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AR-15, CAR-15, M16 and M4: Making Sense of the Popular AR-15 Rifle
AR-15, CAR15, M6, and M4: Navy SEAL Larry Yatch answers questions about the popular AR-15 rifle. Continue reading
Learning to Knife Fight With a Navy SEAL, Part 3
Back to the dojo… We spent the next three days working our unarmed knife defense. By the end of those first four days, all of my fingers were bruised and swollen and at least one was fractured. Nothing a little … Continue reading
Sealed Mindset’s How to Travel Safely at World Cup
Image via Wikipedia With this year’s opening of the world’s biggest annual athletic event comes a whole new discussion about security concerns. These concerns always exist where there is a crowded venue with international attention. In this particular case however … Continue reading
Community Learning & Strength: Resources for Families
There is a distinct difference between the self defense skill of learning a martial art and practicing it regularly and the integration of awareness tools into your life. The women’s self defense courses that PSMA/Sealed Mindset and Sealed Mindset/Velocity Sports championed focused on personal safety tools so that each woman could leave with a better understanding of the personal safety options that are available. The first step is knowledge! Continue reading
In Honor of Chelsea King
We are offering two free personal safety and awareness workshops in honor of Chelsea: March 4th, 6:30 – 7:30 at 11220 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., San Diego, CA 92124 and March 10th 6 – 8:00 pm at Wind Zero Offices, 6405 Mira Mesa Blvd., Suite 150, San Diego, CA 92121. We will use these workshops to introduce Sealed Mindset awareness training and to provide as much information as we can to our community in memory and in honor of Chelsea. Continue reading
Sealed Mindset on Blog Talk Radio
Larry Yatch CEO of Sealed Mindset is interviewed on Blog Talk Radio about personal safety and education. Continue reading
Armed and educated-You know how to hit your target, but do you know how to avoid it?
All but two of the fifty states currently have some measure of legal weapons carry for private citizens, and most states require a CCW class. The requirements for these classes vary, but typically the primary topics of instruction include gun safety, basic shooting mechanics and legal requirements specific to the state. What is usually missing in these courses, is the fundamental knowledge and skill necessary to avoid situations where use of a firearm could become necessary. Continue reading
Real Holiday Safety Tips
With the holidays upon us, and recent news headlines reporting an increase in violent crime on our military bases and in our workplaces, our concern for safety is at an all time high. You may notice many companies putting out safety tips aimed at preventing you from becoming the victim of a crime this holiday season. Many of these safety tip lists are short, vague and do not address your real concerns, specifically “What do I do, if. . .?”
We’ve taken the typical list of tips and we’ve added the Sealed Mindset spin to give you practical, concrete examples of how to keep yourself safer over the holidays. Continue reading


