Lafau Kandiri has been involved in martial arts since his teenage years, starting with Shōtōkan Karate-dō, under the teacher Mariwan Ahmad. With Giorgos Pelekis, he started practicing Shitō-ryū in 2004, as well as iaidō the very next year, until 2011. He came into contact with classical ryūha in 2012, starting with Vassilis Petalas and Vassilis Liapis. In the last decade, he has been practicing non-stop with Nonda Asproulis and Kacem Zoughari, attending seminars in Greece and abroad.