Category: Safety Awareness
Category: Safety Awareness
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
Lasers…are they a good idea for concealed carry?
I came across this post from a guy on Michigan Gun owners forum. He has been on that site for a long time and is a Moderator and states that he is an attorney as well. He wrote a post that got a lot of responses about experiences he’s had in trials with citizens protectingRead More
Check your rear mirrors often, while driving after shopping
This probably sounds like and oxymoron, checking mirrors while driving. Of course that is what you do while driving. What I am speaking to is paying attention to the driving landscape around you while your driving. Looking for people and things that might not feel right. Let’s try this with a story: It’s the Saturday justRead 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
BSSA Safety Awareness Levels
Author of article: Safety Defense Coach-Amy Washington. ©2017 Brick Street Safety Academy The original concept of situational awareness or combative mindset was formed by Colonel Jeff Cooper. Colonel Cooper developed Cooper’s Color Codes to educate on the premise that it’s not about how much tactical skills or martial art training that a person has, it’sRead More
Texting While Driving Safety Zone
Do Not Text and Drive! Author of article: Safety Defense Coach-Amy Washington. ©2017 Brick Street Safety Academy Questions: Do you know how dangerous it is to text and drive? How many times have you found yourself texting while you were driving? Have you ever said the words: “I’m not like those people who text andRead 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
Are you a Blocked or Unblocked Target?
Are you a Blocked or Unblocked Target? Author of article: Safety Defense Coach-Amy Washington. ©2016 Brick Street Safety Academy In our safety and training classes we use the terms “Blocked” and “Unblocked” Targets. Blocked Targets are individuals who are alert, aware, prepared, paying attention and ready to fight for their lives when necessary. Keep inRead More
Are your social media pages really private?
Are your social media pages really private? Author of article: Safety Defense Coach-Amy Washington. ©2016 Brick Street Safety Academy One day I was working on one of our social media pages and I saw that my husband liked a few posts. I was curious to see what would pop up if I clicked his name.Read More
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