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  • Tulen Exercises for Strengthening and Healing the Lungs

    Tulen Boston continues to train via Zoom and Skype! In fact, we have been offering training via Skype since 2013, when our now blackbelt Mas Zheng, moved home to Toronto from Boston. We now have students in Boston, Cambridge, Toronto, Sacramento, and Edinborough. Since energy is energy, the hard part isn’t training on Zoom, it’s […]

  • The 11 hand crushes of creativity, or, how I learned about gumption and taking risk

      The first phase of training in Tulen is Cun Tao. Cun Tao means self-defense.  Students move from learning to fall safely to learning responses to 108 different attacks called “holds”, building their vocabulary of movement and skill. Eventually they can escape these attacks without thinking (standing up, sitting down, even blindfolded).  But when you […]

  • Spaghetti and Push Ups, or Did you know I cancelled my very first class?

    Spaghetti and Push Ups, or Did you know I cancelled my very first class? Signing up for my first class in Poekoelan Tjimindie Tulen was a bit of a leap for woman who always wanted to be an athlete, but who had never come closer than racing sailboats as a kid.  I realized that week […]

  • Self-Defense Update!

    To those who showed up to 33 Harrison St – we are so sorry for any confusion. We were training in the commons at the corner of Boylston and Arlington the this morning. We would like to offer a free makeup class at your convenience! Call or email us today at jennifer@tulenboston.com to reserve your […]

  • Free Self-Defense Class in the Park

    After a long, hard, cold winter, we’ve finally made it to summer! While summer is known for being a time of relaxation and rest, it is also a time of renewed health and fitness – fit and healthy bodies, minds, and confidence. Make your summer count by joining us for a boot camp style self […]