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Jissen Heiho

Author koryuPosted on Categories Systems
Jissen (実戦 is a combat. Heiho (兵法) is a strategy.

Jissen Heiho is a system developed by shidoshi Igor Dovezenski, with a goal of maximizing the combat strategy from the traditional Japanese martial arts and easier adjustment to the todays’ ways of combat.

Jissen Heiho is not an art!!!

Shidoshi Dovezenski never had, nor will have a desire to create arts, nor to proclaim himself as their founder. He never doubted the practicality of koryu.
On the contrary, he believes that the traditional martial arts are the best way not only for personal, but for protection of the closest ones too.

Why then the need of Jissen Heiho?

„Jissen Heiho is a system of self-defense, that incorporates the most practical techniques from all traditional martial arts that I’ve researched and trained so far. I haven’t invented anything new, and don’t have the need to. In my opinion, koryu offers everything that is needed for one individual to defend himself effectively. I just wanted to gather all my experience on one place and to adjust it to the modern times. Today, in front of the judicial system it’s really hard to prove what self-defense is. The way of combat is changing and really dirty tricks are used. The combat is changing and is influenced by the modern martial arts (MMA). In those conditions, it was about time a system to be developed that relies on koryu techniques and that enables defense that is ready in the shortest of time. We all know that in the past the training started since childhood and lasted to the end of the life. Jissen Heiho gives the opportunity to everyone that started training koryu in the latter years. To everyone that are in no condition to dedicate several hours of training daily. I repeat, the foundation of Jissen Heiho is nothing else than the best of koryu. Jissen Heiho was born from koryu. Jissen Heiho is koryu. Without training koryu it’s not possible to train Jissen Heiho.“

During the training, protective gear is used to reduce injuries.

The training is divided on:

– Shinobi Taiso® (conditioning the body, classical and modern methods)

– Dakentaijutsu (stances, strikes and blocks)
– Jutaijutsu (grabs, throws, strangling, control)
– Ninpo Ne Waza® (combat on the ground)

Controlled sparring is trained (randori) and atemi no tanren (conditioning of the striking surfaces).

The training looks like a combination of the „old school“ way of training in Bujinkan, but with application of new methods and techniques.

Reminder !!!

Shidoshi Igor Dovezenski does not deviate at all and does not „run away“ from the so called Takamatsu-den traditions, from the schools that are taught in Bujinkan, nor from the teachings of soke Masaaki Hatsumi. As always, the foundation of his training is consisted of the knowledge gained through Bujinkan. All those who trained in his dojo know with what love the classical martial arts are trained and that rarely anyone devotes that attention to details of the schools.

Jissen Heiho is a just a way of training so the learned can be used in practice. In fact, shidoshi Igor Dovezenski wants to send out a message to the „worried ones“: „this is just one of the ways to honestly work our butts off. Jissen Heiho is a strategy, not an art. Koryu is always our imperative.“!!!

Shinobi Taiso

Author koryuPosted on Categories Systems

Shinobi Taiso® is a system created by the leader of Taiyou e no Michi, Igor Dovezenski, with the goal of bettering his own stamina needed for the daily koryu training. It is made out  of various exercises for stretching, as well as exercises for strengthening and building muscle endurance. The system itself is an aggregate of the traditional techniques for increasing the mobility and strengthening the body used in the classical martial schools. In different ryu-ha, the techniques are known for the names: Junan Taiso, Junan Undo, Ryu Tai Undo, Ki Undo, Junbi Taiso and Aiki Taiso.

The experience of Dovezenski gathered during the 25 years of training in koryu bujutsu, along with research of the latest science findings from the field of condition training, including the research of the human anatomy and bio mechanics (the science of mechanical phenomena and processes in living organisms), led to the creation of Shinobi Taiso*.

What was the need for creating this system?

During the many years leading the dojo, instructor Dovezenski noticed that some warm-up exercises didn’t fit and didn’t contribute to the increase of stamina in  some type of trainees. To that effect, he started researching and collaborating with people that are specialized in the field, starting from stamina trainers, to physiotherapists. Thus, he realizes that every body shape is unique and it needed a different approach to conditioning.

In 2011 (November), because of  a fall from a cliff during free climbing, shidoshi Dovezenski underwent a spine and pelvis injury, and the doctors gave concerning a prognosis for his future and the possibility of continuing his training. Determined never to give up from the martial arts, Dovezenski did not follow their advice for a full stop to physical activities and started researching the workings and functioning of the human organism in greater detail. With the help of Shinobi Taiso, he managed to overcome the pain that followed him through his training and in a short time to regain his mobility and to successfully carry on with his everyday training’s .

As part of Shinobi Taiso, from the beginning of 2012, a section was opened that’s dedicated only to those who belong to the gentler sex. The group is called Kunoichi Taiso and is led by sempai Nela Dovezenska. At first developed for himself and for his students, Igor Dovezenski decided to offer this system to anyone that is interested to increase their physical condition and to better their health through training.

* Shinobi ( 忍 ) – a person specialized for various unconventional ways of combat, later known as the Ninja.

* Taiso ( 体操 ) – strengthening the body.

What are the experiences of our satisfied members?

“I started with Junan Taiso about a year ago. I am quite a dynamic person by nature, but i was never interested in any joga exercises.

After some persuasion from my colleagues, i decided to come to a few training and try to train a little bit with them. Contrary to my expectation, i started to feel the effects right away. Because of the nature of my work i keep spending hours and hours in front of a computer, but now i don’t feel pain anymore, and also the quality of my sleep has improved. Even walking in high heels became more gracious.

The teacher Dovezenski is a story in itself. He always acts like a motivator, while at the same time being frustrating, because his technique and skill are beyond reach”.

-Prof. D-r. Vesna Gershan, international expert in the filed of medical physics

“The practicing of Junan Taiso during the workweek and in the middle of the working day, promotes the increase of work place energy.  After the class I always feel relaxed, all though before I enter the dojo I often feel tired or am filled with worries. Torn between my responsibilities, I often say to myself that it would be better instead of coming to train I should take care of one of my many obligations, but after the class ends I am sure that i have done the smart thing.

Of course, for the efficiency and for the betterment of our health all the credit goes to our instructor Igor, who is always giving us exercises with which we are constantly improving our bodies elasticity and endurance. Through them our weak points are also discovered which we remove through exercise. I hope that these classes will be held for a long time to come and that with the years I will go on to feel even better”.

-D-r Gordana Apostolska, university professor, expert in the filed of astronomy

Ninpo Ne Waza

Author koryuPosted on Categories Systems
The Dojo for classical Japanese martial arts „Bujinkan Macedonia“, always dedicated a great attention on Ne Waza* – techniques for combat on the ground. In the arts inherited from Takamatsu, these techniques are most prevalent in Takagi Yoshin Ryu and Shinden Fudo Ryu. Many of the kata of these two schools end with strangling techniques and using levers in sitting or lying position.

In the time of the medieval samurai, combat on the ground happened rarely, but there were situations during the battle, when the warrior would have lost his weapon. If he was stumbled to the ground, the survival depended solely from the skill of using your own body or the barehanded combat. In that situation, knowing the techniques for combat on the ground or in lying position was of a key meaning.

Followed by those findings, shidoshi Dovezenski since 2001 started researching thoroughly the kata from the schools of Bujinkan that contain that way of combat, with purpose to gather the best Ne Waza techniques and to systemize them in a catalogue that his students can practice. At the end of 2009, instructor Dovezenski finished his mission, and at the beginning of 2010 held a seminar where publicly presented the system Ninpo* Ne Waza®.

What does Dovezenski say about this system?

– „When I decided to catalogue a system for ground combat, I wasn’t led by the desire to create something new or something mine. Soke Masaaki Hatsumi always said that his skills needs to be adjusted to the time and the culture that we live in. In fact, I didn’t invent anything, but used the techniques from the schools of Bujinkan so that I can respond to the ways of combat that are characteristic for the time we live in. We all know that for the medieval Japanese samurai Ne Waza was the last resort, although times change, so today’s combat frequently ends on the ground. For those reasons, I decided to systemize the knowledge of the Japanese martial arts in one system that I called Ninpo Ne Waza“.

* Ne Waza ( 寝技 ) – combat on the ground.

* Ninpo ( 忍法 ) – the way of the ninja.