On April 17th Mats held a small seminar in Kaigozan Dojo in Stockholm Sweden trying his best to give back some of the feeling of this year theme (Roppo Kuji no Biken) he received during his latest Japan training trip. This small seminar was higly influenced by his 3 weeks of training with Hatsumi Sensei at his regular classes in Honbu Dojo and the 2004 Spring Taikai (the 33rd Anniversary of Takamatsu Sensei's passing). The theme was Roppo Kuji no Biken.

The following week he gave another seminar teaching the basics of the sword and Taijutsu. On the recent training trip he trained mostly with Someya Sensei to learn the basics of the sword... Budo no Kiso. Someya Sense has Menkyo Kaiden in the sword art of Bujinkan Dojo and is considered to be the "official Buiinkan sword expert"

About the Instructor:

Mats Hjelm started training in Bujinkan for the first time around 1983. In 1986 he moved to Stockholm and started training with a real Shidoshi. He met Hatsumi Soke for the first time in Stockholm 1988. He attended around 20 seminars with Soke and travelled to Japan 50 times.

Length: 1 hour & 30 min.

Publication date: 2004

Sword Basics: Roppo Kuji no Biken & Budo no Kisu DVD by Mats Hjelm (Preowned)