Mikail Ali Çetiner was born in Austria in 1979. He is of Turkmen origin, his ancestors having settled in Tepe village (formerly known as Türkmen village) in Kaman district of Kırşehir approximately 180 years ago. He is the third child of a family of Turkmen immigrants. He completed his primary and secondary education in Baden, Austria, and later studied engineering.

In 1983, encouraged by his family, he took his first steps into the world of sports with training in Taekwondo/Hapkido, a Korean martial art. Even at the age of four, his agility, dynamism, speed, and determination foreshadowed his future success as an athlete. To further develop and strengthen his talent, his family enrolled him in a Karate/Aikido school in the same region in 1985.

During his training, he received excellent athletic discipline and achieved numerous successes in children’s categories. His family, noticing his numerous achievements, ensured he received professional Thai-Boxing/Kick-Boxing training. Indeed, he practiced martial arts every day of the week, without any free time.

At the age of 16, he earned his first black belt and participated in countless competitions, achieving top rankings. Among these, he won world freestyle fighting championships. He rose to mastery levels in various martial arts and has repeatedly received the title of the world’s most technically skilled athlete.

He has conducted sports research in various countries around the world. Before developing his own system, the martial arts he trained in included: Taekwondo, Hapkido, Karate, Aikido, Boxing, Thai-Boxing, Kick-Boxing, Kung Fu, Wing Chun, Jujutsu, Judo, Fencing, Wrestling, and Jiu-Jitsu. In 2000, he gathered all his sporting achievements, experience, and knowledge, and, drawing on the characteristics of 5000 years of Turkish history filled with wars, he set out to introduce a new martial art to the world, a valuable ancestral sport like wrestling, by establishing his own system. The name of the martial art and defense system founded by Mikail Ali Çetiner is Aslando (The Way of the Lion). He adopted the principle of utilizing the strength of his opponents without resisting them, and developed a new martial art defined as the chance of the weak against the strong.

The aim of Aslando, which he developed, is to introduce the culture, morals, customs, and traditions of our nation to the whole world, to support the establishment of unity and solidarity, to contribute to world peace without any discrimination based on sect or race, to help people gain self-confidence, to strive for its spread throughout the world, and to encourage people to engage in sports, which are essential to life, thereby freeing and purifying them from alcohol, drugs, cigarettes, or generally speaking, all bad habits.

Aslando started in Turkey in 2000 and began to spread in Europe from 2001 onwards. Aslando is currently a Turkish combat and defense system spread across 16 countries.

Mikail Ali Çetiner, who is married and has 5 children, enjoys sports, reading books, conducting various researches, and keeping parrots as pets. He currently continues his life in Germany as the President and trainer of the World Aslando Federation, which he founded.