Akuzawa Sensei is an extremely sought after instructor with a busy travelling schedule that is currently taking him nearly all around the world, so to have secured a spot and be able to  invite him to New Zealand is all the more exciting. Akuzawa began his journey through the martial arts at a very young age, initially practicing traditional Chinese martial arts and successfully representing Japan in the International Sanda tournaments in the early nineties. He then studied with various teachers within the Japanese traditional martial arts world who placed little importance on the practice of form and instead focused on the basic conditioning methods necessary to create an individual expression of Bujutsu.
 Incorporating what he had learned from his studies of both the Chinese arts and Japanese Koryu, he founded Aunkai to share and further his research into the fundamentals of martial arts.

The focus of training in Aunkai is not on method or technique, but on the development and usage of a martial body. Irrespective of style, for a method or technique to work, the body must first be trained and developed according to the fundamental principles that govern human movement. "Technique" is then only an expression of a body that has been trained to intuitively understand the most natural and efficient ways to move in a martial context.

Aunkai practice is of immense benefit to martial artists of all styles and classes and seminars are open to and attended by students irrespective of style and level, including for example Karate, Aikido, Muay Thai, Systema, MMA, Tai Chi, Wing Tsun, Koryu, etc.

In the same spirit, our seminar is open to all and everyone interested in the strengthening and deepening their martial arts practice with a solid foundation of martial arts specific conditioning.

This is not one to miss people! Spaces are limited, so get in quick!

To get an impression of Aunkai practice and find out more visit the Aunkai homepage, check out the following video playlist, or search for yourself on youtube, vimeo, the web in general, or stay tuned here as we will be posting more about Akuzawa, Aunkai and the topic of conditioning in the martial arts shortly. Looking forward to seeing you at the seminar!