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 My first experience with Ninpo Taijutsu (Ninjutsu) was in 1983 or 1984 (can't exactly remember). A couple of friends of a friend had been to Stockholm training with Bo Munthe. But living so far away from a real instructor I couldn't do much more than ukemi training, and very amateurish copying from videos and books. After my military service (which was just a waste of time, please don't ask) I moved to Stockholm 1986, and started training regulary with Sveneric Bogsäter. The best trainings is without doubt in Japan. I wish I could afford going there more often.
After my first visit to Japan in march 1990 when I came home Sveneric had abandoned us and moved to Malmoe. And the dojo we trained in was history. We moved in to a small basement on the other side of town (20 square meters big, no toilet, no showers). I kept training there for a short while, then I also started training with many other instructors around Stockholm. At fall 1990 I found a new dojo, after all restauration, painting and hard work me and my friends founded and opened Kaigozan dōjō in January 1991. Without someone "above me" and being only a 3td Dan I did my best and went to nearly all Sveneric seminars and Taikai around Sweden 3-4 times a year. I passed my 5'th Dan test in august 1992 on my first attempt. This was a surprice since I really wanted to get hit (just for the experience), but something else beyond my intelligence moved me out of the way. I realized in 1995 at the UK Taikai that there was so many other fine instructors that never came to Sweden. So after seeing Pedro Fleitas for the first time I decided to invite him to Sweden, since no one else seemed to dare doing it. So I invited Pedro and Arnaud Cousergue to the first Kaigousuru (at the time we called it Mini-taikai). Next year I invited them again plus Sveneric and Peter King. Then suddenly Kaigozan had it's 10 year anniversary and we invited 15 instructors, and this was such a big success we had to do it again. A new way of organizing seminars was born. Apart from Kaigousuru I like to organize seminars with anyone that have something to teach, especially those who have been to Japan recently. I strongly believe in training with those who have trained with Hatsumi Sensei recently. I'm not afraid of beeing compared to other instructors, I don't like to hunt for grades, but saying no to Sensei is somewhat difficult. The best trainings I know is of course Hatsumi Sensei training's in Honbu dojo. When I go to Japan I usually train with Shiraishi Sensei, Noguchi Sensei, Seno Sensei, Oguri Sensei and Nagato Sensei. Sometimes I also train with other Shihans both Japanese and western. The best trainings is without doubt in Japan. I wish I could afford going there more often. I think teaching is fun and enlightening, but training under other's (anyone with something to teach regarding rank actually) is sometimes even more enlightening. So if you happen to pass by the area, please drop by. If you want to contact me please click on the contact link in the main menu." Mats Hjelm http://www.kesshi.com/ Bujinkan Kaigozan Dojo http://kaigozan.se/ 
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