Survival Arts: The Retreat ᜃᜎᜒ A documentary film sharing our first Philippines Retreat in 2020 bringing students from the diaspora back home to the motherland.
This film gives an introduction to our founder's story of establishing the first ever all women of color and gender-expansive Kali training group in the world, creating a movement for many others to follow. From the Bronx to the Philippines, Siargao to Bacolod, we travel the islands to connect to our ancestral roots, our Filipino fighting arts, and most importantly, to our truest selves.
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
As part of the Revolutionary AYAT project, a multimedia collaborative community art intervention which aims to contest public narratives of war, colonialism, race, and migration, Survival Arts presents a counter narrative in performance, movement & sound, and community training for social justice.
Revolutionary AYAT (2021-22), the word ayat is the Ilocano word for love, is a multimedia public art project in collaboration with Survival Arts, in a ritual performance ceremony held on Memorial Day 2022 at The Hiker (Kitson—created by Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson) monument in Arsenal Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts one of 13 monuments throughout MA, out of 52 reproduced across the US. It marks the Spanish American War and the occupation of the Philippines, Puerto Rico & Cuba.
Survival Arts Academy was featured in the Bacolod local news channel in the Hiligaynon language, DIGICAST NEGROS for teaching their women’s self-protection to families in Negros Island, Philippines.
Mga babaye gina training para sa self defense.
As part of their “Good Vibes” Broadcast, reporter Romeo Subaldo showcases a typical training day with Survival Arts. Founder Jamie Yancovitz shares why it’s important for Filipinos to connect back to culture and ancestral traditions, while Survival Arts students share their experiences with everyday violence, and why they train.
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!
Survival Arts Academy was featured in Balitang America TFC-USA on ABS-CBN News San Francisco. Originally Aired November 2019. “It’s really important that we as women learn how to respond to things like if someone tries to grab you, someone tries to choke you, put you in a corner, intimidate you, put some fear into you...”
Survival Arts Academy trains the children of Young Focus PH in Tondo, Manila, Philippines 2019. Here, we share video footage of our time with the youth in what is known as the “slums of Manila.” We teach consent, respect and boundaries for all ages, especially in places where this education is needed the most.
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!
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.
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 Academycontinues 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.
