Pick something you love and use it to connect with your community. ???⚫️?⚫️?#bellevue #police #fitness #dumbells #snatch #workout #outreach #aloha #makeadifference #oahugrown #aiea #trainweeklyorfightweakly #protectbellevuedotcom

I recently had the great fortune of being able to speak with 8th degree red/black belt “professor” @pedro_sauer_ at the end of one of his seminars. I asked him why he thought #jiujitsu practitioners would be good potential candidates for a career in #lawenforcement. This was what he said ??⚫️?⚫️?????? #bellevue #police #graciejiujitsu #work #wearehiring #selfdefense #heliogracie #problemsolving #bjj #fitness #trainweeklyorfightweakly #protectbellevuedotcom

Got some great tips on how to improve my #ollie from @lucy_skate3 at the @bellevueskatepark. Lucy moved with her family from #newzealand to Washington and we are happy to have her shredding in our community. I hope to ollie as good as she can one day. And for those who are wondering, our holsters have multiple retentions and the HK USP (my firearm) has two internal safeties so a round being discharged from impact is not possible???⚫️?⚫️ ???? #bellevue #police #skateboarding #outreach #aloha #makeadifference #skatelikeagirl #skatelikeacop #oahugrown #aiea #protectbellevuedotcom

Basic #kneeonbelly transitions before work, #tabata protocol (20 seconds work, 10 seconds rest x 8). The weight of the gear really adds up by the end. It also took a while to get used to alternating where my hands were posted. Day by day ??⚫️?⚫️?? #bellevue #police #jiujitsu #fitness #oldman #trainweeklyorfightweakly #bjj #workout #oahugrown #aiea #protectbellevuedotcom

“Always assume that your opponent is going to be bigger, stronger and faster than you; so that you learn to rely on technique, timing and leverage rather than brute strength.” ???⚫️?⚫️?#heliogracie #bellevue #police #selfdefense #jiujitsu #alavanca #trainweeklyorfightweakly #fitness #oahugrown #aiea #protectbellevuedotcom

Quick #shoveit #front180 before work. Day by day ???⚫️?⚫️ #bellevue #police #skateboarding #fitness #outreach #aloha #makeadifference #skatelikeacop #oahugrown #aiea #protectbellevuedotcom

Tried my best to keep up with a few of the #eastsidepugs yesterday. The nonprofit program out of @ring_sports_united allows youth in our community to earn the opportunity to learn the sweet science under the guidance of @oathermark and his assistant coaches. The only requirements are to stay out of trouble and give their 100% to themselves and their teammates. Last night I joined coach @vlad.dimitrovich, @facundo_salinas_ and @ccarlos.f2 in a voluntary, 75 #pushups, 150 #crunches “cool down.” After that, Carlos was nice enough to hold mits and help me through a cool 7 punch combination. Feel free to congratulate him for winning his first amateur fight 2 weeks ago! For the past 9 months Carlos has been doing what 99.9% of the young people I have brought to the gym couldn’t do, which is just show up and work hard. Super proud of him, Facundo, and all of the youth who make a commitment to make themselves better! ????⚫️?⚫️ #bellevue #police #boxing #outreach #aloha #makeadifference #mentor #fitness #workout #oahugrown #aiea #trainweeklyorfightweakly #protectbellevuedotcom

Last week almost 100 defensive tactics instructors from law enforcement agencies around the world came together to attend a week long course called #graciesurvivaltactics at @gracieuniversityhq. Aside from getting to learn from, and train with @ryrongracie & @renergracie, we also covered how to effectively reteach what we learned to our coworkers back home. The best part however, was getting to connect with brothers and sisters in blue from other agencies. Officer Tran is one of @tukwilapd’s finest and I got to drill some of what we covered on our last training day. Super cool guy and an awesome #jiujitsu practitioner too! #Blessed to roll and learn from coworkers, instructors and peers who I consider friends???⚫️?⚫️?? @kindredjiujitsu #bellevue #police #selfdefense #graciesurvivaltactics #jiujitsu #oahugrown #aiea #fitness #trainweeklyorfightweakly #protectbellevuedotcom

Super fun match with Nelson back in the blue belt days at the @provinggroundssubmissiononly. As my 43rd bday approaches, I find it much harder to hang with the 20-something year olds in training & competition. The beauty of this art however, is that with technique, timing and lots of practice you can have a chance against the younger folks. The submission at the end is known as a baseball choke. It relies on the forearms to apply bilateral compression to the carotid arteries (like a RNC) and can be done from the top or bottom. The neat part is that from the bottom, the submission gets tighter as the opponent advances their position. Perfect for me since my guard is easy to pass ??? #fbf #bellevue #police #jiujitsu #selfdefense #alavanca #fitness #bjj #kindredjiujitsu #trainweeklyorfightweakly #protectbellevuedotcom

Having a blast at @gracieuniversityhq but also missing the awesome @bellevueskatepark mid-winter break #skatecamp this week ???⚫️?⚫️?@mewnyewnit #tbt #bellevue #police #slateboarding #outreach #aloha #makeadifference #skatelikeacop #oahugrown #aiea #protectbellevuedotcom

Critics will often say that you can’t do #jiujitsu in uniform. My coworker @larryperreira not only disproves that opinion, he takes it to another level! ?????‍♂️??? #bellevue #police #bicyclesurvivaltactics #shrimpweeklyorshrimpweakly #jiujitsulifestyle #bjj #fitness #oahugrown #waipahu #aiea #protectbellevuedotcom

“Work” today concluded with @renergracie taking me into custody at @gracieuniversityhq ??⚫️?⚫️?? #bellevue #police #graciesurvivaltactics #selfdefense #jiujitsu #alavanca #fitness #trainweeklyorfightweakly #protectbellevuedotcom

I had a chance to train with a few of our new hires today and we discussed the importance of distance management for punch protection. Nicholas is super strong, and I was told by our training coordinator that he can do 100 pull-ups. Jesse is probably about 140lbs heavier than me and I can almost close my guard around his waist ?. The vest, duty belt and boots (which I did disinfect before this) make #jiujitsu much more difficult, but better to find that out in training that when it’s for real??⚫️?⚫️?? #bellevue #police #selfdefense #graciesurvivaltactics #fitness #trainweeklyorfightweakly #bjj #protectbellevuedotcom

My law enforcement brother @supermanfoy is one of @seattlepolicedept’s finest and I am very grateful that he helped me work on a #guillotine counter to handcuffing transition from the curriculum at @gracieuniversityhq. The general principle behind the defense is to get your body on the opposite side of where your head is. Hopefully the practice with all of the gear on will help me be better prepared for work. **my ? ‘s were thoroughly disinfected/cleaned before stepping on the mats** ???⚫️?⚫️???#bellevue #police #graciesurvivaltactics #selfdefense #jiujitsu #fitness #outreach #aloha #oahugrown #aiea #bjj #trainweeklyorfightweakly #protectbellevuedotcom