Author dovezenskiPosted on Categories HomeDuring the Easter holidays, the instructors Igor Dovezenski and Pino Durante held an amazing seminar in the Hombu Dojo of Bujinkan Macedonia.
During the event present were around twenty members of the organization “Taiyou e no Michi” which were highly satisfied by the seminar and the incredible atmosphere which permeated the event.
The topic of the seminar was the samurai school of Takagi Yoshin ryu Jutaijutsu, during which Dovezenski taught the kata from the first level (shoden omote and ura gata), while Durante showed the henka (variants) of the principle Muto Dori which are practiced in the Hombu Dojo of the Bujinkan Dojo.
It’s interesting that the dai-shihan Pino Durante is born and lives in Germany, where in the city of Limburg he has his own dojo. In the year 2008 he, for the first time, visited Macedonia as a participant in the seminar with the dai-shihan Steffen Frohlich, organized by Igor Dovezenski. Since then, till this day, the German and Macedonian instructors have nurtured their friendship, training and socializing during different seminars in Europe, and in the Hombu Dojo of soke Masaaki Hatsumi.
Awed by the quality of training in Bujinkan Macedonia, but also by the beauty of our country, our people and all the other things about our country, the instructor Pino Durante will surely become a more frequent sight in our dojo.
At the end of the seminar, the dai-shihan Pino Durante invited the teacher Igor Dovezenski to hold a seminar in his dojo in Limburg.
p.s. The things said by Pino Durante during the seminar can be read on our blog (click on the link).
During the testing, they successfully demonstrated the necessary techniques and skills that are necessary to receive the “black belt”, with which they entered the group of rare people that received the master degree from the teacher Igor Dovezenski.
We wish them success in their future studying and perfecting of the Japanese traditional martial arts and we wish that they stay on the Path for many years to come.
During the event, the teacher Igor Dovezenski trough lessons, and afterwards through randori (freestyle combat) put his students face to face with the reality of fighting with weapons.
During the seminar, the teacher Igor Dovezesnki taught his students how to shoot with a simple homemade bow, similar to those which were used by the Shinobi warriors and was know under the name Maruki Yumi, similar to Hankyu – a short bow made from bamboo.
Eleven years in a row, the dojo Bujinkan Macedonia organized this event, and this year for the first time under the leadership of sempai Sanja Simonova, who together with the teacher Igor Dovezenski teaches techniques of self-defense from all kinds of situations. During the seminar, the participants had the opportunity to learn how to defend themselves from attacks with strikes, pinning to a wall, kicks, as well as situations when they find themselves on the ground. As support for Simonova and Dovezenski, always present were some of the older members of the dojo – Vladimir Antonovski, Mihail Drakalski and Filip Trajanovski. 
Besides the amazing companionship and incredible atmosphere, all the members of the fairer sex during the entire seminar kept the smiles on their faces, and for us that is the greatest sign of the success of the Workshop. Till next year.