Sensei Rakesh Kumar Runwal, Founder and Chief Instructor ZENDANKAI MAA, started his training in KARATE in 1993. He is an Engineering graduate and has worked with organizations like Sterling and Infosys. 

In the year 2019, Sensei Rakesh visited the Goju Ryu Okinawakan Head Quarters at Okinawa Japan and was trained by world’s best and senior most masters in Goju Ryu style and was awarded IVth DAN (YONDAN).

He is one of the very few direct students of Kiichi Nakamoto HANSHI  in India and has more than 15 years of experience in training KARATE and Self-Defense techniques.