Queer Impact

Sensei Obi is joining us for class tonight! We meet every Wednesday at 6pm, on the West side of Cheeman Park. New students are always welcome! 🥷

This pic is from when Sensei Obi was the Chief Instructor at a dojo in Parker, CO. He's now been teaching martial arts for over 18 years! 🥷

At Q***r Impact, we extend our heartfelt sorrow at the tragic death of Jax. She was a local community member who's life was taken far too soon. We mourn her passing, and we train hard so that we can help protect our community against this kind of hateful violence.

Remembering Josephine Baker on her birthday ➡️ https://bit.ly/45BplZs

Our instructors got together for a meeting today! We're so excited to share FREE self defense classes with the LGBTQI community of Denver! ✨🏳️‍🌈🥷🏳️‍🌈✨

Our Founder and Executive Director, Obi Oberdier, starting teaching Martial Arts professionally in 2007. He founded Q***r Impact to be a FREE self defense class for the LGBTQI community, and has donated his time for over six years to make that dream a reality. He has black belts in Karate Kenpo and Jeet Kun Do, and he has trained in several other styles, including studying Shaolin Kung Fu in China. He is so excited for the Q***r Impact reboot!! Classes start this Wednesday!! 🏳️‍🌈🥷🏳️‍🌈

Watch your back people, this is exactly why Q***r Impact was created.

2 males who allegedly attacked woman at McDonald's now face hate crime charges Two males, including one juvenile, are facing hate crime charges after allegedly physically attacking a 19-year-old woman and calling her "derogatory" names.

We are excited to announce that Jim Leo will be returning to Q***r Impact as an Associate Instructor! Jim has already devoted more than six years to Q***r Impact!!! Jim originally started coming to Q***r Impact because his doctor recommended it as a martial arts group where he could be out of the closet. That is because, despite his tremendous talent and kind soul, Jim was picked on mercilessly for being different. In his old dojo and in his home, being different was punished. Despite all the challenges, Jim trained in in Ninjuitsu and Kung Fu for three decades, and he has now been training with Sensei James Faber in Jeet Kun Do for the last ten years. Truly, our community is lucky to have him, and we are so grateful that he will be donating his time to teach FREE self defense classes! ✨🥷✨ (Jim is pictured here helping out with our Drag Queen Self Defense Class ca. 2012)

We are excited to announce that we will have a full time instructor on Wednesday evenings. Please join us in welcoming Adam Fang to the Q***r Impact family!! Adam has black belts in Tae Kwon Do and Wush Shu, in addition to years of combined experience in other styles, such as Jiu Jiutsu and Shaolin Kung Fu. He is a proud member of the Pup Community in Denver, and he has a gentle spirit and an empathetic nature. Adam will be donating his time and energy to provide FREE self defense lessons!! 🏳️‍🌈🥷🏳️‍🌈

RULES OF ENGAGEMENT:

To all who join our page,
Q***r Impact was originally founded to counter violence, bullying and harassment of the LGBTQ community in the Denver metro area. As such, our views remain the same when it concerns our page.

The Q***r Impact page is a safe place where our Students, LGBTQ members, Associates and Allies may join together in community and "reasonable discussion".

BE ADVISED that "trolling" or harassment of our members will NOT be tolerated!

If you join this page to intentionally cause disruptions or express hateful views... you will promptly get blocked, all your comments will be deleted and you will be banned from Q***r Impact permanently. NO EXCEPTIONS!

Your cooperation in these matters are greatly appreciated and expected, as we all strive to uphold the values and integrity of Q***r Impact. 🙂