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Kesshi: Mats Hjelm's Martial Arts
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Mats Hjelm - Bio (last updated Friday, 21-Apr-2006 22:03:19 CEST)
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 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 Dojo in January 1991. Without someone "above me" and being only a 3:d Dan I did my best and went to nearly all Sveneric seminars and Taikai around Sweden 3-4 times a year.
