This story was originally published in the Montreal Gazette Veteran officer George Manoli spends his off-hours teaching women like Cynthia Donato the rudiments of self-defence to ward off would-be sexual predators. Bill Brownstein has details. Montreal Gazette 25 Jul 2018 BILL BROWNSTEIN @billbrownstein He looks like a frightening cross between Mr. Potato Head and RoboCop, …
This story was originally published in TVA Nouvelles (Video) Les femmes sont de plus en plus nombreuses à s’inscrire à des cours d’autodéfense à Montréal pour apprendre à se protéger contre les agressions, moins d’un an après le mouvement #meToo. « Depuis le début de l’année, j’ai doublé, voire triplé le nombre de cours que …
This story was originally published in The Suburban It isn’t often that George Manoli learns something new. The 28-year veteran police officer and longtime martial-arts instructor has seen just about everything you can see in his 45 years of teaching self-defence, but when he signed on this summer to teach an adapted self-defence course to …
Participants learn in a ‘hands-on’ fashion practical, effective ways of asserting themselves, recognize danger signals and if confronted, to confidently stop the aggression or fight back using full force, disabling responses against a fully padded assailant. [wpdm_file id=28] Related Images:
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Women at three Canadian universities who were taught tactics to prevent sexual assaults were less likely to be raped than peers who received standard brochures, say researchers who call it a short-term solution. In Thursday’s New England Journal of Medicine, psychologist Charlene Senn from the University of Windsor in Ontario and her team describe the effectiveness of …
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A 7-year-old girl remembered her stranger danger training and was able to get away from a man who tried to abduct her Wednesday at a Walmart store, police said. Related Images:
The fear of violence This video is part of the television series ‘De quoi t’as peur?’ In this show, you will see how the fear of violence can change someone’s life. You will also get a chance to see how it is possible to conquer the fear of violence by simulating assault situations via ‘hands-on’ …
‘The Volcano’ from the documentary ‘The Ring Within’ by Dan Bigras This short documentary depicts the life of Charles Ali Nestor and his friends. These angry young men have found a way of channeling the rage deep down within them through the practice of martial arts (M.M.A. and Cage fighting). George Manoli was looking for …