Young Champions of America is proud to offer a comprehensive safety awareness program for you and your children.  Project S.A.F.E. Shield is designed to teach you and your children vital skills to protect (shield) them from unforeseen dangers of today's society. We are continually researching and formulating the most effective martial arts skills and safety information to offer the most up to date courses available. Although child abductions are rare, we feel it only takes one, and one is too many!

Project S.A.F.E. shield has been created by Kraig Hollingworth, the Regional Director of Young Champions of America, Inc. Young Champions is one of the first martial arts organizations to integrate safety awareness into their curriculum over 20 years ago!

After watching the live new cast of the kidnapping and killing of Carlie Brucia, which was caught on security video, Mr. Hollingworth was shocked and heart broken. The video had shown a man approaching Carlie, the man engaging a conversion, the man grabbing Carlie's wrist, the man and Carlie walking off together. If only Carlie knew a few safety awareness rules and self-defense techniques, this tragedy may have been prevented. Mr. Hollingworth vowed that he would design an A-Z child abduction course, to help prevent future abduction tragedies.

Project S.A.F.E. Shield is completely integrated into the Young Champion's beginner martial art program.