Schedule a time to train: [email protected] OUR STORY:
SASS Defense was started in 1997 by Dr. Ed Carney after he realized the strong need for women to know how to best protect themselves from violence in the shortest amount of time. His original vision lives on in the thousands of women who have been SASS Defense trained. These women are from the South Carolina Air and Army National Guard, Ric
hland, Lexington, West Columbia, Cayce, Orangeburg County Law Enforcement, SWAT and SLED officers, USCPD, the National Organization for Victim's Assistance (NOVA) and the US Forestry Service. The University of South Carolina along with Columbia College host our courses for graduation credits, the Richland County Sheriff's Department and USCPD facilitate our Compact Course for the public with SASS trained deputies and the YMCA is our second home for training moms, teenagers, sisters and girlfriends to defend themselves with skill and precision. It is our passion, promise and mission to make the world safer one woman at a time.
OUR FUTURE:
SASS is a compassionate organization that loves women, our community and the common goal we are reaching together. We are committed to the mission of ending violence against women in the world. Current statistics show that 1 in 6 women in America will be sexually assaulted and 1 in 4 will experience violence in a relationship. Globally the statistic climbs to 1 in 3. The SASS Defense system teaches women how to utilize their hands, feet and voice to protect their most valuable asset, their lives.
With defensive maneuvers derived from Krav Maga, Judo and Goju Ryu, women are taught to use their strengths against an attacker's weaknesses to impair him within seconds. The results that follow have been compared to handing a woman a .38 caliber handgun that she has with her ALL THE TIME. SASS Defense trains law enforcement, government offices and officials, the military, students and citizens in a grassroots effort to ensure that everyone has a fighting chance at a life void of fear and full of confidence and joy!
The females we train come in ready to learn and leave in a matter of hours as empowered lethal weapons with a new sense of security. With females trained all over the world, we are a force of women who exemplify our motto: Outer Peace, Inner Beast! Find a training time and place that works for you under the training header or contact us for more information about bringing SASS to your gym, business, place of worship or school for personalized or group training. Join us in the movement to empower women right here, right now- because every woman is worth fighting for.
