STUFF A martial arts expert returned to New Zealand from Japan and joined a security company, but has now pleaded guilty to importing drugs. Anthony Netzler trained in Japan under a famous ninjutsu grandmaster, but the 2011 tsunami upended his life. He headed home, where he worked as a bodyguard for stars, such as Phil Rudd of AC/DC, before police busted him for a major drugs importation. Tony Wall reports. By any measure, Anthony Charles Netzler has lived an unusual life. Auckland raised and of German-Samoan descent, he moved to Japan as a teenager and became a master of ninjutsu, the strategies and tactics of the legendary ninja, even appearing on Japanese variety shows.