Mission Statement
Film Kombat exists to bridge the worlds of acting, martial arts, and cinematic action. Our mission is to develop complete performers and create meaningful action by approaching every movement, technique, and fight as an extension of character and story. Through training, stunt coordination, and fight choreography, we provide actors, martial artists, and filmmakers with the tools to work safely, confidently, and truthfully—because action should never interrupt the story; it should help tell it.
The Team
Jonathen ‘Pantera’ Wallace
Founder & Chief Instructor/Coordinator of Film Kombat
Pantera’s Martial Arts journey began in Warwick, RI at New Wave Martial Arts & Fitness (known then as Masters of Self Defense) at the age of 4. He since then has received the levels of Black Belt in Shaolin Kempo and Contra Mestre in Capoeira under the guidance of Mestre Tigri (Grupo Ondas).
In 2010 he received a Bachelors in Psychology at the University of Rhode Island. This being the same time his Martial Arts journey became more instructor focused.
In 2014 Pantera moved to Los Angeles where he met his Initial acting instructor and began studying under the guidance of Kaz Matamura; later introduced to Stella Adler (LA) and Lucid Body (under Kennedy Brown).
Since the he’s gone on to stunt coordinate and fight choreograph multiple projects leading to the creation of Film Kombat, a Journey of Martial Arts and Story Telling.
