Our Mission
To give everyday people — whatever their age, size, or fitness level — the
practical skills, awareness, and confidence to protect themselves and the people they
love.
Our Vision
A community where self-protection is normal, accessible, and never intimidating, and
where no one has to feel like a potential victim in their own town.
Our Values
- Practical over flashy. If it doesn’t work under stress, we
don’t teach it.
- Everyone is welcome. The system adapts to the person.
- Honest training. Realistic pressure, uncompromising safety.
- No egos. We train hard and take care of each other.
Our Story
After nearly 30 years teaching martial arts, founder Ted Dabbs saw a gap: traditional
training builds discipline and fitness, but it doesn’t always prepare people for
what actually happens on the street. Seaside Krav Maga was opened to close that gap
— real self-protection, taught to real people, right here in Lewes.
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