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.