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Diana MacDonald, The Informer – November 11, 1991 With her heart pounding and her pulse racing, the woman screams and thrusts her free, open hand into her assailant’s eyes. She kicks him with all her will as he moves to release her grip. She manages to struggle her other hand free and goes directly for …
Joy Carroll, The Chronicle October 9, 1991 With four rapes reported in the West Island over the past few months, more and more women want to learn how to defend themselves. “I get calls everyday from women who are looking for something to protect themselves,” said Greg Reid, sifu at the White Tiger School for …
By David Goldberg Suburban Special – May 8, 1991 Go straight for the eyes and then kick him where it hurts, he advises Muggers and rapists thinking of attacking women on Walkley Avenue in NDG better think twice. Thanks to a new selfdefence course taken bv members of the Walkley United Families Association, the women …
Christiane Desjardins: Journal N-D-G – May 1, 1991 Une femme seule marche dehors le soir. Tout à coup, un homme se rue sur elle pour l’agresser. Il lui tient les mains derrière le dos et l’empêche de crier. La femme se déhanche rapidement vers la droite, enfonce son talon aiguille dans le pied de l’agresseur …
L’informateur de Riviere des Praries March 31, 1989 L’Association des scouts bilingues de Rivière-des-Prairies a reçu de la grande visite il y quelques jours. En effet, Georges Manoli, policier spécialisé dans la prévention des crimes et des agressions, est venu expliquer aux jeunes les règles de sécurité dans les lieux publics ainsi que les moyens …
Progrés St-Leonard – June 21, 1988 Cela paraît brutal! teur Georges Manoli Mais c’est un monde applique sa méthode brutal pour les pratique. En portant femmes qui ne peu- son équipement provent plus marcher en tecteur spécialisé, M. sécurité dans les rues Manoli devient une de la ville. L’auto- proie humaine à attadéfense contre l’a- …
By SCOTT McKEEN Journal Staft Writer – April 1, 1987 George Manoli likes his women mean. He wants them to become expert at gouging, kicking, biting and hitting – the better to survive in a city women increasingly perceive as violent and dangerous. Men would cringe at what Manoli, a 28-year-old se1f-defence instructor, teaches his …
By DAN BARNES Gazette Staff Writer December 4, 1985 Corey Somers may never have to deliver a killing blow on the street. It’s enough that he knows he can. The 16-year-old hard contact karate orange belt delivered a crushing roundhouse kick to the head of his much bigger opponent to win the yellow/orange belt division …
By DAN BARNES Gazette Staff Writer – October 9, 1985 George Manoli will hop continents for a chance to kick rival countryman Raynald Campbell. Something like ‘I’d fly a thousand miles for a Campbell. ‘ Their rivalry is just as old as the joke, harking back to Japan in 1980 when Campbell, Canada’s top-ranked non-contact …
DAN BARNES Gazelle Staff Writer – September 5,1985 George Manoli’s third international karate tournament could well be his last. It’s not that the black belt is getting too tight around his waist. But, “I’m getting older. It takes longer for things to heal and if I get badly injured my (teachingl job is affected,” said …
By DAN BARNES Gazette Staff Writer June 12,1985 George Manoli likes a good kick in the head. The St. Albert black belt karate instructor had his fill Thursday night at Father Jan when he ran the 1st St. Albert Open – bellow black belt Level – Full Contact Karate-do Championships. As expected, Manoli’s Kenkokan students …
St. Albert Booster – May 7,1984 Some people do it to keep in shape. Some people learn the art as a method of self defense. For whatever reason, karate has become a popular activity in this community, and one that community members will have a chance to learn more about at the Eight Annual St. …
By LOU KOHLMANN Gazette Staff Writer – August 23, 1983 Father Jan phys. ed. teacher George Manoli, 24, finished second in Heavyweight and first overall in team competition leading Canada to the overall team championship at the 4th annual Koskiki (with protective equipment) Shorin Jiryu Kenkokan Karate-Do competition: in Maracaibo, Venezuela Aug. 27 and 28. …
Lou Kohlmann – St.Albert Gazette – May 18, 1983 Representing Canada would be the ultimate goal for most people, but for Father Jan phys. ed. teacher George Manoli, teaching karate is No. 1. “I’m going to Maracaibo, Venezuela for 10 days in August to represent Canada in full-contact Karate, but my main goal is to …
St. Albert Booster – January 24, 1983 If you want to protect yourself against attack, learn how in the up Coming Manoli Method of Hands On Women’s Self Defense course. George Manoli has developed this. unique “hands on” method of teaching, and it has sparked nation-wide attention. He has talked about the method on ITV’s …
Judi Goldman: The Plant – May 2,1980 How often have you hesitated to walk home alone at night because you felt unsafe? How many times have you declined an invitation because it meant half-running down a semi-lit, secluded street, looking over your shoulder in terror? These and many others are the fears shared by most …
Judi Goldman: The Plant – March 7, 1980 Almost everybody’s interest has been aroused by the martial arts at one time or another. Karate, a manifestation of a distinctly Oriental intellectual approach, has a long history as a method with two purposes. First, it trmrls the individual to defend himself. Second, it disciplines the mind …