Dropping off donated school supplies and I bump into @ex3dyy. I first met him when I saw him shredding in the Teen Center parking lot a few years ago. He said he had broken his board recently so I gave him one of the sick @streetplant boards (streetplant crest / street axe shape) that @mikevallely sent me to give to people in our #community. Couldn’t skate it yet, but we figured the next best thing was him skating the platform cart with the school supplies while I pushed. 😂🤷🏽‍♂️ Mahalo again Mike for your kindness and positivity and helping me #spreadthestoke up here! 🙏🏽🤙🏽 #police #streetplantbattalion #outreach #aloha #makeadifference

An exert from @renergracie’s presentation on #policereform and the residual benefits when #lawenforcement has access to good #jiujitsu based training. Some people think that outreach is superfluous, and not a part of our job. To those people I will cite a shooting in our city and an armed barricaded subject call (amongst many other calls) that were both solved and resolved thanks information provided thanks to the small and consistent deposits of positivity that happen over the course of time. The investment of time is often not quantifiable, and the “return” may happen several years from now or maybe never happen at all. However when it does happen, it is priceless.

At the end of the day, it’s on is to make positive connections with people in our #community. All the other benefits, like trust, support, and people being comfortable enough to approach officers and disclose information that could potentially solve a crime are byproducts of those connections. What does any of that have to do with training? For me, I can definitely say that none of the outreach I have done would have happened if I did not first have the #confidence that comes with being able to protect myself and others. That is what jiu-jitsu has given me. 🙏🏽🥋🤙🏽 #selfdefense #outreach #aloha #makeadifference #trainweeklyorfightweakly #aiea #oahugrown

Board shorts ☑️ church socks ☑️ rubbah slippahs ☑️ 😂🤷🏽‍♂️🤙🏽 #spring #fahsionfauxpas #makeanykine #fitness #oldman #grip #trainweeklyorfightweakly #aiea #oahugrown

Sam is a young man who is interested in a #lawenforcement career and also interested in how #jiujitsu can make everyone safer. We took turns trying to hold each other down, and in part 2 of this series we will explore punch defense from the bottom of the fight. Mahalo to Sam for having an open mind and being willing to get after it! 🥋🤙🏽 #police #graciesurvivaltactics #selfdefense #outreach #aloha #makeadifference #trainweeklyorfightweakly #aiea #oahugrown

Sarael (Sah-rell) is one of my favorite people in our #community and his ‘ohana is such a fun one to be around. His dad has made a YouTube page (King Dion Sampson) for some of his son’s workout videos and I’ll hopefully be able to contribute some content to it soon. In the meantime, check out this cool video of Sarael “helping” me do 10 push-ups so I can survive and get away in case something falls on me 😂. He’s only 30 or 90lbs. 🤙🏽 #police #fitness #outreach #aloha #makeadifference #aiea #oahugrown

There are regular station tours, there are good station tours, and then there is the @larryperreira / @craighanaumi station tour.😂 Mahalo nui to @namsteady and @babylucyforeal for stopping by! Thanks also for your patience and teaching me some sick moves. 🙏🏽🇺🇸🤙🏽 #police #bboy #bgirl #outreach #aloha #makeadifference #waipahu #aiea #oahugrown 🎵 @djfleg

@larryperreira always pushing the limits in training to confirm that #jiujitsu techniques can still be performed with his equipment. 😂🚲🥋🤙🏽 #tbt #police #shrimpinainteasy

Preparing for the “🐈‍⬛ stuck in the rafters of a #jiujitsu school” call. 🙏🏽🤙🏽 #police #ropeclimb #oldman #grip #trainweeklyorfightweakly #aiea #oahugrown 📹 @morganmatuizek

One day, my mind will tell my body to move and my body won’t be able to. I don’t know when that day will be, but it’s not today. 7, 3min rounds with 1 min rest between each round. #fitness #oldman #bodyweight #sitthrough #pushups #RFT #trainweeklyorfightweakly #aiea #oahugrown

More #shockknife shenanigans in the laboratory at the station with my good friend @kai_ozeki. From standing, getting a two on one with the knife hand seems to help with control, and getting to the outside seems to help too. From the bottom, the wrist control and creating a push / pull with the shin is about as good control as you can get. From the top, using the ground and extending arms to pin seems to provide decent control. You would think just disengage and shoot, but that requires relinquishing control. Not easy to do. Everything works and everything fails. 🙏🏽🤙🏽 #police #jiujitsu #graciesurvivaltactics #trainweeklyorfightweakly #aiea #oahugrown

Great teachers like @nateorch10p have a way of connecting the dots to topics that go way beyond what they are subject matter experts in. I don’t always get to stop by his day classes, but I was present when he dropped this gold nugget and Nate said it was cool to share with you all.

Every technique Nate shows in his classes uses this methodology, including takedowns, which is a welcomed relief for older grapplers like me. 😂

The principle of slow, deliberate practice is also preached in #firearms, other #martialarts, #music and many other endeavors. 🙏🏽⚔️🤙🏽 #jiujitsu #slowmotion #lifelessons #slowissmoothsmoothisfast #mindfulpractice #trainweeklyorfightweakly

Being 135lbs / 61.2kgs, the only way I’m going to hold anyone down is with #technique. Having the awareness to transition from focusing on control to weapon retention (if needed) improves with training too. I’m super lucky to have friends to help pressure test stuff in training. Day by day🥋🚔🤙🏽 #police #jiujitsu #selfdefense #trainweeklyorfightweakly #aiea #oahugrown

Most departments do not provide enough on-duty training time. Some departments don’t provide any. #Respect to officers who make the time to better themselves and get after at our station it like @_reeseanthony_. He was nice enough to share how his life, #work and #training have been impacted by the gentle art. 🙏🏽🥋🚔🇺🇸🤙🏽 #police #selfdefense #jiujitsu #fitness #aiea #alabama #trainweeklyorfightweakly

The scissor sweep and pendulum sweep are #iujitsu techniques that can also be applicable in #selfdefense situations. Although the vest and belt greatly reduce torso flexion and rotation, these sweeps are still possible in uniform. I’m very fortunate to have friends and coworkers who help me verify the techniques can work in training. 🙏🏽🥋🚔🤙🏽 #police #fitness #trainweeklyorfightweakly #aiea #oahugrown