Intensive Ninpo Ne Waza training 

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This past Saturday at the Skopje Dojo of Bujinkan Macedonia an intensive Ninpo Ne Waza master class was held by the teacher Igor Dovezenski.

The training was held on the request of the members of the Dojo that are especially interested in all aspects of ground fighting. 

After the session was over, the participants were all more than satisfied with what was taught and asked their teacher to hold regular, weekly Ninpo Ne Waza intensive training sessions.

A Shinobi Taiso® instructors seminar was held 

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A special Shinobi Taiso® seminar for instructors was held today under the tutelage of the creator of the system – Igor Dovezenski.

Only licensed instructors that have permission to teach the system were allowed to  participate in the event, and all of them saw significant improvements in their knowledge about Japanese yoga. 

The instructors which are trained and licensed in Shinobi Taiso®, all hold regular classes in many different Macedonian companies which have decided to take care of their employees health and well-being, and their long standing cooperation with our team only servers to prove the quality of the system created by Igor Dovezenski through the use of his 40 years of experience in the world of Japanese traditional martial arts.

Children’s Ninja Summit IV

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The fourth in a row Children’s Ninja Summit was held this past Saturday at the Skopje Dojo of Bujinkan Macedonia, with which the season of winter seminars officially opened for the Ninja Kids group. 

In the event 24 children participated, who spent the next four hours enjoying the many games that were especially crafted to help them improve their motor control, and ensure that their bodies develop in the right direction. Besides these games, they were taught age appropriate self-defense techniques, afterwards there were some lessons that were geared towards improving their logical thinking abilities or in other words helped them develop their faculties.

The next Children’s Ninja Summit shall be held in a month’s time.

Togakure ryu Shuriken 

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In the yard of the Hombu dojo of Bujinkan Macedonia a four hour long Togakure ryu Shuriken seminar was held, during which the students of the teacher Igor Dovezenski had the opportunity to learn or repeat the throwing techniques of the Boshuriken from this ancient ninjutsu school. 

During the event throwing techniques were practiced from the sitting and standing body positions, trowing while running and throwing by way of twisting the body . It is becoming obvious that the participants are slowly mastering the Togakure techniques, which is known as the hardest to master of all the ryu-ha.

Goton Po

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Using the five elements of nature to help our escape (Goton Po), was the topic of this past Saturday’s seminar, which was held in the forest of Mlaka near the Hombu Dojo of Bujinkan Macedonia. Beside the members of our dojo, there was a guest participant from the Republic of Serbia.

In addition to the detailed class on the theory and uses of Goton Po, the teacher Dovezenski also demonstrated the techniques,  afterwards the participants practiced several practical ways of hiding through the use of Mokuton no Jutsu.

The Fifth BuYuKai has been held 

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The international friendship seminar, known as BuYuKai, has confirmed for the fifth time the traditional friendship between the members of Bujinkan Macedonia and Bujinkan Turkey. 

This time the event was held at the city between two continents, the famous city of the Bosphorus – Istanbul. The event took place with around forty participants from Macedonia, Turkey, Bulgaria and Iran, who dedicated themselves to tirelessly learning from the instructor Igor Dovezenski and the host Erjan Sharbat.

Besides the training, the participants spend their time exploring the city together and learning more about the culture and history of their host country.

Iaijutsu seminar 

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This past weekend was dedicated to training techniques for simultaneous drawing and cutting with a sword, or in other words – Iaijutsu. 

The weather was pleasant, the nights aglow with the light of the full moon, and nature was full with the first signs of the approaching Fall. All that made for a special atmosphere during this seminar dedicated to the Japanese sword. 

During the seminar several Iai and Batto techniques were taught, all from schools that Igor Dovezenski is the representative of in Macedonia, unsurprisingly the participants showed great interest and joyfully absorbed their teacher’s lessons. 

With the eminent arrival of Fall, the end of the seminar season at the Hombu is fast approaching, there are no more than a few seminars remaining at our dojo’s backbone – the Hombu.

Team Building at the Hombu 

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The first Japanese zen garden in Macedonia, together with the “Ninja Village” project, continue to arouse the Macedonian people’s interest in this beautiful and unique place.  

After a fruitful year long partnership, mainly focused on Japanese Yoga (Shinobi Taiso) classes, with the successful Macedonian company TGG – MK, they decided to grant us the opportunity to organize a team building event for them, which was held at our Hombu Dojo and its surrounding areas. 

And so, this past weekend the employees of TGG – MK had the opportunity to partake in the different activities and beautiful nature that our Hombu and its surroundings provide, they were also treated to some amazing food made from locally sourced organic products, some of which came from our own garden at the Hombu.

An agreement was made, to mutual satisfaction, that our cooperation shall continue and that there shall probably be another team building event in the spring, replete with some new experiences and adventures.

BuYuKai Serbia III

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This past weekend, in the small but beautiful town of Novi Becaj in Serbia, the third BuYuKai Serbia seminar was held. 

This international seminar is one of the biggest in the region, and in it take part with over eighty participants from several South-east European countries.

Each year the number of instructors continues to grow, and so in 2023 teachers from Turkey and Germany decided to take part in this seminar. 

The teacher Igor Dovezenski decided to teach the school Shinken Gata Tora no Maki, which caused a flurry of emotions in the participants and was greeted with great applause, many subsequently approached the teacher with questions about the techniques that make up this school. Slowly, but surely, Dovezenski is becoming famous in the Bujinkan community as an instructor that specializes in all the schools that are part of Takamatsu’s heritage, or specifically a master of the form’s (kata) which he performs with great precision and confidence. 

The next international seminar during which Dovezenski will teach is the Istanbul seminar – in the Republic of Turkey, which will take place this October.

Hojutsu in the Hombu garden

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One day after the Bow and Arrow seminar, a seminar was held dedicated to shooting with a samurai rifle – Hojutsu.

During the event, the teacher Dovezenski taught his students the ways and techniques of shooting with a Tanegashima, with a substitute air-rifle for safety reasons. 

All of the seminar’s participants showed exemplary results, which is a clear example that with regular training your skills can only improve.