Kultivating Kapwa: Conversations with Community, Episode 2.20
"Re-membering Warrior is from the Heart"
In this episode, we are joined by Crystle Diño and JB Ramos. We discuss what brought them to their warrior path and culture, what the warrior arts means to them, how their various histories, backgrounds, and teachers inform how their art manifests in their lives today, and more.
Crystle LiWayway Diño acknowledges that she resides and settles upon the traditional homelands of many Indigenous nations, such as the the Council of the Three Fires - comprised of the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi Nations - as well as the Miami, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Sac, Fox, Kickapoo, and Illinois Nations. She recognizes and is grateful for the original Peoples who laid the foundation for the city of Chicago, and for the diverse Indigenous nations that reside in Chicago today.
She was born and raised in Chicago with deep roots in Balayan, Batangas on her father Benjamin Diño's side, and Poctoy Torrijos, Marinduque on her mother Elisa Diño's side.
To find out more about her work and practice, visit her website at FMA Freedom. Movemeant. Alignment..
JB Ramos lives in gratitude in Tkaronto on Turtle Island on the traditional territory of many First Nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Haudenosaunee, the Chippewa, the Huron-Wendat, and home to many diverse First Nations, the Mètis, and the Inuit peoples.
They honor and pay respect to the resilience and strength of Indigenous Ancestors and Elders past, present, and future from all over the world whose journey is to continue sharing their sacred warrior traditions.
You can visit their school online at Combat Science: Warrior Arts of Asia.
*Please note that this episode contains brief instances of profanity.*
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Hosted by Jana Lynne Umipig//
Produced by Olivia Sawi//
Co-Produced by Annie Aarons-Sawi//
Music by AstraLogik
