Poekoelan Instructors

Janesa Kruse

Director of One With Heart Tulen Center 

Janesa Kruse is a fifth degree black belt with over 25 years of experience developing self-defense and martial arts programs. Janesa was ranked as a top ten fighter by Kung Fu Illustrator and was the first woman to fight in the NW mens’ division.

Scott Montgomery

Scott Montgomery has over 30 years of experience training in martial arts. As a police sergeant at the Portland Police Bureau, Scott has trained more than 5,000 officers in defensive tactics and survival skills, including techniques of control and de-escalation in critical incidents.

Jennifer Jordan

Jennifer Jordan is a fifth degree blackbelt in the art of Poekoelan Tjiminidie Tulen and a trained Tulen self-defense instructor with 19 years of experience teaching and training. She is Corporate Vice President of Investor Relations for the software company Cadence Design Systems, Inc.

Joel Much

I began training Poekoelan Tjimindie Tulen in 1992 at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon.  There was a buzz on campus through the dorms about this cool Indonesian martial arts class where you learned to fall without getting hurt, defend yourself against an attacker, and how to fight like an animal.  I was playing rugby at the time, but I was intrigued so I decided to check it out.  Fortunately for me, the instructor was so flexible that she let me join class unofficially mid term.  I was hooked immediately.  I would come straight from rugby practice to class and I never missed a class...  I did that for all four years of college, progressing from a student to a student instructor.  Now I am a fourth degree black belt, but I am still a student more than I am an instructor in this art.  The truth is that no matter how much I learn, there is always more to learn.  This aspect keeps me very humble.  And I think that is what has kept me training for so long.  Poekoelan Tjimindie Tulen is never boring and there is always more to learn!

Kati Traunweiser

Kati is a 4th degree black belt in Poekoelan Tjimindie Tulen. She has 21 years of experience teaching and training Poekoelan Tjimindie Tulen. She is the founder of Tulen Center North on behalf of Mas Goeroe Agoeng Willy Wetzel. She has a degree in Business Management from Linfield College and has 20 years of corporate experience at Kaiser Permanente. Currently she is the Director of planning and development for a team of 300 Primary Care Physicians. She has been published in MedInfo 2004 and has participated and won many tournaments. When asked why she has kept training for 21 years her response is, “Because I never stop learning, I enjoy the supportive community of having teammates and friends for 21 years, and I find great joy every day in watching students grow and find their strength.”

Ian Fabik

Ian Fabik has been training Poekoelan Tjimindie Tulen for 17 years. He began training as a teenager along with his mother, father and three brothers and still loves to train with his family and all families. Ian is also a Professional Engineer working as a lead designer for the multinational firm Otak, Inc.

Jenny Davidson

I started training Poekoelan at Lewis and Clark college in 1998. In the beginning I was most impressed with the beauty and strength of the movement and how all practitioners shine in their own individual way. I love instructing Poekoelan and am most impressed every time I come to class.

Gerry Donaghy

My Tulen path began in 1995, as a way to fulfill my college's PE requirement. Over a decade later, I continue to train and hold the rank of second degree Black Belt.

The Tulen principles I learn through Mas Goeroe Agoeng's beautiful art enrich every aspect of my life, and my goal as an instructor is to inspire students to find that sense of original joy within.

Farley Welch

I have trained in Poekoelan Tjimindie Tulen under the direction of Mas Goeroe Agong, Mas Goeroe Barbara Niggel and Goeroe Janesa Kruse for thirteen years. I currently hold a 3rd Degree Black Belt. This beautiful martial art has brought peace, love and understanding to my life, marriage and family. I truly cannot imagine life otherwise. It is my privilege to serve the school by instructing beginning students in the Cun Tao program. At the direction of my teachers, I conduct a high-energy workout that combines fitness conditioning, comprehensive self-defense and a basic foundation for martial arts training.

Tim Cuscadan

Training since 1997, Tim Cuscaden has discovered the rewards of PTT in both personal and professional life. Personal life has been rewarded with bountiful energy created from training PTT. This bountiful energy comes from the physical conditioning practiced, as well from the arts teachings of the importance of breath. Breath keeps us calm and flowing; helpful in moments of potential compromising situations or keeping up with a young child.
Professionally PTT aids in relentless; the ability to change the angle (view), determination and the ability to sense where to move next. These being performed with a serene heart.