Hi guys,

The first quarter of the year has picked up with great momentum for me personally with a nice balance of Teaching, Seminars, Tournaments, Performances and TV/Film Gigs. Below is some of the latest!

Melbourne played host to the First Arnold Classic Fitness and Martial Arts Festival. It was a huge event combining the fitness and wellbeing industry with the Respective Martial Arts Federations taking part. I competed in the Creative Forms event in the World All Styles (WASO) Federation. It was cool to see Arnold himself at the event!

 

I was fortunate enough to work on a feature film being shot out in Queensland titled ‘Blue World Order’ I was required to do suntwork including fight choreography, rigging, and stunt doubling. I had a lot of fun and it was cool working alongside Billy Zane.

 We have also been busy on the Performance side of things. We were invited to do a Corporate Showcase for Nestle as part of their yearly company conference consisting of over 500 employees. Our role was to be ‘Cereal Ninjas’. The Performance was well received and we got free chocolate! Good fun!

We were also invited to Perform as Part of the Harmony Day Celebrations Held at the Bankstown Arts Centre. It was a successful event with a great turnout. It was an opportunity for our Junior X-Treme Members at the Academy to shine and they blew the audience away. They have a bright future ahead and i am looking forward to working with them some more!

 

Until Next time.

Hakan

Hi guys,

I hope 2015 has been all and more that you have expected it to be. I believe it is about getting ourselves into as many different situations that will enable us to grow and prosper by pushing the boundaries and extending our limitations as people.

My father, My sister and i were invited to attend the Educational Funding Company (EFC) Annual Summit in Melbourne. A weekend of exchanging knowledge, attending Seminars and networking with a plethora of individuals in the Martial Arts Community!

 

I ran a Seminar on ‘How to Run Successful Demo Teams’ and was also awarded an award which i was very honored to receive! Outstanding Professionalism and Commitment to the Martial Arts Industry was the title. I also sat in on a number of very educational seminars conducted by Experienced instructors in their given field!

I had the opportunity to Visit Ulmitate Martial Arts (UMA) in Melbourne once again and conducts my first Extreme Kicking Seminar at their school. The students progress was amazing to see and i had alot of fun with seminar introducing some exciting new elements into the program. I had a blast and look forward to revisiting the school in the future! Here is a quick video of the Seminar.

Extreme Kicks Seminar by Hakan Manav in UMA Melbourne from Hakan Manav on Vimeo.

My Personal Training has been going great with a mixture of Martial Arts, Boxing, Muay Thai and Tricking. Heres a little video of my recent sessions.

Hakan Manav February Training Video from Hakan Manav on Vimeo.

In the next couple of weeks i am excited to be working on an Australian Made Feature Film titled ‘Blue World Order.’ I can not say too much about it now apart from the fact that it is an Action Sci-Fi. We will be shooting in Canberra and there are some household actors starring in the film! Below is a little behind the scenes clip we shot during our rehearsals!

BWO Behind the scenes video from Hakan Manav on Vimeo.

I would also like to encourage everyone to go and see the film Kingsmen: Secret Service. I was fortunate enough to be a part of a few scenes that were shot here in Australia. It is a great film with some awesome action!