Trainings and educational programs for schools and communities around the world.
Philippines Retreat
A powerful 10-day immersive Warrior Training & Healing Retreat in the Philippines. This event was envisioned with the intention to create a Sacred Space of gathering for Pinays, Womxn of Color/ Queer&Trans Identifying Womxn/ Indigenous and Diasporic Womxn of Color to connect to the Motherland and create community by sharing ancestral knowledge. Registration now open for January 2025. Learn More →
KALI TRAINING 2024
Survival Arts Kali Training is offered to our communities to protect mind, body, and spirit against violence. In our Warrior Circle, we gather in ceremony to build strength in the work of liberation praxis during these times. Virtual Kali Schedule for Fall 2024 is now up! Learn More →
Community Education
Survival Arts creates programs for indigenous, black, brown, queer trans people of color and their families. With 1 in 5 women raped at some point in their lives, women of color and members of the LGBTQ community face the highest rates of sexual assault. We work to counter the violence that is being inflicted upon womxn's bodies globally. Read More →
Indigenous Blade Culture
Pekiti Tirsia Kali is an indigenous system of Filipino fighting arts. Originating from the Visayas region of the Philippines, this sacred blade culture has protected the family since 1897. Grand Tuhon Leo T. Gaje Jr. is the guardian of Pekiti Tirsia Kali (PTK), and has taught all over the world, making it world-renowned for survival strategy & tactics. Read More →
Today’s students.
Tomorrow’s leaders.
By providing educational programs to protect and empower women, children and communities around the world, Survival Arts prepares leaders for the future.
