Born in 1969, Richard Dimitri began his martial arts training in 1975. By the age of 21 he’d acquired instructor certifications and black belts in several forms of martial arts and combative disciplines.

This lead him into various careers that spanned over 2 decades in the fields of private, public and corporate security, surveillance, counter surveillance and bodyguarding for high profile clients in Canada, the US, Europe and Mexico.

Backed by unswerving research into the dynamics of social and antisocial violence along with his training and experience, Rich formulated his own method of self-protection then dubbed 'Senshido International' in 1994, a street-smart self defense system predicated on human behaviour in relation to social and anti-social violence. 

Having taught in over 22 countries, Richard secured himself as one of the top and most sought out violence prevention, personal protection and defense tactics experts in the world today.  He's the chief architect of Study of Violence and the cofounder of Real People Solutions with Pamela Armitage.