May was kind of a doozy of a month. With all that spring brings and the great weather and several side projects that require my time away from Fight Like A Girl - I have been doing a few things on business development. One of these is a security consulting project that I can't discuss further (sorry!). The other was a blitz trip to Chicago to show you how we care. Actually, that's WE CARE an acronym for Winning Edge's Child Awareness Rapid Escape program. WE CARE is the brainchild of Bruce Gunderson and Staff in conjunction with Brad Parker the Founder of Fight Like A Girl/ Rape Escape. What I like so much about WE CARE is that its principles for training and its techniques for children are very much in line with the philosophy of the Fight Like A Girl program. The techniques are simple to learn, easy to retain, and the discussion is geared for children. In the program we teach them simple rhymes that they can remember (i.e. if your in the store, don't go out the door, without your mom) and give them the opportunity to practice dialing on a cell phone for help (remember to push the green button).
We also teach them tactics that abductors use to lure children and what they need to do if someone approaches them. Also the kids learn physical techniques to avoid being carried away, taken through a door, thrown into a vehicle trunk, as well as the beginnings of the defensive position from the FLAG series. So now that WE CARE we hope to begin to roll out this program to the Northeastern Ohio communities. If you have an organization (church, school, or social group) that would benefit from this program please contact us.
