Tacoma Indonesian Kung Fu (Pukulan, Silat)
Self Defense and Weapons Training for men, women and children in a supportive environment

Welcome to Indonesian Kung Fu in Tacoma. WE ARE TAKING A SUMMER BREAK. PLEASE CHECK BACK IN JULY!

We train in a very effective, beautiful, and complete Indonesian martial art called Pukulan (also spelled Poekoelan or refered to as Pentjak Silat). Our art was founded by Mas Goeroe Agoeng (grandmaster) Willy Wetzel, a Dutch-Indonesian who immigrated to the United States. Our Pukulan is an animal style (monkey, tiger, snake, and crane) and also has some Chinese Cun Tao and Kung Fu influence. When choosing a martial art to train in consider how important it is to pick a thorough style. We train all techniques from stand up self defense, to weapons, to ground fighting, and practice moving from all positions. But beyond our diverse physical self defense techniques Pukulan is an art form valuing self discipline, creative freedom, respect, and ethics.

Classes are available to men, women and children. Our youth program is called Tacoma (or T-Town) Dragons and is open to children 5-12 years old (see below). Classes are taught in a challenging but non-competitive environment to anyone that wants to learn. Our style of Pukulan is adaptable for someone with physical challenges or for an athlete in excellent physical condition. We are not a commercially oriented school and only wish to find others that love training and want to train in this interested and self defense oriented art. Pukulan training teaches valuable self defense techniques and also develops all aspects of fitness including strength, stamina, flexibility, mental relaxation, and spiritual focus. We respect the motherland of our style, our elders, and those teachers that have come before us. But we also train with an open mind and are willing to incorporate any effective self defense technique into our dynamic and adaptable style be it striking, takedown, grappling, or weapons techniques.

We are part of FightAlliance:Traditional and Mixed Martial Artists of Tacoma. The goal of this gym is to provide any student or competitor with a full range of choices in their training so they may achieve their personal goals. Classes in Submission Wrestling, Kickboxing, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ), and Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) are also available. You can check out FightAlliance for details. We are open to renting our gym to other great martial artists that can add to what we offer so please contact us if you are interested. We are conveniently located on the edge of downtown Tacoma at 1014 MLK Jr Way.

• Our Yellowbook ad is misprinted (1410 MLK is wrong, we are at 1014)