by Silvia Smart | Aug 26, 2020 | About Naga, Poekoelan, Selfless Service
Reposted from January, 2012 What’s “Selfless Service”? Poekoelan is a traditional martial art. One of the things we learn as students is how important it is to be able to put our own ego and needs aside and focus our loving energy on others. In practicing this,... 
by Silvia Smart | Mar 1, 2020 | About Naga
Above: AWMAI 2020 Hall of Fame Inductees (L to R) Master Sensei Lisa Frazer, Jamie Leno Zimron Sensei and Goeroe Silvia Smart Teaching the Teacher The Association of Women Martial Arts Instructors was founded to empower advanced women martial artists via paths of... 
by Silvia Smart | Jul 27, 2020 | About Naga, Health and Wellness, self-defense
Is The Empowerment Project New? Yes! It is! Our self-defense programs and workshops have always been super high quality. But with the work we have done to get nationally certified, it was time to up our game and let the world know we have reinvigorated our commitment... 
by Silvia Smart | Mar 1, 2020 | About Naga, Poekoelan
The Rose of Poekoelan The symbol of Poekoelan is a red rose lying on a black background with bamboo on either side. The rose is beautiful yet if you grab it, it has thorns. The bamboo symbolizes the flexibility we strive for in body, mind and spirit. In a heavy... 
by Silvia Smart | Feb 8, 2020 | About Naga, Health and Wellness, Selfless Service
What is it? Naga is collaborating with the FBI CAAA to donate 200+ backpacks to 6th, 7th and 8th-grade students in the Parkrose School District. Some of you remember our participation in this project last year. We were able to provide 75 backpacks, but there were over... 
by Silvia Smart | Jan 26, 2020 | About Naga, Poekoelan
MGALouise is on the left, Bantoe Abby is to the right. Some amazing students are front and center! Our Sister School | Studio Naga Our sister school is in Oakland, California and is run by Mas Goeroe Agoeng Louise Rafkin. She often has wise words. Here is an essay she...
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