Tanamá Arts

05/31/2026

05/29/2026

05/27/2026

What is happening in the martial arts community is abhorrent, and it has to be seen. The allegations deserve to be reviewed and investigated.
Martial arts, at its core, is about empowerment. The mat/roda is supposed to be a place where people grow, feel safe, and lift one another up. When someone uses their position of authority to harass, intimidate, or assault a member of their own community, they have betrayed the art, the culture, and everyone who trusted them.
Tanamá Arts believes the women. We stand with our sisters and commend their courage in coming forward.
If you have experienced sexual assault and would like to speak out anonymously, you can reach us directly via DM or at [email protected]. You will be heard.

05/05/2026

Summer vibes are almost here! 🌞 Let's get this flavor party started! Which drink should be the MVP of May? Let us know in the comments and we'll announce the winner on May 11th! 🎉

04/26/2026

Green, Again
Seven years ago, I earned a green cordão.
I learned. I kept going.
Then last weekend, I walked into a new roda. Different walls. Different energy. Different eyes watching me play. And someone tied a green cord around my waist again.
The same color. The same knot.
My first instinct was to explain myself. This isn't really where I am. But I caught that instinct. I looked at it. And I put it down.
Because here's what I've come to understand: growth is not a straight line climbing toward some final version of you. It's a spiral. It keeps coming back around to the same places, in this case, the same colors, the same questions, the same humbling moments of I don't know this yet, except now I'm visiting from a different depth. I'm not at the beginning, i'm beneath it.
The beginner's mind is not a consolation prize for not knowing enough. It's the most alive a person can be inside a practice. It's the part of you that is still listening instead of performing. Still curious instead of certain.
I've worn green before. But I have never been this person wearing green. And that makes all the difference.
The spiral brought me here. I'm going to trust where it's going.

04/11/2026

ISO: training partner.
Work hard, play harder!