Hi,

I was fortunate enough to be able to experience the London Olympics Last month. And what an experience it was. I remember being a young kid, enjoying the Sydney Olympics in my hometown but to witness it as an adult in London was something else. I was there for abit over a week and got to watch all 4 days of the Taekwondo, the Basketball and attend the Closing ceremony which was a spectacle in itself.

  

Since i got back from London myself and two of my friends Blade & Gericho Hills have been working on a short tricking documentary, filmed and edited by David Minh Tam Nguyen. It is a short concise documentary covering the unique movement of Martial Arts Tricking. It is titled ‘The Art of Tricking’. Hope you enjoy

I am also very excited to announce that a RESPECT clothing video will be released. I will be working together with the Kacevski brothers (whom ive worked with before) to choreograph this video. It is going to be awesome in that the equipment we will be using is top notch. I will be behind the camera on this one choreographing the sequences and the clip will feature our X-Treme Team Members.

The X-Treme Team have been busy over the past few weeks performing at the Haldon St Festival, Wyatt Park and Wilkins school Fair. We are currently in the middle of creating a fresh new routine which we will be performing at the Opening of the Taekwondo Australia National Championships. The Team has a busy couple of months ahead of them.

My Martial Arts School Sports Sessions & Private Lessons have been going very well and will continue right through till the end of the year. Its always great fun going out to schools to practice Martial Arts with kids in their school environment.

Until next time.

Haks

Hi,

I have had a great month travelling around the USA. My trip started in Las Vegas where i attended the Martial Arts Industry Supershow, a great place to Network and exchange ideas with fellow martial artists and Instructors from all over the world.  Following the Supershow i was over to Orlando, Florida for the US Open World Martial Arts Championships. At this tournament i won a First Place in the Breaking Category, adding to the two i won in 2009. I was really happy with the result and would like to thank everyone at the academy for their support.

      

From the US Open i was over to San Jose for Loopkicks Camp. A week long Tricking camp held by team loopkicks , which included some of the best practicioners from all over the world. Learnt alot, met some great people and had a great time. I was also in New York for a few days and got to train with good friend and Stunt Actor Jim Ng. Here is a fun little clip we made.

The last week of my trip was in spent training in LA and Southern California. I met some great people and was really looked after.  The trip was a great experience in terms of training with some of the best in the world. Hopefully i can head back over again in the future!

Before i went away to the states i released a new clothing label titled ‘RESPECT’. Merchandise includes at singlet, shirt and a hoodie. Watch this space for a RESPECT video in the near future! Here are the images of the products.

  

They are available for purchase at dvd.hakanmanav.com

Our Performance team, The X-Treme Karate Kidz competed in the Sydney Taekwondo Festival in the X-Treme Martial Arts Category. We came away we the first Place. Great Work Guys.

On a lighter note, i played a Mafia Boss in a fun Music Video by the liberators. Check it out 🙂

At the Australian Martial Arts Academy we have had a busy month. Our members have been training really hard over the past couple of months so i though i would capture the training and put together a quick video. I am proud to be a part of their training and progress.

 With the London Olympics currently on, Australia’s Male taekwondo Representative Safwan Khalil and Australian Olympic coach Ali Khalil paid a visit to the Academy to have a meet and greet session with the Kids. Everyone Had a Ball. Here is a newspaper Article

 I am also excited to announce that in a couple of days i will be heading over to London to watch the Taekwondo at the Olympics.  I can not wait to experience the atmosphere in London. I will never forget the amazing time i had at the Sydney Olympics (even though i was a young kid).

Till then!

Haks