📆 When: March 8, 2026 at 2:00 - 4:00pm
📍 Where: Near S Havana St & E Geddes Ave in Englewood, CO (Exact location shared after registration)
🎟️ Pay what works for you: $20, $30, $35 - one price covers the student and family. No one should miss out. Use code AGISUPPORT and we’ll make sure you’re taken care of.
💜 Who: AANHPI girls and gender-expansive youth in grades 6-12 and their family.
📝Note: Students are encouraged to attend with a parent, guardian, or adult sibling. Support options will be available for students who need to attend without an adult.
Learn self-defense together. Build trust that lasts at home.
This workshop explores safety across generations through self-defense and shared conversation.
Led by Akemi Tsutsui with Colorado Budokan, this self-defense karate workshop centers AANHPI girls and gender-expansive youth alongside a parent, guardian, or adult sibling. The focus goes beyond technique! Students build body awareness and situational awareness. Caregivers learn the same language. The kind that opens dialogue, strengthens understanding, and supports care across ages.
This workshop is intentionally designed for families to attend together. When kids and caregivers learn the same tools, those conversations continue long after the event ends.
What you gain from being there
Practical self-defense skills grounded in karate. 🥋
Tools to notice early warning signs before a situation escalates. 👀
Shared language for safety conversations at home. 🗣️
Confidence rooted in trust, not fear. 🫱🏽🫲🏼
Stronger connection between kids and the adults who support them. ✨
Many AANHPI families are carrying heightened concern around safety. We recognize that reality. This workshop responds with care, preparation, and community. Please know that your safety is our priority.
Akemi Tsutsui is back with AGI ✨
Akemi Tsutsui (she/her) is a Nikkei Japanese American Channel, Artist, and Educator. She’s deeply aligned with AGI’s mission to validate AANHPI stories and support young people as they shape their own paths. Akemi finds joy in movement, care, and everyday rituals, from following sumo to meals that feel like home, like her mom’s batayaki with rice. An only child, animist, and culture bearer, Akemi leads this workshop with presence and intergenerational intention.