Personal Safety and Self Defense for children, teens and adults.

Introduction to services.

Introduction to Services

Kidpower International™ is a charitable educational organization founded in California in 1989. Kidpower teaches people of different ages and abilities to be successful in learning and practicing personal safety, self-protection, confidence, and advocacy skills.

These "People Safety" skills prepare individuals from all walks of life to prevent and stop most bullying, abuse, assault, and abduction and to advocate effectively for the well-being of themselves and others.

KIDPOWER has brought training and education to over a million children, teenagers, and adults from many different cultures around the world.

Participants in our workshops can learn to...

• Be and act aware
• Project an attitude of confidence
• Recognize and take the power out of emotional triggers
• Set appropriate boundaries with people they know
• Stay out of reach of people who might cause problems for them.
• Use their voice, stance, and body language to escape threatening situations
• Protect themselves from name-calling and verbal attacks.
• Use conflict resolution skills to de-escalate a confrontation
• Deal effectively with bullying and harassment
• Say “No” (effectively) to their friends and peers
• Persist until they get help
• Use physical resistance when all else fails by practicing simple, effective self defense skills
• Defend against threats, emotional pressure, and bribes
• Make safe choices
• Act responsibly while respecting others 

Our Services are...

• Developed to work well for the different life situations and ages of our students.
• Designed to be upbeat, effective, safe, emotionally supportive, and hands-on.
• Tailored to fit the specific needs of your family, circle of friends, school, organization, service club or business.
• Adapted for people who face special physical, emotional or developmental challenges.

You can look for a center close to you.

For a list of all our centers around the world and their contact information, please go to our list of centers.

If you do not find a center close to you, please contact our at and we will direct you to the center best able to help you.

You can learn more about our workshops.

In California: 

If you are interested in taking one of our California workshops that are open to the public, click here for our schedule of California Public Workshops.

If you already know what workshop you want to join and are ready to register, please use our California Public Workshop Registration Form.

If you are interested in setting up a workshop for a club, school, business, social service agency, or other group in your community, please read about Organizing a Workshop.

Outside of California: 

If you are interested in workshops outside of California that are open to the public or that can be arranged for a group in your community, please refer to our list of centers, and contact the center closest to you for more information.