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Author dovezenskiPosted on July 16, 2018July 18, 2018Categories Home

This weekend in the Hombu dojo of the organization “Taiyou e no Michi” a seminar was held on the Topic of Gyokko ryu Koshijutsu, on which the participants had the opportunity to train in the basic techniques as also the katas of the first level – Jo Ryaku no Maki.

The event brought seven members of Bujinkan Macedonia which with great pleasure hardily trained the forms of this old ninjutsu school, sparing no energy even for a moment.

Of course, the free time was used to enjoyed the beautiful yard of the Hombu, but also for swimming in the nearby river, which is very capable of returning the vigor to the muscles after a hardy training session.

For this semester, only one more seminar is planed – “Life in the Wild” which will be held this coming weekend.

Author dovezenskiPosted on July 3, 2018July 6, 2018Categories Home

After last year’s adventure on Cocev Kamen, this year the Warriors of Bujinkan Macedonia had the opportunity to perfect their survival skills near the waterfall Dlabocica on the mountain of Kozjak.

Located in pristine nature, between mountains and forests which with their beauty take the breath away, the waterfall was the ideal place to connect with nature, which is the point of this seminar.

After the event ended, two of the participants shared on the Forum their impressions:

“The weather was not on our side during this seminar, but that too is part of our events. If the weather is nice and pretty, then how shall we forge ourselves into Warriors?
Comfort never brought true character to the surface. During the entire trek to the location where we were to make camp it was raining. Mud and water everywhere, and we with smiles and impatient – to see the magical place. The road itself was like out of a samurai movie. The rain, clouds and fog created a sort of magical atmosphere while we were walking. Those images are forever ingrained into my memory and I will always carry them with me. There are no word to describe that beauty. After a three hour trek, we arrived in a place that was truly majestic. I stood in front of the waterfall and was dumbstruck for a moment, I wanted to remember this moment forever.
Slowly we gathered around and Sensei immediately gave us tasks because the situation demanded work and only work for the necessary conditions to be secured for survival in this place. We made a temporary camp and two fires that gave us a lot of trouble till we got them going.

The work around the fire, the preparing and building of the shelter brought us even closer together and everybody worked hard and studiously. Here I would like to praise all those that took part in this kind of seminar for the first time. The truly helped a lot and I hope that we will see each other frequently on these kinds of seminars.
The night left us undisturbed by rain. Everything went as it should have and I am sure that everybody enjoyed their sleep and their guard hours.
The next day we were greeted by beautiful sunshine. Again we took to work and food making. The food on these seminars, may look to others like torture and starvation, but for us it is a feast that nothing on this world can replace.
Before starting back, we cleaned up the place where we camped and returned in to its natural state, and afterwards we went off to carefully gather forest fruits, tea herbs and mushrooms. Here nature provided a bounty, as if forest fruit came from the sky in buckets. Cherry, raspberry, strawberry, plums and what not. We got enough vitamins to last us for a year.
After the ‘feast’ and the lecture on herbs form Sensei, we had to start back (sadly)…
The way back is harder. We had to say goodbye to a beautiful place in which we could only stay a short while, and it gave us so much. The next day was spent daydreaming and wishing to go back. We have to visit it again! Bujinkan Macedonia forever in our hearts!” – Vladimir Antonovski.

“It is hard to forget the feeling, while you sleep, on your right side a burning fire caresses you, and on the left you hear the soft rumble of the waterfall Dlabocica. It cannot be described! You simply have to go there, to fill your eyes with this beauty.
I am happy that my first seminar was of this character with a topic that everyone has to experience at least once in their lives. A great challenge, during which, I learned of ways to maintain a fire, but also how to make the tastiest yeast-free ninja bread with pepper and salt. And their taste was better than anything, because they were prepared by the hands of a group of wonderful people who had an enormous drive to teach you and with a warm hearth ready to help at a moment’s notice.
I learned also how to build a shelter with the material that nature itself gifts to you.
Taking part in this kind of seminar, again confirms my decision that I consider the best one of my life yet – becoming part of Bujinkan Macedonia.
The happiness that comes with being a part of this unforgettable adventure I felt only when I returned to Skopje, with a sunburn face and a million blisters on my hands.” – Jana Dimitrievska.

Author dovezenskiPosted on June 26, 2018June 26, 2018Categories Home

The second Chigiriki seminar for this year took place in the Hombu Dojo of Bujinkan Macedonia.

Sunday and the yard of the dojo echoes with the cries of the Warriors of the dojo who with an incredible fire practiced the techniques of this classical Japanese weapon, which always bring joy to the participants.

The participants had the opportunity to train in and repeat down to the tiniest details all the things that will help them to better overcome the secrets of Chigiriki.

The atmosphere was as always totally positive or as the members of the dojo like to say – like a family.

The next weekend is reserved for the seminar titled 10000 B.C.

Author dovezenskiPosted on June 26, 2018June 26, 2018Categories Home

How to make a primitive hooting bow, how to use it, from which positions you should shoot the opponent, the history and physiology of the weapon, different combat scenarios – all this was taught by shidoshi Igor Dovezenski to his students during the Saturday seminar that took place in the Hombu Dojo – of Bujinkan Macedonia.

In the event took part around ten members of the dojo, who proved that they could quickly master the techniques which centuries ago were used by the Japanese Ninja Warriors. All that thanks to the regular training and frequent seminars, which of course help in the mastering of the basic principles which are the cornerstone of all traditional Japanese martial arts.

Author dovezenskiPosted on June 5, 2018June 8, 2018Categories Home

This past Saturday our smallest Warriors made another successful attack on the Hombu dojo of Bujinkan Macedonia, during which for sixth time they conquered the hearts of their instructors.

This time the topic of the seminar was ground fighting meaning Ninpo Ne Waza, and the Ninja Kids showed solid knowledge and an even bigger wish to learn some new tools that will help them in their further development as individuals, but also as future Kobudokas.

Whit this excursion ended all the winter and spring events connected with our youngest members, so it remains to get ready for the grandest event: Kids Summer Ninja Camp.

Author dovezenskiPosted on May 28, 2018May 29, 2018Categories Home

In the Hombu Dojo of the Organization “Taiyou e no Michi” , this weekend a seminar took place for Anma – Japanese Massage.

During the event shidoshi Igor Dovezenski taught methods of massaging the head, face and neck, during which the participants had the opportunity to explore in tiniest detail these far eastern techniques which were used in the past to maintain the health and vitality of the body.

After the seminar ended, every participant was tasked with demonstrating to what degree he had mastered the material taught during this Saturday and Sunday. According to the judgment of the teacher Dovezenski, the members of the dojo are on the right path to also having the skills necessary to help the people around them.

On the next Anma seminar, besides repeating the material, the instructor will teach techniques of massaging the back

Author dovezenskiPosted on May 24, 2018May 28, 2018Categories Home

Two days after returning from Japan, shidoshi Igor Dovezenski held a seminar in the Hombu Dojo of the organization “Taiyou e no Michi” with the title of “Nihon no Kankaku” meaning  “Feelings from Japan”.   

During the seminar Dovezenski tried to adequately transfer the moments and techniques which he practiced with his Japanese teachers, during his three day stay in the Land of the Rising Sun.

During the two days of this past weekend, the instructor of Bujinkan Macedonia taught techniques of utilizing the body in combat (Taijutsu), but also in the use of different weapons such as: Katana (sword), Hanbo (short stick), Kunai (a metal tool used for digging), Shuko (metal claws) and Tanto (knife).

Saturday night, Dovezenski held a six hour class during which through photographs and videos he tried to bring to life the experience gathered during his stay in Japan.

Author dovezenskiPosted on May 18, 2018May 26, 2018Categories Home

The founder of the Organization for the study of traditional Japanese martial arts “Taiyou e no Michi” and the primary instructor for Bujinkan Macedonia – Igor Dovezenski, yesterday returned to Macedonia after spending three weeks perfecting the Bujutsu and Ninjutsu in the Land of the Rising Sun.

During his stay in Japan, Dovezenski trained for eight hours each and every day, visiting during that time many dojos and learning from the best of instructors about the schools that are represented in Macedonia.

The first week was dedicated on studying and perfecting the school of Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu, during which Dovezenski visited several dojos and comparing and testing during it his knowledge gained during the training with his teacher Antonino Certa.

After that came the training in the city of Noda, where the Homby dojo of the organization of the organization Bujinkan is situated. Here the only Macedonian kobudo instructor, each day visited several training-sessions, learning from the last living ninja – soke Masaaki Hatsumi, as also from his best shihans. Tetsuji Ishizuka, Toshiro Nagato, Yukio Noguci, Isamu Shiraishi, Kenichi Someya, are but a few of the names from which Igor Dovezenski expanded his knowledge during his stay in Japan. He was also invited and took part in the second BuYuKai gathering, during which he gifted soke Masaaki Hatsumi some traditional Macedonian handwork.

During one of the training, the shihan Yukio Noguci to the leader of Bujinkan Macedonia bestowed the title of 10th dan, with which the only acknowledged Macedonian dojo now has a teacher of the highest rank. At the same time, soke Masaaki Hatsumi to Dovezenski gave a Bugo meaning a warriors name – The Thunderous Tiger. During it, on a Kakejiku (a hanging scroll) wrote for him “The exo of the thunderous tiger reverberates through the mountains.”

The last week from the journey in Japan, Igor Dovezenski dedicated to training in Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto ryu Bujutsu, as also visiting of dojos which teach Kobudo school that the instructor does not represent, but is interested in their history and technique.

The training in Katori Shinto-ryu were led by the shihan Kyoso Shigetoshi, who described down to the tiniest detail the movements of this oldest of Kobudo schools.
Still, the greatest surprise for Dovezenski was his acceptance in the company of Yasuada Iizasa, the 20th Soke of Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto-ryu Bujutsu. For the surprise to be complete, he was called to the Homby Dojo of this school, during which Dovezenski had the chance to talk to and give questions to the Soke. If you know, that you can count on one hand the amount of non-Japanese that have taken tea and talked with m-r Yasuada Iizasa in his Hombu Dojo, it can only be imagined the honor that was given to the instructor Dovezenski.

In the end, we would like to transfer to you the gratitude of the leader of “Taiyou e no Michi” to his students and also to his three children, which are always to him the motivation to accomplish and reach for more. Great gratitude  to senpai Kentaro Relnik for his selfless aid to Dovezenski during his stay in faraway Japan.

Author dovezenskiPosted on April 17, 2018April 17, 2018Categories Home

In the courtyard of the Hombu dojo of the Organization “Taiyou e no Michi”, this Sunday the traditional seminar Chigiriki was held. This unusual weapon, made from a stick on which a chain and ball are attached, in the past was an integral part of multiple Japanese martial arts. Sadly, today very few practitioners try to keep the tradition going through its use meaning through training with it.

During the seminar nine techniques were taught, after the instructor explained the positions beforehand, and also the blocks and attacks with Chigiriki.

No doubt next year there will be a seminar organized on the same topic, because we are sure that a complete warrior, has to know in detail the entire arsenal of weapons which were used by the legendary Japanese warriors – the Samurai and the Ninja.

Author dovezenskiPosted on April 2, 2018April 2, 2018Categories Home

With great interest was welcomed the seminar for the use of a Japanese batton from the period Edo – known under the name of Jutte.

The instructor Igor Dovezenski this Sunday taught his students in the techniques of use for the Jutte from the school of Kukisinden-ryu Happobiken, and they tirelessly absorbed all knowledge from the teacher.

Right from the start, the participants could get acquainted with the basic strikes with the samurai steel baton, and then they trained in the five katas of this old ‘Sogo Bujutsu school’.

To the joy of all, in the end it was decided that this past weekend in the Hombu was one of the most interesting ones to date.