any questions, please make contact with us.

Come and feel the traditional macedonian hospitality.

Welcome to Macedonia – The cradle of civilization.

Author koryu

During the period between the 19th and 28th of March, the instructor of Bujinkan Macedonia, Igor Dovezenski, was visiting and training at his Daito Ryu Aikijujutsu and Ono ha Itto Ryu Kenjutsu (Takeda den) teacher, sensei Antonino Certa.

Sensei Certa is the only gaijin (non-japanese) who in the history of these classic
samurai schools achieved the title Shihan (the highest title in these arts). He was a student of the 36th Soke, Tokimune Takeda, and later to Shigemitsu Kato as well, the successor of the Hombu Dojo of the Takeda family – Daitokan, in the city of Abashiri.
Sensei Antonino Certa is the president and chief instructor of the European Daito Ryu Aikibudo organization and also the only representative of (the japanse) Nihon Daito Ryu Aikibudo organization and teacher in charge of these schools outside Japan.

The intensive training (which is held once a year) in the Hombu dojo of the European Daito Ryu Aikibudo organization, placed in Zerbolo (between Pavia and Vigevano), is very rigorous and demanding.
The training starts at 07.00 AM, and ends at 19.30 PM (with breaks for breakfast and lunch). During the practice, which is constantly supervised by Shihan Certa, the techniques and kata are studied in detail,
 the same ways they were done in the Daitokan dojo. The working group is a small one, consisted only of chosen students, who in order to attend this intensive training are required to have at least a 2nd Dan in any Japanese martial art or to be a member of the organization. Bruises, wounds and pain are constantly present during the training, and the life in the dojo happens on the tatami (you sleep and practice here).

The older students of sensei Igor Dovezenski, know for a long time about his wish to study Daito Ryu Aikijujutsu. That wish was finally fulfilled by being accepted as a personal student of the Shihan Antonino Certa, by which he became a representative (section) of that organization in Macedonia.

With that, in our country (as well as on the whole territory of the Balkans and South-eastern Europe), for the first time we have the possibility to study the wonderful world of Daito Ryu Aikijujutsu and Ono ha Itto Ryu Kenjutsu, two classical japanese samurai schools. At first, in our section will inly be allowed students from the school of martial arts Taiyou e no Michi – Bujinkan Macedonia, an in the future, a public availability of this school is planned as well.

The name of our section for Daito Ryu Aikibudo is: Daito Macedonia Koryu Dojo, according to the wishes of our teacher, Antonino Certa.

By opening a Daito Ryu section, we don’t intend to reduce our Bujinkan related activities. On the contrary, they always was and always will be an imperative for instructor Igor Dovezenski. Studying Daito Ryu Aikijujutsu and Onno ha Itto Ryu Kenjutsu, will only allow us to better understand classical Japanese martial arts, which are a great passion for the members of the martial arts school Taiyou e no Michi – Bujinkan Macedonia

Author koryu

Positive atmosphere,  overcrowded gym, great socializing and hard work characterized the seminar that took place this weekend in Kavadarci, under the guidance of the instructor of Bujinkan Macedonia, Igor Dovezenski and organized by Blagoj Tanevski.

During the first day, basic punches and kicks, blocks and katas from Kurai Dori were practiced, from the classical Japanese martial school Koto Ryu Koppojutsu.The second day was reserved for the school of Gyokko Ryu Koshijutsu, where besides the basics, instructor Dovezenski explained in detail the katas from Ki Gata. 

The seminar had an attendance of over 50, a respectable number for Bujinkan. Half of them came from Skopje, while the rest of them were from the second Ninjutsu Dojo in Macedonia, Bujinkan Kavadarci. The great interest for this seminar speaks volumes about the quality and level of teaching of instructor Dovezenski.   

The host Blagoj Tanevski, leader of Bujinkan Kavadarci, showed himself
as a great host. The whole seminar passed flawlessly, thanks to his dedication to make the guests feel good. On Saturday, around midnight, the attendants of this seminar went to a party in the club K7, where they stayed until the early hours of the morning, but that didn not in any way affect their concentration during the next day training. It was wonderful to see how students from both clubs socialize with each other. 

After the finishing of the Saturday training session, instructor Dovezenski held a ground-combat jujutsu training specially for the best UFC fighter in Macedonia (up to 73 kg), Oliver Petrovski. He is an incredibly talented competitor, who has a great fuiture ahead of him. During this session, Oliver enjoyed the techniques shown to him and mastered them in a short amount of time. Modest and
hard-working, he couldn’t wait to try the next technique, for which he was assisted by the students of Bujinkan Macedonia, Marjan Proshev and Zoran Todorovski. Afterwards, we discussed further collaboration, in order to make a better training opportunity for this Macedonian representative in UFC. Additionaly, we invite anyone who could financially support Oliver, to call Blagoj Tanevski. 

What more can we say? This kind of events, these moments stay forever remembered. We eagerly wait for our next meeting with our friends in Kavadarci.