People: Do a skateboard trick.

Us: We go you fam. 🙏🏽🤙🏽

#police #outreach #aloha #makeadifference #skatelikeacop #aiea #oahugrown #skatecreateenjoy

@dryfire.mag trigger reset magazine. #dryfire #training #practice

I saw Faye’s shoes and for a split second I thought one of mine came off. 😂🤙🏽 #police #fitness #outreach #aloha #makeadifference #aiea #oahugrown

Dynamic movement in full uniform is very difficult. Most of us have gear that weighs at least 20lbs / 9kg, and that extra weight adds up fast when you are trying to move quickly. The first time I tried a few rounds of Thai kicks to our heavy bag my core was really sore the next few days. Torso rotation isn’t really inhibited but getting your hips to whip around for effective strikes is harder and much more tiring. Lucky thing we have guys like @warriorstrengthtrainer in our #community to help me.🤙🏽 #tbt #police #selfdefense #muaythai #fitness #outreach #aloha #aiea #guam #trainweeklyorfightweakly

Being significantly lighter than most of the population makes you realize how important leverage and technique are. Luckily I have friends and coworkers like @larryperreira to troubleshoot ideas and give honest feedback about whether something works or not.

Part 1 of us messing around with a technique that @renergracie shared a few weeks ago that addressed what can be done when the prone person begins reaching for their waistband.

Takeaways:

-Although this technique was not meant to control the prone person’s ability to get up, using your shin to pin the upper arm after the knee pivot provided much more control compared to shin across the forearm.

-Using the pointy part of the elbow as a pivot point/fulcrum provided a lot of leverage and incentive for the bottom person to bring their far arm out.

-Using your arms as wedges near the far elbow to prevent the prone person’s arm from coming out was effective.

-In part 2 we tried to work this technique with training pistols, and disengaging once the suspect begins reaching resulted in the officer getting shot first every time. Staying in the mix and fighting for control of the pistol was generally way better than disengaging. The opposite was true for knives. The hard part is you can’t predict which one it will be.

-Everything works and everything fails.

-Even though our department provides more on duty training time that most places, we should have much more time on the clock to train.

🥋🚔🤙🏽 #police #jiujitsu #aiea #waipahu #oahugrown #trainweeklyorfightweakly

The weight of the gear and uniform add about 20lbs / 9kgs and the plate carrier adds another 20lbs which makes it very tiring. I joked to someone that I’d try to do some top transitions in a bomb suit one day but I think I’m too small to fit in one. 😂

Future Shock was the first cassette tape / album my mom bought me. It was either ‘83 or ‘84 and I was in 4th grade. I remember damaging at least two of her records and coming close to ruining our record player when I tried to scratch. 🤦🏽 Like many people, hearing this song changed my life forever. 🤙🏽 #fbf #jiujitsu #trainweeklyorfightweakly #aiea #oahugrown 🎵 @herbiehancock

Some appropriate @earthwindandfire to celebrate the beginning of this month. Released in ‘78 and it sounds even better now! 🎵🤙🏽 #whenmusicwasmusic #police #skatelikeacop #AlwaysCan #September #aiea #oahugrown

Being a lot lighter than most of the population makes you realize how important leverage and technique are. Luckily I have friends and coworkers like @larryperreira to give honest feedback about when something works and when it doesn’t. #police #jiujitsu #aiea #waipahu #oahugrown #trainweeklyorfightweakly

(Ideally, this would be done with another officer securing the legs to limit the person’s ability to get up)

The folks at @gripedotrainer sent one of their products to try out and give away to someone in our #community.

The #Gripedotrainer (pronounced like “torpedo” but with “grip”) was designed to train an athlete’s grip and arm muscles to improve grip and arm strength to hopefully improve athletic performance.

I thought @warriorstrengthtrainer would be a more than deserving recipient of this training tool as he has helped so many at-risk youth discover the incredible benefits of martial arts. We set it up on the barbell at his gym and tried some isometric and wrist flexion movements. Lots of applications and none are easy! 🙏🏽🤙🏽 #police #outreach #aloha #makeadifference #oldman #gripstrength #trainweeklyorfightweakly #aiea #guam

The best part about being a guest on this podcast was when @mikeonzuka told his version of what happened when he was stopped “for no reason,” then @larryperreira told his side. The entire podcast is on their FB page and the story starts at about 1:14:50. Six of us just cracking up and having fun 😂🤙🏽. #jiujitsu #oahugrown #daswhyhard #trainweeklyorfightweakly #aiea #pearlcity #waipahu #papakolea #hawaiikai

At least 80% of the ideas for videos that @larryperreira and I have done come from Larry seeing me in our Defensive Tactics room and then saying, “Eh, you know what would be funny…” 😂😂🤙🏽 #fbf #police #oldman #strength #pullups #onehand #nohands #fitness #trainweeklyorfightweakly #aiea #waipahu #oahugrown

Mahalo to @mikeonzuka, @toddtanakadotcom, @tpjj_allday & Chris for talking story! Made me a little less homesick to chop it up with Kama’āina. 🙏🏽🤙🏽

One of the many things we chatted about was the amount of misinformation there is related to police work, including but not limited to tactics, techniques and equipment. The vascular neck restraint is one of the many things that has been removed from law enforcement as a less lethal force option due to misinformation and public perception instead of science and data. At the end of the day, we still work for our community so if they don’t want a certain tactic or technique performed, we won’t do it. However, the irony of removing less lethal force options like the VNR is that it actually increases the likelihood of injuries occurring to both the officer and the arrestee.

As a profession we need to do a better job of proactively educating our communities about what we do and why, so that people have accurate information to make informed decisions. We need to take more ownership of that because if we don’t do it, no one else will. Check out @thehawaiijiujitsuexperience podcast (link in my bio) to listen to all things #jiujitsu. 🙏🏽🥋🇺🇸🤙🏽 #police #selfdefense #aiea #oahugrown

Mahalo @precor for the dumbbell donation! The youth who go to the @salvationarmynorthwest and the @bgcbellevue will make good use of them. 🙏🏽🤙🏽 #police #outreach #aloha #makeadifference #fitness #aiea #oahugrown 🎵 @johncruzmusic #islandstyle

Filmed on location with the shredders at the @bellevueskatepark #skatecamp. 🇺🇸🚔🤙🏽 #police #outreach #aloha #makeadifference #skatelikeacop #skatecreateenjoy #aiea #oahugrown 📹 @switchmongopush @raphael__caldas