Tulen Center gives back to the Portland community by teaching free self-defense to schools, neighborhoods, and colleges. Goeroe Silvia has been nominated for a 2013 Service to Beaverton Award for outstanding individual for offering these free self-defense seminars! We believe that self-defense is an integral part of life and that every individual deserves this empowerment training. If your school or community would like to have a free class, please contact us directly. Here are a few acts of service that we have been able to provide:
Portland State University (4/12/13)
Goeroe Silvia taught a jam-packed 2 hour class for college women at the PSU campus. They learned facts about assault, how to survey your surroundings to ensure escape, how to use your voice in a commanding tone, and self-defense holds!
Ridgewood Elementary (12/29/12)
Goeroe Silvia taught over 25 children how to confidently stand up to perpetrators and bullies. We focused on how to use verbal communication as your first defense against a threat. Your voice = power!
Goeroe Silvia taught multiple free classes at the high school for their PE students. These classes focused on heavier self-defense tactics as well as covering facts about assault within our communities.
Maplewood Elementary (12/4/12)
Goeroe Silvia taught a free No! Go! Yell! Tell! class to over 20 students with an emphasis on striking and punching movements! The Hammer Fist punch is quite effective to use against a perpetrator.
We provided free self-defense workshops to students of all ages throughout the day. Kids learned self-defense techniques like how to respond to a person grabbing them, and how to flip an attacker over their back!
Garden Home Recreation Center (2006-2009)
Goeroe Silvia taught free self-defense classes to children several times a year. These programs invited parents and younger siblings to watch and learn as well. Dozens of children benefited from these seminars.
Throughout the Years
Goeroe Silvia has provided free No! Go! Yell! Tell! classes to children in various programs, Hours of Power to teens and women, and anti-bullying seminars for local elementary and middle schools. All programs cover verbal and physical self-defense techniques. Classes also cover societal issues about assault and bullying within our communities.
Scholarship Program
We have been able to provide most of these programs because of our scholarships and funding through the Tulen Foundation. We have held fundraisers over the years to be able to continue to offer our free programs. Please consider a donation!
We love to help out the community whenever we can. Please give us a call and ample notice if you’d like to set up a free class or seminar!