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Meet Your Instructor
Monica Pap started her journey in martial arts in her mid-teenage years in the backyard of a friend’s house. She promptly joined the dojo her friend’s went to and received her black belt in Fred Villari’s Kempo karate system in 1996. She continued to train for a few more years there, when life happened.
Career responsibilities became precedent, including starting a family life and raising two children. It wasn’t until 2018 when her son’s interest in learning martial arts brought Monica’s passion back to life.
At the end of 2019 Monica successfully recertified her 1st Dan black belt in Shaolin Kempo Martial Arts under Shifu Tim Wakefield of Shaolin Martial Arts Canada. It was during this time that Monica met Shifu Kanishka from India, and discovered a new love and appreciation for the Filipino Martial Art (FMA) called Pekiti Tirsia Kali (PTK).
She continued her FMA/PTK training diligently online during the pandemic, and sees Shifu Kanishka and his Canadian representatives in Calgary and Ottawa as many times as she can.
In 2022 she was blessed with the rank of Guro (3rd Hagdan) in Pekiti Tirsia Kali.
Monica was the first female in Canada to be certified as Assistant Instructor for Rapid Assault Tactics (Level 1) under Shifu Kanishka in 2019.