Meet your instructor: Kendall Wells

Kendall Wells is a professional SAG-AFTRA and Television Academy stunt performer, fight coordinator, and actor with over 20 years of experience in martial arts and weapons performance for the camera and live theatre.

His credits include The Russo' Brothers’ The Gray Man, Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon, HBO’s Our Flag Means Death, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, Ron Howard’s 68 Whiskey, NBC’s Grimm, and more.

He’s a certified instructor of Shinkendo Japanese Swordsmanship, and an instructor of De Longis Performance & Combat Arts. Kendall is dedicated to providing high-quality training to all who seek it.

Our Flag Means Death

Our Flag Means Death with Taika Waititi & Rhys Darby

Credentials

  • Student of Hollywood Sword Master Anthony De Longis since 2004

  • Teaching the De Longis Method since 2007

  • Ranked instructor of Shinkendo Japanese Swordsmanship, studying since 2007

  • Fight directing theatre since 2007

  • Performing for camera since 2009

  • Meisner acting training - 8 Years

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan

Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan

He’s worked with and / or trained many noteworthy professionals including:

  • The Russo Brothers

  • Taika Waititi

  • Zack Snyder

  • John Krasinski

  • Rebecca Romijn

  • Michael Peña

  • Will Arnett

  • Alfre Woodard

  • Tom Wlaschiha

  • Logan Lerman

  • Noomi Rapace

  • Elijah Wood

  • Manu Bennett

  • Lesley-Ann Brandt

  • Jacob Elordi

  • Jerrika Hinton

  • Noah Wyle

  • and more…

The System:

De Longis Performance & Combat Arts

Kendall teaches De Longis Performance & Combat Arts, created by world-renown sword, whip, and fight master Anthony De Longis. It’s an approach to theatrical combat that focuses on the “ribbons of truth” that run through all martial arts, and always works to a higher standard. The system and philosophy we uphold is flexible, honest, and essential.

Through our training we cultivate a deep understanding of applied principles. We share these principles so you may learn most efficiently, expediting your growth and giving you the power to make creative performance choices. We’re not here to mold you to the system, the system is here to serve you.

Anthony has a variety of exceptional instructional courses available on DVD listed here. They cover theatrical rapier and broadsword, as well as combative Italian and Spanish rapier, French Smallsword, knife throwing, and his signature Rolling Loop method of Bullwhip.

What People Are Saying…

“John (Krasinski) is very hands on in general, and we were really lucky to have Kendall and the whole stunt team, especially for something of this scale.”

— Allyson Seeger, Executive Producer - Jack Ryan

“Kendall Wells - he worked as a stuntman on most of our episodes, and he rocked it on this episode (of The Librarians).”

— Rebecca Romijn, Actress

“Thank you Kendall for making us look good with the great skills you have learnt through study, and now share with us.”

— Manu Bennett, Actor

“He's not only good at demonstrating technique, but at articulating the "why" behind the technique.”

— Jeff Budner, Stunt Performer

“Kendall would encourage and correct when appropriate, keeping true to the form he was teaching because he actually loves what he teaches and you can see that in the way he conducts himself.”

— Audra Smith, Stunt Performer