Les Mills International Haka

Les Mills fitness warriors have a powerful new weapon in their battle against global obesity -- a highly-motivating modern take on the traditional Maori haka.

The awe-inspiring Maori dance made famous by New Zealand's All Blacks rugby team, has been a vital feature of LES MILLS™ Quarterly Workshops for the past ten years.

Now LMI has its very own version - Tu Mai Nei Nga Toa E, which translates into English as "Standing Here are the New Warriors".

The Les Mills HAKA premiered at the 2008 Global Summit in a performance led by Poara Sharples and Steve Renata and a fearsome team of eye-rolling, foot-stomping LMI members. It was greeted with rapturous applause from an International audience that included the NZ Prime Minister Helen Clark .

Steve says the LMI team wanted to create a haka with a clear, compelling message about overcoming obesity and sedentary lifestyles as one tribe.

Best-known as a war dance performed by men, haka are also performed at ceremonies and as a welcome, and -- like the LES MILLS haka - can be performed by a group that includes women.

To ensure all cultural traditions and protocols were adhered to Les Mills International commissioned Paroa Sharples (Ngati Kahungunu) New Zealand's leading Kapa Haka specialist to choreograph and train the launch team.

The LES MILLS haka will become an important part of all Les Mills training sessions and the unique culture that is Les Mills.

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Education

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• haka
• les mills
• tribe
• health and fitness
• group fitness
• group exercise
• steven renata
• poara sharples
• maori
• new zealand
• warrior
• power
• men
• women

[bUkWiLd323]

chur da cuzzie Jade at front mean maori. 

[Chochili7]

Not bad, would've been better if trainers didn't look so gay doin' it (you are meant to scare people) It's not done for entertainment. Have it MEAN SOMETHING, but nice try

[susanrenata1]

@pou4paula then do someting better bro

[pou4paula]

This is abit disappointing..........but ka pai I guess.