About Street Defense Tactics Systems
Street Defense Tactics Systems is evolutionary in that it is designed for today's more violent "mean" streets. In a world that is becoming increasingly violent and unpredictable it's normal to worry about your own safety and that of your loved ones. If you are serious about protecting yourself, or your loved ones, train in a fighting art that has evolved to help you effectively deal with today's growing crime violence. Law abiding citizens, such as yourself, are concerned for their safety; this concern is further compounded by a public's perception of an ineffective judicial system which releases violent criminals back on the streets. Our Street Defense Tactics are ideally suited for the discerning person who wants to effectively incapacitate an aggressive individual within the law.
The Street Defense Tactics fighting system also incorporates training programs suitably designed for the corporate executives and employees who are concerned for their safety in the workplace or while traveling abroad on business.
The Founder - Mike Fournier
Mike Fournier is a Kichesipirini Algonquin who has been involved in the combat arts since 1969; first as high school wrestler and eventually studied Uechi Ryu Karate under Sensei Jim Maloney, a Mi'kmaq from the Eskasoni First Nation who was once dubbed "the Great Red Hope" by Black Belt Magazine (c. Feb/1977).
While with the Special Service Force in the early 1980s, Mike trained with the commandos in hand-to-hand combat. During his tour of duty in New Brunswick received his national certification as a wrestling coach and co-coached the Oromocto High School wrestling team to a 1993 NBIAA Championship, training four young lady wrestling pioneers. One wrestled to a Gold medal and another to a Silver medal in the Provincial (State) Championships.
Qualifications/Accomplishments
Mike has returned to active military service. His 28-year military career has provided him with many experiences and qualifications such as a certification as an Army Combat Survival Instructor with the British SAS and as an army interrogator that enrich the training and services to clients and students.
During his 10-year retirement, between 1997 and 2007, Mike accomplished the following:
- Taught Criminal Law, Criminology and Ethics in Law Enforcement at a Nova Scotia college.
- Received his Black Belt and instructor's certificate in Chon-Tu Kwan Hapkido in 1999, making him the second Chon-Tu Kwan Hapkido instructor and black belt in Canada.
- Co-founded Self Defence Canada in 2000 with Eric Rushton, the senior ICHF instructor, and Master Woo Yong Jung, Canada's former National Olympic Tae Kwon Do Team coach.
- 3rd Degree Black Belt Combat Hapkido.
- World Head of Family Sokeship Council International Martial Arts Hall of Fame 2005 induction.
- 4th Degree Black Belt Musado Hapkido as well as its founder.
- Police Close Quarters Defensive Tactics Instructor.
- National Coaching Certification in Collegiate Wrestling.
- Policing and Correctional Foundations instructor (certified by the province of Nova Scotia).
- Workplace Violence Prevention Consultant (certified by the Nova Scotia Department of Labour).
- Harassment and Racism Prevention Facilitator.
- Certified Professional Counsellor.
- Owned and operated successful Hapkido Schools in Nova Scotia.
Dojunim Mike Fournier is also considered by many law enforcement trainers as an expert in edge and blunt weapon and firearm disarming and, during his tenure as a college teacher, trained some 180 policing and correctional students in close quarters defensive tactics in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Many have gone to successful policing careers.