Category: Personal Safety Development
Category: Personal Safety Development
Get out of your head!
Let’s discuss the importance of self-doubt with Safety Defense Coach: Amy Washington. ©2018 Brick Street Safety Academy When it comes to self-defense most women feel like they will lose the fight! They feel like they’re not physically capable of battling with a male attacker even if it’s necessary to save their lives. It is trueRead More
Paying homage to those that have assisted me in my firearms training
Gratitude. It’s not a word I would have link right next to teaching people about firearms. I’ve been a police officer for a lot of years and never looked at it that way, but perhaps I should have. I’ve had many people teach me and train me in various ways and there were a fewRead More
Are you training? Part III; How to train your subconscious mind
As I spoke in the last article, there are ways to actually train your subconscious mind. In the realm of firearms it is extremely difficult as you can just practice shooting at people without the worry of dire consequences. It is not only illegal but immoral as well. Even if you found a moron thatRead More
Are you training? Part II; What happens to our mind when we don’t
Our minds are extremely powerful. They have the ability to imagine and think and plan. They also give us the ability to prepare. Prepare in the sense of training your mind through stress inoculation and through visualization. If you’ve played any sport, or instrument or done any activity to the point that you compete orRead More
Are you Training?
I wanted to personally write this so you, the reader of these words will take the time to ask yourself the question. Are you training? This I believe will be a several part series talking about the multi-varied need and purpose for training. So many people that I’ve been talking to since going into theRead More
Use effective verbal commands
Let’s discuss the importance of using effective verbal commands with Safety Defense Coach: Amy Washington. ©2017 Brick Street Safety Academy Picture yourself standing in your kitchen and you see someone about to place their hand on top of the hot stove. What would you say? More than likely you may yell out, “DON’T TOUCH THATRead More
Are you carrying?
If you’re licensed to carry concealed in your state, Carry. Let me say that again. If you’re licensed to carry concealed in your state, Carry!! Perhaps you aren’t interested in carrying a handgun and would prefer a TASER, but please carry. I say this because I’ve fallen into the same sense of denial in theRead More
What Are Protective Instincts?
Author of article: Safety Defense Coach-Amy Washington. ©2016 Brick Street Safety Academy What Are Protective Instincts? In our safety and training classes we talk about “Protective Instincts”. We stress how important it is to feel, recognize, listen and pay attention to the negative vibes or signs that protective instincts produces in each of us forRead More
Fear and Hesitation
Women Fears and Hesitation To Fight Let’s discuss fear and hesitation with Safety Defense Coach: Amy Washington. ©2016 Brick Street Safety Academy Being leery, unsure or hesitant will surely cause injury or death. In each of the classes that I’ve instructed there is always a cluster of women who have said one or allRead More