Once a year, as part of our international instructor training program, we provide a unique workshop opportunity for children ages 6 to 11 and their adults. Under the leadership of our most senior instructors, people in training practice teaching with "real students" with in-the-moment coaching. The result is that students get excellent training with a great deal of individual opportunity to practice.

As one mother explains, "I travel for a couple of hours each way to Santa Cruz almost every year in order bring my family to this program. It's fun to meet people from so many different places and I have found that my children learn a tremendous amount when they get to see adults learning. They like the idea that they are helping to prepare these adults to teach KIDPOWER in order to reach a lot more kids. In addition, I have easy access to very experienced people who can answer my questions."

This January, our instructor training program will include people from Canada, India, and Sweden, as well as California, New York, Texas, and Vermont.  You can join us on Sunday, January 13th, for a three-hour Parent-Child KIDPOWER Workshop that will include physical self-defense skills taught with kick pads. (Note: This is NOT the full-force program with the head-to-toe padded instructor, which we also provide at other times.)

Thanks to community support, we can offer this workshop on a sliding scale fee of $25 to $75 dollars per child, based on ability to pay. As many support adults from each child's life as possible are encouraged to attend at no extra charge. We have found that the more that families have a common language around personal safety issues, the safer everyone is.