Author: Brickstreet
Author: Brickstreet
Don’t cross your thumbs while holding a semi-auto pistol
Slide Bite, sounds like a disease we should all be inoculated with each year like the flu. It is preventable but very painful. It could possibly send you to the hospital if badly injured. The slide bite I am referring to is caused by crossing thumbs behind the slide, while shooting a modern semi-auto pistol.Read 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
Why is it important to take a firearm’s safety class?
Author of article: Safety Defense Coach-Amy Washington. ©2016 Brick Street Safety Academy Why is it important to take a firearm’s safety class? Most individuals believe that if they can hold a firearm they can certainly shoot it. This is the mindset that most reputable firearm instructors want to eradicate. There is so much more toRead 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