BUSINESS INSIDER — Survival Arts Analyzes Popular Fight Scenes

Kali weapons expert Jamie Yancovitz reacts to 11 fight scenes featuring traditional Filipino knives and stick weapons and rates them based on their technical accuracy. Yancovitz rates knife fights in Hollywood movies, from "Quantum of Solace" (2008) to "Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation" (2015), "Extraction" (2020), "The Book of Eli" (2010), "Kick-Ass" (2010), and "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" (2014). She also looks at improvised-weapon scenes in "The Bourne Identity" (2002) and "Kill Bill: Vol. 1" (2003) and rates the technique of baton and stick fighting in "Taken 2" (2012), "Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever" (2002), and "Arrow" (2012-2020).

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.

BACOLOD — Ilongga Warriors Assembly

Survival Arts x She/Her/I Project Pekiti Tirsia Kali Ilongga Warriors Assembly in Bacolod

Survival Arts Academy was created in Bacolod City, Philippines to protect families against violence through Pekiti Tirsia Kali. Loyalty & Respect to our grandmaster & living legend, Grand Tuhon Leo T. Gaje Jr. Gratitude to everyone that hosted us at Block 17 Art Space and Bacolod Arts District. Let us know in the youtube comments what you think of our latest videos!

BUSTLE Magazine — Survival Arts Redefines Filipino Martial Arts for Women

Featured in Bustle Magazine, Director of Survival Arts Jamie Yancovitz speaks about her training and educational work.

“Yancovitz starts with cultivating basic concepts of consent, respect, and boundaries to her students as young as five years old. ‘With little girls, for example, when I work with six-year-olds or five-year-olds, the first thing I teach them is how to say no,’ she tells Bustle.”

CNN PHILIPPINES — Julia Saubier speaks about Survival Arts Academy

Julia Saubier speaks on CNN Philippines about the work that Survival Arts Academy is doing to protect women, children, and LGBTQ communities worldwide through Pekiti Tirsia Kali.

Watch her live interview with Charles Tiu on our channel!

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.

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