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My encounter with traditional martial arts began in my late teens with Sensei Sugino Yioshio’s Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto Ryu, taught by Lionel Oudart in Besançon (a former direct student of Yioshio Sugino).

I soon began working at the same Dojo (Independent Bujutsu Academy), Lionel Oudart, Besançon) the practice ofAikibujutsu (now Aïkibugei), which includes the following schools: Sensei Tamura Nobuyoshi’s Aïkido , Sensei Alain Flocquet’s Aïkibudo, and Daito ryu, one of Japan’s oldest martial traditions, inspired by the work of Sensei Minoru Mochizuki (a direct pupil of O-Sensei Ueshiba).

At the heart of Lionel Oudart ‘s research is a synthesis of the links between each of these disciplines.

Then, still under the guidance of Lionel Oudart, I began practising ” Kobujutsu “. This includes intensive practice of the Jojutsu and Jo/ken Kajos of the “Shinto Muso Ryu” school, the Kenjutsu of the “Kashima Shinto Ryu”, the Seitei Iai of the “Muso Shinden Ryu” and their application in Yawara Jutsu (unarmed hand-to-hand martial techniques).

Lionel Oudart passed on everything he could to me, with generosity and kindness. He was the Sensei who created the fertile ground within me, the source from which all my research sprang. All the time we spent together practising, exploring, correcting and our close relationship led him, in these last moments of his life, to honour me with the responsibility of passing on what he had given me. I respect this commitment with intensity and humility.

At the same time, I came across Hatha Yoga in the Désikachar, Iyengar and Nil Hahoutoff forms. I mention yogas because they have played an extremely decisive role in my understanding and research into martial disciplines.

At the same time, I began practisingAikido within the FFAAA under the teaching of Michel ERB (North-East Regional Technical Director), then alongside Christian Tissier, Shihan for France in conjunction with the AIKIKAI in Tokyo. And I’ll be taking part in the management schools, as well as the preparatory courses for the State Sports Educator Diploma.

I later participated in the elaboration of a technical and theoretical program in Aikibujutsu, Kobujutsu and Katori Shinto Ryu in order to obtain an equivalence to the State Diploma of Sports Educator through the FSCF (Fédération Sportive et Culturelle de France).

This work enabled me to obtain a level 3 federal instructor diploma for these three disciplines within the FSCF, a very rare diploma if we are to believe the current leaders of this federation.

As for the tradition of CashmereIt was not so much the physical component that influenced my practice, but rather the so-called “negative” spiritual approach, which points without artifice to the great illusion (Maya) created by the mind, which I witnessed in spite of myself from the age of 13. This sensitivity will never leave me, and still colors my daily life to this day.

Several years later, I decided to put Japanese weapons aside temporarily and to leave all the federations to which I belonged (I’d become completely allergic to them!).

I then concentrated my energy on what was to become the core of my research, i.e. awareness of body and mind structure in a situation of tension.

This would lead me to the Wing Chun of Si Fu Martin Dragos, a dense, hard-hitting Wing Chun that would engage me in a profound study of body optimization and combat strategies.

In 2012, I met Sensei Minoru Akuzawa, founder of the Aunkai Bujutsu school. A true genius of the body with a singular personality, Sensei Akuzawa has synthesized with surgical precision the fundamental principles of the body that enable us to move freely in the face ofinternal and external constraints.

A few years later, Sensei Akuzawa gave me the responsibility of teaching his discipline, and today I’m fully involved in the dissemination, organization and research ofinternational Aunkai.

In order to be fully in line with the results of my research, I have understood for many years that the practice of traditional martial arts has two main axes: Technique and optimizing the use of the body. Traditionally, for technique to be effective, a small proportion of the work consists of memorizing techniques, and a large proportion of “forging ” the body and mind.

This experience led me to create a method called Kinesis©, the aim of which is to learn how to structure and use the body in the most optimal way possible. I created this method in partnership with my partner in Aunkai International, Christophe Ksiazkiewicz, long-time Aunkai instructor and Sensei Akuzawa‘s oldest French student.

I started teaching over 20 years ago. These years of experience have enabled me to observe the wide range of results for each student, whether in terms of comprehension or skills acquisition. Lack of results can easily lead to a lack of motivation and a loss of attendance, sometimes resulting in the student dropping out. For this reason, I decided to obtain a diploma in mental preparation, which now gives me the precise tools I need to adapt my transmission strategy more effectively.

I also obtained my diploma as a traditional Shiatsu practitioner from the school Masunaga. This training, provided by Alain Sakhnowskya practitioner for over 25 years and an excellent teacher, gave me a very precise understanding of the links between internal body activity, emotional fluctuations and the world around us. Masunaga shiatsu is sensitive, humanistic and precise. Supported by traditional Chinese medicine, it brings a more precise approach to my approach, both physiologically and psychologically.