WARRIOR STORIES — Beauty of the Warrior Spirit

WARRIOR STORIES — Together, we challenge the stereotypes of women across the globe, redefine beauty as strength, and explore the themes of bridging our past, standing strong in our present, and building a powerful future. In these stories, each piece has a meaning, and each location has a significance to our culture.

This look was inspired by the melting pot of Filipino identity in the Philippines and across the diaspora. Dedicated to all those that survive street harassment everyday, the jeepney drivers, and all the indigenous peoples still here. #NoToJeepneyPhaseout

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TFC (The Filipino Channel) — Survival Arts featured by Epic Youth Leadership Awards

Knowledge of survival builds self-confidence in a situation when young girls need it the most. Training builds strength and power when women are put in situations of danger. When every 73 seconds, an American is sexually assaulted, it is clear that we have no choice but to train ourselves and our girls. This is the mission of Survival Arts.

Voyage LA Magazine — Meet Jamie Yancovitz of Survival Arts Academy

Survival Arts Academy was featured in Voyage LA Magazine with an interview by Jamie Yancovitz.

”Survival Arts is a community-based training program for families of color to protect against violence based out of Los Angeles, California. It is a space where womxn and children learn how to respond to grabs, chokes, and other forms of attack, creating sisterhood while connecting to ancestral roots and indigenous knowledge… We work with and within healing spaces including Flora Y Tierra, Hood Herbalism, La Conxa, and Women’s True Healing.”

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#NoMeansNo — Survival Arts Teaches Consent in 13 Languages

In the Philippines, a person is reportedly raped per hour. In America, every 92 seconds, an American is sexually assaulted. In this article, Jamie Yancovitz and Julia Saubier discuss their campaign #NoMeansNo in 7 world languages and 6 languages of the Philippines.

Survival Arts represents a global movement to equip women, girls, and members of the LGBTQ community with the tools and mindset to protect themselves, and to likewise, seek to challenge and dismantle power systems and paradigms which give rise to a world where sexual violence, harassment, and abuse are the norm. The international multilingual Survival Arts #NoMeansNo campaign is just the first step in our global plan to educate the public about sexual consent.

Survival Arts x Bayani Art

Bayani Art, one of the premier lifestyle brands of Filipino culture in the United States and throughout the diaspora, has partnered with Survival Arts to honor Warrior Queen Urduha.

Survival Arts Academy continues the legacy of Queen Urduha by leading the first all-womxn’s Kali training group internationally. By training womxn and girls to protect their bodies from violence and sexual assault, Survival Arts works to carry on the Pinay warrior bloodline.

Princess Urduha, Warrior Queen of Pangasinan

A warrior queen of a matriarchal dynasty, Urduha (widely known as Princess Urduja) was a 14th century ruler of Tawalisi, in what is now known as Pangasinan. Known far and wide, she was famous for leading a retinue of women warriors who were skilled fighters, equestrians, and experts in weaponry. Learn the truth of history about our revolutionary warrior queen, Princess Urduha, and what historical sources cite her queendom.

Survival Arts continues the legacy of Queen Urduha by leading the first all-womxn’s training group internationally, interpreting Queen Urduha for the modern Filipina warrior.

Long Beach Post — Survival Arts Academy Breeds Generations of Warrior Women with Ancient Filipino Martial Arts

“Warrior chants rang from the center of Gumbiner Park in the East Village early Saturday afternoon, where three long rows of women, each woman wielding a wooden stick, maneuvered in unison.”

In this article and video published in the Long Beach Post, womxn and girls train to protect their bodies from violence, while healing from sexual assault and trauma.

#MeToo Anniversary Panel — South Asian Humanists & Rationalists of America (SAHARA)

Join Survival Arts Academy as we mark the first #MeToo Anniversary with an online panel discussion hosted by South Asian Humanists and Rationalists (SAHARA), and Freethinkers. This all-women’s online panel discussion will be featuring critical thinkers and speakers from India and the US, including Survival Arts Director, Jamie Yancovitz, on the current state of the #MeToo movement and where we can go from here.

Huffington Post — #MeToo Shows That Women Must Learn Sexual Self-Defense

“The best way to reduce female victimhood is to teach methods of prevention and self-defense. The current moment is precious, but fragile. #MeToo can be the beginning of a sustained civil rights movement to free woman from the currently pervasive threat of sexual assault” - Allen Frances, MD.

In this article published in the Huffington Post, psychiatrist Dr. Allen Frances speaks with Survival Arts Director Jamie Yancovitz about the #MeToo movement and what women can do in response to sexual assault.

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