Hey,

I would like to take this opportunity to thank everybody who has helped me this year. I have met some wonderful people who have had a postive impact on me in one way or another and i am grateful of that. Personally, i am pleased that i have achieved my yearly goals and plan to keep working hard next year.

Here is an update on whats been happening over the past few weeks.

Back in September i went to Las Vegas to compete at the 5th World Martial Arts Games. Here is a little video from that event.

Hakan Manav- Las Vegas 2010 from Hakan Manav on Vimeo.

As previously mentioned in my last Blog, we did some work for the DVD release of the Karate Kid Film.

Below is an interview i did in the Kids K-Zone Magazine that was released a couple of weeks ago

http://www.kzone.com.au/sports-locker/sportstalk/the-karate-kid

Here are a some recent articles that were in the newspapers

On a lighter note; i was fortunate enough to be a Gladiator, in the Stadium Sized Prouction ‘Ben Hur.’ During rehearsals Troy, a friend of mine made a video clip to the Track Single Ladies by Beyonce. Check it out 🙂 and spot me if you can

Earlier this year i was fortunate to train with some of the best Martial Artists in the world including the infamous Steve Terada (Quest Crew), Jeremy Marinas, Daniel Graham, Craig Henningsen (Spiderman Broadway Show NYC).

But i am grateful to meet and train with Anis Cheurfa who is one of the most humble Martial Artists i have met. A really nice guy to talk to.

Check him out as Rinzler in the new Disney Film Tron: Legacy

With regards to the X-Treme Team, there are some plans that are in the works but will be revealed later in the year. Watch this Space

Once Again, It has been a great year. I hope everybody has achieved the goals for the year. There are some plans in the works for next year but they will be made public once everything is set in Stone. I hope everybody is enjoying the Festive season and has a great NYE.

Hakan

Hi Again.

I have been Flat Out since Ben Hur in October. Here is an update on what has been happening over the past 1.5-2months.

On December the 4th we were at work promoting the Karate Kid Movie here in Australia. That morning we appeared on Channel 7’s Weekend Sunrise program. We Performed and spoke abit about the Benefits of Martial Arts. Was awesome to meet Larry and Sam. Here is the video. Hang in there during the 15 second Ad.

After the performance on Sunrise we went straight to Darling Harbour to perform celebrating the release of the Karate Kid Movie on Blu Ray and DVD. We were met with about 50 other Members from the Australian Martial Arts Academy. It was a huge PR event with all types of media there. We were fortunate enough toalso appear on SBS World News and Fox Sports. In terms of Print we were in the Sydney Morning Herald, The Daily Telegraph, Central Magazine, Inner West Courier and K-Zone Magazine.

Here are some links from the day. Check them out.

Kids K-Zone Magazine: http://www.kzone.com.au/sports-locker/sportgalleries/krazy-ka-ra-te

Inner West Courier: http://inner-west-courier.whereilive.com.au/photos/gallery/martial-arts-mass-performance/

I also Worked on a Short Film called The Interruption which will be entered into the Tropfest film Festival. The Film will be released early next year. Until then here are a couple of Screen Shots!

In Accordance to the Short Film, I also worked on a Music Video that was shot at the Australian Martial Arts Academy. The music video is for The Liberators and the song is titled “Rags to the Riches”. The Clips is based on the 70’s Style Blaxpoitation Martial Arts Film. It was great working with everybody on this project. The Clip Will be released mid December. Here are some Snaps from the shoot.

During this time I Performed at the Hilton Hotel in Sydney for the AECOM End of Year Party. I was fortunate enough that team 9 Lives were interested in collaborating with the Australian Martial Arts Academy for this performance. They are a great bunch of guys and a pleasure to work with. The energy the audience gave was amazing. The Video will be released soon. After the Show we had our own private room which we utilized with some further training 🙂

One final project i worked on was for a Pilot Shoot called ‘Deadside’. They are a possessional crew and the pitch looks great. Here is a video that was shot on Set.

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