AntingAnting in Warrior Arts
Saturday, July 15, 2023
12:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Asian Art Museum, 200 Larkin Street, SF
The Asian Art Museum and KULARTS presents AntingAnting in Warrior Arts as a part of Alleluia Panis’s AntingAnting Project, an exploration of the history and impact of Filipino Martial Arts and its evolution disciplined by contemporary practitioners. Through performance, film screening, panel discussion, and demonstration, the event explores the physical, and spiritual discipline of Filipino Martial Arts.
The event will showcase the art form’s evolution and various lineages through its contemporary practitioners, illustrating its origins, the need for the practice, and the ways it has developed and changed with the movement of diaspora. This practice within the realm of Filipino Martial Arts enables a strengthened sense of identity and connection to community through both tradition and practice.
PROGRAM DETAILS
Maguindanao Sagayan Warrior Dance performance by Parangal Dance Company
An ancient dance that predates Islam of Maguindanaon people from Cotabato, Mindanao, Philippines.
Sagayan performance by Jonathan M. Mercado. Image courtesy of Parangal Dance Company.
Film screening of Ipat a Kadsakay directed by Eric Solano followed by Q&A
An artistic journey of Pilipinos in the diaspora as they explore the ancestral practice of Sagayan to promote spiritual healing and wellness.
Warrior Arts Presentation and Panel Discussion followed by Q&A
An introduction and discussion with Escrima and Kali Warrior Arts practitioners on various fighting/defense systems, orasyones, and anting anting featuring Guro Kristen Calbido, Master Joseph Bautista, Guro Gregory Manalo, Guro Franz Jundis, Dance and Martial Artist Jonathan M. Mercado, and moderated by Lead Artist and Director Alleluia Panis.
Filipino Martial Arts Demonstration
Showcase of various fighting/defense systems with Guro Kristen Calbido, Master Joseph Bautista, Guro Gregory Manalo, and Guro Franz Jundis.
About the Participants
Parangal Dance Company
Parangal Dance Company is a non-profit, Filipino Folk Dance & Music Company based in the unceded Ramaytush Ohlone Territory also known as San Francisco in California, USA. Parangal’s mission is to give tribute to Philippine heritage by preserving and promoting ethnic attire, music, and dance through research, workshops, and performances. We aim to serve as a bridge,inspiring and connecting Filipinos in diaspora to their roots to give them a sense of pride and identity, while educating diverse communities to foster awareness and appreciation of Philippine culture.
Eric Solano
Eric Solano is one of the leaders in the Philippine folkloric dance field in the diaspora. He founded Parangal Dance Company in 2008 to advance and promote Philippine dance. He serves as its artistic director and choreographer. Parangal has performed on mainstages including SF Ethnic Dance Festival, Merrie Monarch Ho’ike-Hawaii, and festivals in Latin America, Europe and Asia. He is a University of San Francisco adjunct professor of Philippine Dance, and trains multi-generational community folkloric practitioners.
Guro Kristen Cabildo
Kristen Cabildo is a Jeet Kune Do and Filipino Martial Art (Kali) instructor at Unlimited Martial Arts Academy in NYC. She is the founder of Chrysalis Kali, a group for Filipina/x women to explore Kali as an empowering mind/body/spirit practice. She believes that our bodies hold our personal and collective histories, but through an intentional mind, body, spirit practice, we can retell our stories based on healing and transformation. Kristen hopes to inspire others to build strong bodies to support conscious minds and resilient spirits.
Guro Gregory Manalo
Gregory Manalo considers himself a caretaker of the Visayan Style Corto Kadena Larga Mano Eskrima as taught by the Maestro Sonny Umpad. He started training with Sonny in 1997, up until his untimely death in 2006. He created The Rooted School to inspire and cultivate the warrior scholar through a cultural lens. He also has danced in several shows with Alleluia Panis Dance Theater and performed sketch comedy and short plays at Bindlestiff Studio with the defunct theater group Oversees Artists.
Master Joseph Bautista
Joseph Bautista is all about safety, specializing in Filipino martial arts. He began his training in martial arts at the age of 4. Since 2001 he has been mainly focused on Filipino Martial Arts. Joseph runs Legacy Filipino Martial Arts, a Filipino martial arts school based in Daly City, California. He teaches self-defense with Self Defense For the People, a self-defense program with clients such as Salesforce, Airbnb, Gap, UPS, and UCSF.
Jonathan M. Mercado
Jonathan Michael Mercado is an interdisciplinary Filipino-American artist in the Bay Area. His movement is inspired through his experiences of hip-hop/urban choreography and Filipino folk dancing. He currently dances with KULARTS under director Alleluia Panis and Parangal Dance Company under director Eric Solano.
Guro Franz Jundis
Franz Jundis is a 3rd generation eskrimador, was one of the founding instructors of SPMA, & taught eskrima for free in the SOMA district for over a decade under Combate Eskrima Orehenal. He was mentored by FMA historians; Orvy Jundis, Style Allah & Romeo Macapagal. He was trained in Tausug & Yakan arts under Sali Nagarajen & Hadji Yasheer Tanadajalan.