Welcome to the Official Site of Hakan Manav, where you will find the latest news, events and videos of his work.

080813 - Exciting Times!

Hey guys,

The last 6 weeks have been amazing. I want to start this post with updates on our Australia’s Got Talent status. I am excited to announce that our Performance will air on the very first episode of the show on this Sunday the 11th of August on Channel 9 at 6:30pm. Be sure to check it out!

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A few weeks ago i competed at the US Open World Martial Arts Championships in Orlando Florida. This is a huge tournament with over 2000 competitors from all over the world making it the largest All Styles Martial Arts Tournaments in the World. I came away two 1st Places in the Creative and Extreme Kicks Breaking Divisions. A very proud moment for myself.

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Following the US Open, I attended the Martial Arts Industry Supershow, which is held in Las Vegas, Nevada. This is a big Martial Arts Exhibition with Martial Artists and school owners from all over the world coming together, networking and exhanching idea. We attended seminars, did radio Interviews and i did a Photoshoot for Century Martial Arts, the Worlds Largest Martial Arts Supply Company.

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Finishing off my stay in the states i spent some in California. When i was in LA i visited the Joining All Movement (JAM) Centre which boasts alot of the LA based Martial Artists, Trickers, Stunties and Dancers. Its a great venue and my favourite place to train. I also went to Southern California to train with friends and spent a week at the Loopkicks Summer Camp. A week long camp hosting some of the best trickers from all over the world. Was my third camp and it was full of craziness 🙂

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After my return from the states, i went down to Canberra for a weekend for a video production. I played the lead character in a trailer video representing a novel by Scott Baker titled “Rule of Knowledge”. It was a fantastic weekend where we shot fight scenes in sand, used weaponry and finished off with some green screen work. The cast and Crew were very meticulous in their work. Below are some pics from the shoot. Visit www.ruleofknowledge.com for more info.

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Looking ahead in the next few weeks, i will be working predominately on X-Treme choreography, Individual & Team Performance and Seminars. Seminars will be conducted in Perth, Melbourne and Port Macquarie.

Until Next time!

Haks

250613 - Perfect Practice makes Perfect

Hi Guys,

I would like to start this post by talking about our Australia’s Got Talent Experience. About 6 weeks ago, i received a call from the Producers of the show asking our team to enter in this seasons series on Channel 9. With a brand new platform and judging panel we decided to accept the offer. We created a brand new show with our X-Treme Team and the response we had from the Judges and audience was amazing. Watch this Space for more updates on the competition.

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Staying with the X-Treme Team, we entered into the 2013 ISKA All Time Classic Championships. This was a great event in that we got the 1st Place in the Team Showmanship event and i received 1st in the Extreme Musical Forms Category. We were also invited to Perform at a wedding. Below is a highlight video and some recent pics.

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In the meantime i have been travelling running my Extreme Martial Arts and Instructor Mentoring Seminars. I was lucky enough to visit Port Macquarie and run my seminar there. It was really we received and i had a great time. Seminars at Martial Arts Spirit and UMA melbourne were also successful.

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Proceedings at the Australian Martial Arts Academy have been going very well. Consistent Instructor Training and meetings have been a crucial element to providing the best possible service available. We recently celebrated a milestone of having 1000+ active members who currently train at the academy. We are grateful in having so many members chose AMA.  The Past week was also Grading week. Congratulations to all our members who moved up in their new belt ranks and everyone who achieved their goal of a Black Belt

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Euphoria! During this time i was also asked to work on a exciting new video choreographed by Alvin De Castro. It combines elements of different style of dance, tricking and choreography along with some awesome cinematography. Below is a teaser and the full length clip will be released soon.

I am really excited that in a couple of days i will be heading over the USA. I will be competing at the US Open World Martial Arts Championships, attending Martial Arts Seminars and doing plenty of training both in LA and a week long Training camp in San Jose, know as Loopkicks. I can not wait to improve both physically and mentally.

See you when i get back!