伝記 Biography

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.

After my first visit to Japan in march 1990 when I came home Sveneric had abandoned us and moved to Malmoe. And the dōjō 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.

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.

In September 2008 I got the highest rank in Bujinkan Dōjō from Hatsumi Sōke. Some people call this Kugyō Happō-biken, but I don’t know, my diploma says simply 15’th Dan. But this does not mean that I stopped learning, this is important to understand. Once in Honbu Dōjō my master said that there is no highest level, there is always something beyond. If you have this attitude I believe you can go far.

Since then he invented more “ranks”… in 2014 I got the Shin-Gi-Tai Bufū Ikkan diploma, and in 2015 I got the Yūshū Shihan diploma. The next and last highest “rank” is now Dai Shihan which I got in October 2017.

The best trainings I know is of course Hatsumi Sensei training’s in Honbu dōjō, 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.

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有ると思ったら無い；無いと思ったら有る
If you think it is there, it is not; if you think it is not there, it is.

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Kaigōzan Dōjō

This is my dōjō located in Stockholm, it was founded in October 1990. If you are in town, please drop by for a free training! For more information about our dojo see our web site www.kaigozan.se.

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.

Teaching seminars

I love to travel around the world for training and sharing my stuff. So far I have been invited to teach at seminars in Sweden, Latvia, Turkey, Hungary, Germany, Holland, Finland and Australia. If you are interested to invite me for a seminar, please contact me.

後書 End note

English is not my native language and this might come out other than intended, I’m sorry if that is so. I will might come back and read through the text again and change it in the future, but right now I want to finish the rest of the web site to.
I would be happy for corrections if you see something that is not correct, please let me know. I could omit the whole text until I was happy with it, but that would take years. I’ll take the chance and realize I might look stupid in some eyes and release it anyway. This is also part of 決死 kesshi (in the spirit of do-or-die) or maybe being a 傑士, hehe.

ガンバッテクダサイ Ganbatte kudasai!

Milestones

• 1983 Introduced to Ninpo Taijutsu by a friend
• 1986 August – Moved to Stockholm and started training (CI: Sveneric Bogsäter)
• 1986 September – My first seminar was with Stephen Hayes
• 1988 August – My first Taikai was the Stockholm Taikai
• 1988 August – Was awarded 1 Dan
• 1989 January – Was awarded 2 Dan
• 1989 August – Malmoe Taikai
• 1990 Jan-Mar – First Japan trip (6 weeks) (Was awarded 3 Dan)
• 1990 August – Malmoe Taikai
• 1991 August – Malmoe Taikai
• 1992 February – Was awarded 4 Dan
• 1992 August – Malmoe Taikai (Passed the Godan test, 5 Dan)
• 1995 August – England Taikai
• 1996 August – Holland Taikai
• 1997 July – USA Taikai
• 1997 August – Spain Taikai (Was awarded 6 Dan)
• 1998 May – Italy Taikai
• 1998 August – Stockholm Taikai
• 1998 November – Japan Trip #2 Daikomyousai (4 weeks)
• 1999 March – Japan Trip#3 (3 weeks) (Was awarded 8 Dan)
• 1999 August – England Taikai
• 1999 November – Japan Trip #4 Daikomyousai (3 weeks Japan)
• 2000 June – Holland Taikai
• 2001 Mar-Apr – Japan Trip #5 (3 weeks)
• 2002 July – Norway Taikai
• 2002 December – Japan Trip #6 Daikomyousai (2 weeks) (Was awarded 9 Dan)
• 2003 March – Japan Trip #7 (2 weeks) (Was awarded 10 Dan)
• 2003 August – USA Taikai
• 2003 Nov-Dec – Japan Trip #8 Daikomyousai (2 weeks) (Was awarded 11’th Dan)
• 2004 Mar-Apr – Japan Trip #9 Taikai (3 weeks) (Was awarded 12’th Dan)
• 2004 September – Japan Trip #10 (3 weeks)
• 2004 Nov-Dec – Japan Trip #11 Daikomyosai (2 weeks)
• 2005 September – Japan Trip #12 (2 weeks) (was awarded 13’th Dan)
• 2006 January – Japan Trip #13 (2 weeks)
• 2006 September – Japan Trip #14 (2 weeks)
• 2007 January – Japan Trip #15 (3 weeks)
• 2007 September – Japan Trip #16 (3 weeks) (was awarded 14’th Dan)
• 2008 January – Japan Trip #17 (3 weeks)
• 2008 May – Japan Trip #18 (2 weeks)
• 2008 September – Japan Trip #19 (2 weeks) (was awarded 15’th Dan)
• 2009 January – Japan Trip #20 (2 weeks)
• 2009 June – Japan Trip #21 (2 weeks)
• 2009 December – Japan Trip #22 Daikomyousai (1 weeks)
• 2012 November – Japan Trip #23 (2 weeks)
• 2014 April – Japan Trip #24 (2 weeks)
• 2014 Jul-Aug – Japan Trip #25 (2 weeks) (was awarded Bufu Ikkan diploma)
• 2014 Nov-Dec – Japan Trip #26 (2 weeks)
• 2015 February – Japan Trip #27 (2 weeks)
• 2015 May – Japan Trip #28 (2 weeks)
• 2015 August – Japan Trip #29 (2 weeks) (was awarded Shidō-Yūshū Shihan)
• 2015 Nov-Dec – Japan Trip #30 (2 weeks)
• 2016 Jan-Feb – Japan Trip #31 (2 weeks)
• 2016 Mar-Apr – Japan Trip #32 (2 weeks)
• 2016 August – Japan Trip #33 (2 weeks)
• 2016 October – Japan Trip #34 (3 weeks)
• 2017 February – Japan Trip #35 (2 weeks) (Gold Medal)
• 2017 May-Jun – Japan Trip #36 (2 weeks)
• 2017 Aug-Sep – Japan Trip #37 (2 weeks)
• 2017 October – Japan Trip #38 + Australia (3 weeks) (was awarded Dai Shihan)
• 2018 January – Japan Trip #39 (2 weeks)
• 2018 March – Japan Trip #40 (2 weeks)
• 2018 May-Jun – Japan Trip #41 (2 weeks)
• 2018 August – Japan Trip #42 (2 weeks)
• 2018 November – Japan Trip #43 (2 weeks)
• 2019 January – Japan Trip #44 (2 weeks)
• 2019 March – Japan Trip #45 (2 weeks)
• 2019 June – Japan Trip #46 (2 weeks)
• 2019 August – Japan Trip #47 (2 weeks)
• 2019 November – Japan Trip #48 (2 weeks)
• 2020 February – Japan Trip #49 (2 weeks)
• 2024 March – Japan Trip#50 (2 weeks)
• 2024 October – Japan Trip#51 (2 weeks)