The Art of Urban Survival

About the Author

Stefan H. Verstappen is a Canadian writer, adventurer, and martial artist. He has worked as a a street youth councilor in Toronto's most notorious housing project,and later as the wilderness survival instructor for the Toronto Boys Home outward bound program.

As an instructor for St John Ambulance he helped plan and run natural disaster drills and trained police and rescue workers in first aid and CPR. He has traveled extensively and spent four years in Hong Kong and Taiwan studying Chinese martial arts.

Stefan is a regular contributor to Black Belt Magazine and you can read all his past articles here: