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YouTube Video UCIigwojoxmpFvn5C7iMwxgw_KafSTlSJyTI Guardian Girls Aikido (GGA) Seminar was hosted by the Peruvian Aikido Confederation, Guardian Girls International and KIF Peru, in collaboration with the UNFPA Peru, the Embassy of Japan in Peru and Latin American Aikido Union (ULA) in Peru, Lima.
Guardian Girls Aikido (GGA) Seminar was hosted by the Peruvian Aikido Confederation, Guardian Girls International and KIF Peru, in collaboration with the UNFPA Peru, the Embassy of Japan in Peru and Latin American Aikido Union (ULA) in Peru, Lima.
Guardian Girls Aikido Seminar in Lima, Peru
Shin Koyamada, Founder and Chairman of Guardian Girls International, granted historic Private Audience with His Holiness Pope Francis, Accompanied by Shin's wife, Nia Lyte, at his official residence in the Vatican City in January 2025. #guardiangirls #holysee
Shin Koyamada and his Wife Receive Historic Private Audience with His Holiness Pope Francis
A press meeting for the launch of Guardian Girls Aikido (GGA), initiated by Guardian Girls International in collaboration with Turkish Aikikai Aikido, was held at the Swissotel and broadcast nationwide by Now, Turkey’s leading television channel. 🎥 Video by Now TV #guardiangirls #guardiangirlsaikido #now
Guardian Girls Aikido (GGA) project featured nationwide on NOW TV in Istanbul, Türkiye 🇹🇷
Guardian Girls Aikido (GGA) is a global gender-based violence prevention initiative launched by Guardian Girls International (GGI) in collaboration with the International Aikido Federation (IAF) in 2024. The project was initially launched in February in Bogotá, Colombia, with Japan being the second country to implement it. In Japan, a seminar was held by KIF Japan and TELL Japan at the Seisen International School in Tokyo, where over 40 women participants were empowered and benefited from the event. Since 2019, Guardian Girls projects have been introduced in 15 countries worldwide.
Guardian Girls Aikido Seminar was launched by KIF Japan and TELL Japan on May 12, 2024 in Tokyo
Guardian Girls Aikido (GGA) is a global project aimed at addressing gender-based violence, administered and launched by Guardian Girls International (GGI) in collaboration with the International Aikido Federation (IAF) in 2024. The project was launched on February 14, 2024, at the Official Residence of the Japanese Ambassador to Colombia, Masahiro Takasugi, in Bogotá, with KIF Colombia, UNFPA Colombia, the Embassy of Japan in Colombia, and the Colombia Aikido Federation as hosts. Notable attendees included Japanese Ambassador to Colombia Masahiro Takasugi; Ms. Nia Lyte, President of KIF Colombia and Guardian Girls International; Mr. Camilo Misael Iguaran Campo, Colombia's Vice Minister of Sports; Mr. Luis Mora, UNFPA Colombia Country Representative; Mr. Wilko Vriesman, Chairman of the International Aikido Federation (IAF); Mr. Abraham Builes Mesa, President of the Colombia Aikido Federation; and Mr. Roberto Vélez Vallejo, Former CEO of the Colombian Coffee Growers Federation (FNC). Subsequently, on February 15, the GGA Seminar took place at The Japan Center, University of the Andes in Bogotá, Colombia, with over 50 local Colombian women participating. They were instructed by Guardian Girls Aikido chief instructor Luz Angélica Jiménez (3rd Degree Black Belt in Aikido) and her assistant instructors Carolina Céspedes Quiroz (3rd Degree), Sandra Lugo (2nd Degree), and Andrea Jimenez Guerrero (3rd Degree).
Guardian Girls Aikido - Colombia
Shin Koyamada gives a welcoming remarks for the Guardian Girls Aikido Launch Reception at the Japanese Ambassador's Official Residence on February 14, 2024 in Bogotá, Colombia. Guardian Girls Aikido is a global project launched by the Guardian Girls International (GGI) in partnership with the International Aikido Federation (IAF). It was first launched in Bogota, Colombia on February 14, 2024.
Shin Koyamada's Welcoming Remarks for the Guardian Girls Aikido Reception in Bogotá, Colombia
The yearly highlights of the Guardian Girls Karate from Egypt, Morocco, Spain, United States, Japan, Ireland and Budapest in 2023. The Guardian Girls Karate was launched by the Koyamada International Foundation (KIF), World Karate Federation (WKF) and United Naitons Population Fund (UNFPA) in 2022. For more info, see at http://GuardianGirls.org
2023 Guardian Girls Karate Highlights
Koyamada International Foundation (KIF), World Karate Federation (WKF) and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) have presented the Guardian Girls Karate's Self-Defense Seminar at Bayside Live Hall in Fukuoka, Japan, in collaborations with implementing partners such as Japan Karatedo Federation (JKF) and KIF Japan. Dozens of local Japanese girls gathered from the city have been benefited from the self-defense seminar taught by Ms. Amy Connell, WKF Instructor and Guardian Girls Karate Instructor from Scotland and Ms. Yumi Hasewaga, Japan Karatedo Federation Instructor locally from Japan.
Guardian Girls Karate Self-Defense Seminar
On June 9th and 10th, the Guardian Girls Karate was newly launched by the Koyamada International Foundation (KIF), World Karate Federation (WKF) and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)in Fukuoka Japan. On 9th, the Guardian Girls Karate Reception was hosted at the American Consulate Fukuoka's American Center in collaborations with Japan Karatedo Federation (JKF), KIF Japan and UNFPA Japan. In the following day, the Guardian Girls Karate's self-defense seminar was organized locally to benefit dozens of Japanese girls who learned about the project and were empowered through the training in Fukuoka, Japan.
Guardian Girls Karate featured on major Japanese news media on TV in June 2023
The Consul General of Japan in Los Angeles Kenko Sone's video message to support the Guardian Girls Karate Reception held at the American Center Fukuoka on June 9th, 2023 in Fukuoka, Japan. The reception was hosted by the Koyamada International Foundation (KIF), World Karate Federation (WKF) and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in collaborations with the American Consulate in Fukuoka, Japan Karate Federation (JKF) and KIF Japan.
Message from the Consul General of Japan Kenko Sone for Guardian Girls Karate ロサンゼルスの曽根健孝総領事からメッセージ
On June 9th, 2023, the U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel gave video greeting to support the Reception of the Guardian Girls Global Karate Project (Guardian Girls Karate). The event was hosted by the Koyamada International Foundation (KIF), World Karate Federation (WKF) and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in collaborations with KIF Japan, Japan Karatedo Federation (JKF) and U.S. Consulate Fukuoka at the American Center in Fukuoka.
Video message from U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel for Guardian Girls エマニュエル駐日米国大使からビデオメッセージ
In launching of the Guardian Girls Global Karate Project in Rabat, the Guardian Girls Karate Seminar, a women's self-defense seminar, was hosted by the Koyamada International Foundation (KIF), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the World Karate Federation (WKF) with the cooperation of the Royal Moroccan Karate Federation to empower girls and women from Morocco to defend themselves from all violence. For more info, see at http://GuardianGirls.org
2023 Guardian Girls Karate Seminar in Rabat, Morocco
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