During exquisitely cold weather, followed by rain and strong winds, we held the fukiya seminar. The place chosen for this event, Loka, which during the entire time was surrounded by gray, wet clouds, proved to be ruthless to the warriors of Bujinkan Macedonia. For the entire length of the training, our clothes were constantly wet, and our wet feet and boots made our bodies tremble to keep their temperature at a normal level.
Compared to the other seminars teaching different weapons, the ones with fukiya were always considered to be easy in regards of physical strain, but instructor Igor Dovezenski alway forces a fast climbing rhythm on the roughest terrains.
The seminar began with a short lecture about this weapon,
which comes from the tradition of the Togakure Ryu school, after which instructor Dovezenski taught the students the way to manufacture and use the fukiya in all kinds of battle conditions. Afterwards, there was a target practice training from several body postures (kamae). For the students, especially interesting was the message transmission technique with the darts, as well as shooting them.
All in all, this experience as every other gained in the outdoor seminars, will be of great use to our students who even in their hardest moments do not allow themselves to show weakness or self-pity. The future of Bujinkan Macedonia is guaranteed with such students.
On the 27th of March (2011), sempai Marjan Proshev and sempai Marko Opachikj, will teach a seminar for the Gradsko sections of Bujinkan Macedonia.
On an invitation by the Tatsujin dojo in Belgrade, the instructor of Bujinkan Macedonia, Igor Dovezenski, along with his student Marjan Proshev, took part in a seminar taught by the well known Bujinkan master, Pedro Fleitas from Spain.
we used to see all our friends who lead or train in the dojos around the Balkan Peninsula. As always, the moments with them were pleasant, and the conversations about the years passed in friendship and training simply brought back memories.
Japanese Shinobi warriors and was mandatory to learn as a part of the Togakure ryu Ninjutsu school.
On the location called Slepo Kolo, on the hill Orljak, the seminar titled `The strength of Yari` took place today. The event was attended by 11 members of Bujinkan Macedonia, who learned the ways of spear battle, as well as formation fighting with this weapon for the entire day.
so called `circle of defense` and `dangerous centipede` and they mastered them quickly.
The popular monthly „Life Magazine“ in it`s new (February) edition, published a reportage about Bujinkan Macedonia`s latest outdoor seminar. The text titled as `A winter training session with the Macedonian samurai` was written by the journalist Katarina Stojanova, while the photographs are by the photo-reporter Andrej Ginovski.
`The School Shinden Fudo ryu Dakentaijutsu uses the following weapons: Yari (spear), Ono (battle axe), O Tsuchi (large war hammer), Tachi (sword) and Naginata. The Kuden says that one night, a demon (Tengu) came to the founder of this art in his dreams and taught him how to fight with the Yari. These techniques are still considered the biggest secret of the school.`

The instructor of Bujinkan Macedonia, Igor Dovezenski, will hold the first outdoor seminar scheduled for 2011.