Working on some basic clinch entries and takedowns with @kai_ozeki.

Closing the distance is one of the most under taught and under practiced things in #selfdefense, which is particularly odd since wide looping punches are one of the most common ways a fight starts (like the assault on the LAPD officer at the harbor precinct).

The techniques are from the #graciesurvivaltactics course at @gracieuniversityhq. I like that during the leg hook takedown they recommend removing the entangled leg and posting it to control the descent of the takedown. Less chance of injury from crashing to the ground and more chance of remaining on top if the fight was on concrete or asphalt. Mahalo for helping me stay safe Kai! Day by day 🥋🚔🤙🏽 #police #jiujitsu #fitness #trainweeklyorfightweakly #aiea #oahugrown

Verbal deescalation has safely resolved thousands of calls that I’ve been on over the past 16 years. However, like all tactics verbal and physical, everything works, and everything fails. The most unpredictable and potentially violent types of calls are those related to someone who is experiencing a mental health health crisis. When an officer instructs a person to show them their hands, this is one reason why. Thankfully, the deputy was not seriously injured. Unlike this deputy we have the luxury of 20/20 hindsight for this incident. Having that luxury, what clues (if any) could you see that indicate this was not going to be resolved the way it was initially hoped to be?

Got to meet and skate with @mel_low1998, @hojkim & @paul_ahnn. Paul just started so feel free to share any good skate advice with him! I said the only thing that matters when you skate is that you’re having fun. We tried to recreate the scenes in Animal Chin when @tommyguerrero took the @bonesbrigade to his hometown. I’m pretty sure they didn’t know what I was referring to but it was still super fun 😂. Eugene slammed coming off the curb at the end but got right back up like any skater would. 🛹🤙🏽 #police #streetplantbattalion #outreach #aloha #makeadifference #skatelikeacop #aiea #oahugrown

The suspect entered the LAPD Harbor precinct at about 9:59pm and the officer had about 40 seconds of interaction with him before the assault began. Like many street fights, the strikes thrown by the suspect are wide, looping punches. Once the officer was as on the ground the suspect bypassed the officer’s legs and went directly for the officers gun. The gun was unholstered with a cross grab by the suspect using his right hand (palm facing the officer) to unholster. In the bodycam footage you can see the Baretta safety was “on” and that likely saved the officer from getting shot. After pistol whipping the officer, the suspect left and shot at another officer before fleeing in a vehicle. What could the officer have done differently? Does law enforcement training adequately prepare officers for this kind of assault?

My new coworker Jarreau brings his life and #lawenforcement experience from #Atlanta to our #community. We discussed the assault against the LAPD officer and went over some distance management techniques and principles from the bottom of the fight, weapon retention on the ground, and he did awesome. We ended with a playful roll and I tried to show how this amazing art gives little guys like me a chance to survive.🥋🚔🤙🏽 #police #jiujitsu #graciesurvivaltactics #trainweeklyorfightweakly #aiea #oahugrown

Trying to be like the @wattsrams when I grow up. 🙏🏽🏈🚔🤙🏽#police #football #outreach #aloha #makeadifference #aiea #oahugrown

@larryperreira is a good friend who also moved up here from Oahu. I am lucky enough to call him a coworker too and whether it’s at the range or in the DT room I can always learn something from him. Mahalo to Chris, Kai & Jeff for the great training and helping to keep us safe. 🙏🏽🤙🏽 #waipahu #aiea #oahugrown #police #jiujitsu #boxing #judo #selfdefense #fitness #trainweeklyorfightweakly

#jiujitsu is extremely applicable to #lawenforcement because of the amount of control you can exert over someone, the scalability of force in response to another person’s actions, and the ability to practice and inoculate stress in training with whatever intensity you are comfortable with. Submissions are amazing ways to end a confrontation and the ability to transition from a submission to a position of handcuffing is valuable to us. Huge mahalo to Sampson and Justin for allowing me to get some repetitions in handcuffing transitions with the uniform, which greatly limits your ability to move on the ground. The techniques are from the #GracieSurvivalTactics course at @gracieuniversityhq. That course was my introduction to jiu-jitsu 12 years ago and it definitely changed my life. 🙏🏽🥋🚔🤙🏽 #police #selfdefense #outreach #aloha #makeadifference #aiea #oahugrown #trainweeklyorfightweakly

“I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do.” #edwardeveretthale #police #outreach #aloha #makeadifference #oahugrown #aiea

It’s always refreshing to meet young people in our #community who are super focused and driven like @kai_ozeki. One of his goals is to fight professionally one day and I have no doubt he can accomplish that goal. Besides his very well rounded stand-up and ground games, the thing that impresses me the most is how calm and emotionally detached he is when he spars. I credit Kai’s #boxing coach @oathermark and his #jiujitsu coach @kyspromotions for part of that because they are the same way, but it is very unusual to see that composure in someone so young. A true martial artist 🙏🏽🥋🤙🏽.

This was the precursor to the drill I shared earlier. All of this is prep for an upcoming training where we will be shooting utilizing vehicles as cover. Even though we were at the range, you can always throw in a little 🍤 during the transitions. Mahalo to Keali’i for being a great coach and to @buliwyf_actual for giving us such fantastic #training. 🙏🏽🤙🏽 #police #RDS #work #sigsauer #jiujitsu #trainweeklyorfightweakly

We can all #makeadifference in our own way 🤙🏽 #police #outreach #aloha #streetplantbattalion #skatelikeacop #aiea #oahugrown

Intervals of some knee on belly transitions with a speed reload on @erikpaulson’s Motion Master with the uniform and gear (about 20lbs / 9 kgs). Definitely not easy. Day by day 🙏🏽🤙🏽 #police #jiujitsu #fitness #oahugrown #aiea #sigsauer #trainweeklyorfightweakly

I had the great pleasure of speaking with Abdel. I first met him when he was entering high school. At that time he had just moved to our country from Egypt and he was still learning English. Now he is earning college credit in a “running start” program and is also working part time. He hopes to one day work in dentistry and I have no doubt he will succeed. He told me in Egypt getting a good education was a privilege that only wealthy families had because it was so expensive. Abdel said when he was in middle school there were students in his ESL class from all over the world, and that their families all had coming to America to make a better life for themselves in common. I had a great time catching up with him and we discussed how he has tried to take advantage of the opportunities that our country provides to those who have the motivation and discipline to make it happen.