• Mr. George Manoli is one of Montreal’s leading authorities in personal safety education.
  • He is a dedicated martial artist & ‘Sensei’, running his own Karate school since 1982.
  • His no-nonsense, ‘hands-on’ approach to self-defense & bully proofing is empowering.

Education

  • Bachelor of education degree – McGill.
  • Retired Montreal police officer.
  • National Coaching Certification, level 2.

Author of 3 personal safety manuals

  • Street Safe Kids, free download – 180 p.
  • Don’t Bully Me! – Parent/child guide.

  • Don’t be a victim! – Personal safety for women.

Martial arts background

  • 1973 – Started training in Karate-do (Seidokwan Academy).
  • Black Belt: Karate (6th Dan)
  • Judo (1st Dan)
  • Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (Brown belt)
  • Represented Canada in Koshiki Contact Karate Championships:

    2007 Sensei Manoli receives his 5th Dan in Kenkokan & 6th Dan in Koshiki

    • Japan (1980); Venezuela (1983); Australia (1985).
  • International referee certification, level ‘A’:
    • Koshiki ‘Contact’ Karate.
    • Shorinjiryu Kenkokan Karate-do federation.
  • Operated his own Karate, bully-proofing & Jiu-Jitsu club:
    • 25 years at the Beaconsfield Recreation Center.

Created personal safety programs for…

  • Air Canada flight attendants

    • Unruly airline passengers
    • Taught to 6500 flight attendants across Canada.

  • Montreal Police Force

    • High-risk police intervention – protecting officer’s gun.

  • Bombardier Aerospace

    • Verbal Judo & passive resistance.

  • Bullied children & teens

    • Learning to avoid, defuse or stand-up to bullies

  • ‘Street Smart Kids’ 

    • Abduction & luring simulations
    • Emphasis on awareness, avoidance & getting help

  • Visually & physically challenged individuals

  • IVAC & CNESST clients

    • Certified self-defense & assertiveness training instructor.
    • Empowers sexual assault & conjugal violence survivors.
    • Attack simulations done in a controlled, nurturing environment.
    • Survivors slowly regain control over their lives,overcome helplessness & fear.
    • His self-defense programs are taught in over 12 Montreal high schools.
    • The CAFSU assessed his women’s self-defense course as one of Montreal’s best.

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