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Emmanuel Manolakakis
Owner and head instructor of FightClub in Toronto, a senior Systema (Russian martial art) instructor with 40+ years in martial arts and author of Eudaimonia.
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Oct 7, 2026
Martial Arts Mastery: Emmanuel Manolakakis on the Journey of Mind, Body, and Spirit
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12:01CurtisHOST
Well, what does the term spiritual warrior mean to you, and how can someone start to embody that in their everyday life?
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12:14Emmanuel ManolakakisGUEST
How does a warrior differ from a fighter? A fighter Is, uh, somebody who's competing in something, so a boxer, wrestler, and usually fighters, uh, compete in a sport or some sort of arena that has some rules, right? And that governs the contest, and it's makes a fighter.
11 MINS LATER
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24:04CurtisHOST
... that you see and how can people overcome them?
What 40 Years of Martial Arts Taught Me About Walking Your Talk | Emmanuel Manolakakis
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7:39JahanHOST
Explain how you came to that realization.
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7:46Emmanuel ManolakakisGUEST
I, I'm able to see a little bit into the future, and I'm not saying like, uh, far.
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7:50Emmanuel ManolakakisGUEST
When you go ahead, and I, I was-- I, I've always been a person that's read a lot, and working on myself is, has been something I've done since anybody's ever known me, since high school.
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8:00Emmanuel ManolakakisGUEST
I just, I've always loved it, but never in an obsessive way, just an interesting way.
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8:04Emmanuel ManolakakisGUEST
I think because I was smaller, so you always have to, [laughs] you know, figure out a way around the big problems.
18 MINS LATER
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26:09JahanHOST
[laughs] Horrible person.