Systema For Life

Systema For Life


Episode 96: Emmanuel Manolakakis on Teaching & Leadership

December 20, 2019

This week, another in-depth discussion with Senior Systema Instructor, founder of Fight Club Toronto, and SFL podcast regular Emmanuel Manolakakis. For those who haven't yet had the pleasure of his company, Manny is superb instructor and coach. He always has deep insights on hand, and expresses them with a fine sense of clarity and humour.

Here, we discuss:



  • the essential elements of teaching
  • instruction vs leadership
  • establishing (and relinquishing) control
  • rediscovering your personal agency and sovereignty


Emmanuel Manolakakis will be coming to Durham, North Carolina the weekend of January 24-26th 2020, the second of three seminars entitled Systema Explorations. Open to instructors and practitioners fo all levels, but capacity strictly limited. Register online now at www.ncsystema.com/events

Train with Emmanuel - and subscribe to his FightPod podcast - at http://www.fight-club.ca/