This week I’ve been working on some curriculum from @da_rulk’s #rftlevel1 course. The belt and vest really limit torso flexion so stuff like the gorillas are really difficult because my mag pouches and OC spray dig into my quads and torso. Still can do crawls and sit throughs but the extra weight of the gear (20lbs / 9kgs) really adds up towards the end. I did 10 sets of this movement pattern and my quads and core were really feeling it halfway through. It’s fascinating and a little frustrating how hard it can be to just move your body around! 🙏🏽🤙🏽 #police #AlwaysCan #fitness #trainweeklyorfightweakly #aiea #oahugrown

Working on some @nateorch10p material with Mari. She’ll be walking around thinking “I wish a MF would go for a single leg.” 😂🥋🤙🏽 #fbf #jiujitsu #outreach #aloha #makeadifference #trainweeklyorfightweakly #aiea #oahugrown

I saw Prince and his sisters riding their bikes and scooters so I stopped by. He asked to use my board and it was obvious that he skated before. I asked him where his board was and he said he last saw it in the garage and one day it was just gone. I asked his parents if I could get him another one and with their permission, went to the @bellevueskatepark and bought him a new complete. Prince was super stoked and like the good brother he is, he gave his sister a few rides first before skating himself. 🙏🏽🤙🏽 🎵 @jeffkaale #police #streetplantbattalion #outreach #aloha #makeadifference #skatelikeacop #aiea #oahugrown

Stepping out of your comfort zone is good for you right? 😂🤦🏽 #police #notmytiktok #outreach #aloha #makeadifference #aiea #oahugrown

Managing the distance in both standing and grounded situations is one of the most under taught and under practiced principles in #selfdefense. It makes sense to understand how to reposition yourself to remain safe from wide angle, looping punches because they are common behaviors in fights (like the assault on the LAPD officer at the harbor precinct).

The techniques are from the #graciesurvivaltactics course and my friend @nateorch10p, who taught me how learning takedowns can be fun and even gentle to practice. I like that during the leg hook takedown the detail of 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. My awesome uke in these clips is Nathan, a student at @uofwa who hopes to one day have a career in #lawenforcement. Mahalo for helping me stay safe! 🙏🏽🥋🚔🤙🏽 #police #jiujitsu #fitness #recruiting #trainweeklyorfightweakly #aiea #oahugrown

This month our department is conducting spring in service training which was put together by my friend and coworker @buliwyf_actual. We are very fortunate that world class on-duty training is kind of a routine thing for our agency, and this training was one of the best ones I’ve ever participated in. If you are in #lawenforcement, message me and I can give you some of the training takeaways that were most impactful to me. There were a ton. Stay safe out there. 🙏🏽🤙🏽 #police #training #work

When the role player in your mock scene does the #haka, there’s a 99% chance it’s @larryperreira 😂🤙🏽. #tbt #cheeeehuuuuu #daswhyhard #selfdefense #waipahu #aiea #trainweeklyorfightweakly

I had a blast chatting with @reps_for_responders recently. Amongst other things I got into my very first non-police academy training experience to #jiujitsu back in 2004 when I was at what I would consider my peak in terms of strength and #fitness which obviously didn’t help me much in my first 5 minute round of sparring 😂🤦🏽. Check out Frank’s page for the entire interview and see all the great work he and his nonprofit are doing for our #community. 🙏🏽🇺🇸🤙🏽 #police #selfdefense #trainweeklyorfightweakly #aiea #oahuhrown

Mari in @ebiofficial overtime. 🥋🤙🏽 #jiujitsu #hadakajime #mataleao #selfdefense #outreach #aloha #makeadifference #trainweeklyorfightweakly #aiea #oahugrown

One of my former coworkers (Paul Dudley) would commonly tell us: “Everything works, and everything fails” during our training sessions. Principles and techniques can be reliable, but nothing is 100%.

This was illustrated recently when I was working on some defense from the bottom with help from my friend @hieuphan12 and the #shockknife. In both cases I used my shin and wrist control with my foot on his hip to create a push-pull effect on the knife hand. I learned this in the #graciesurvivaltactics course and it provides about as much control as you can get from the bottom. The idea from there is to unholster and shoot. First time it went as planned. Second time, Hieu also went for the pistol. My mistake was to insist on unholstering while he was doing that. The one drawback of introducing a gun into close quarters is that it allows the other person access to it too. Hieu was placing his hand on top of the holster which prevented me from drawing. When I tried to clear his had you can see the pistol fell out due to the retentions being released. My insistence of bringing it into the fight caused that. In this case I realized it fell out before he did and I recovered it. It’s pretty clear to me that introducing a gun into a close quarter fight doesn’t always improve the situation or end the fight. Invaluable training thanks to Hieu. 🙏🏽🤙🏽 #police #selfdefense #oldman #fitness #trainweeklyorfightweakly #aiea #oahugrown

“You’ll be fine.” 😂😂

Growing up on Oahu in the 80’s, all we had were ditches like Wallows, Zones, and Pipeline bowls, but no vert ramps like the one at the @bellevueskatepark. Seems like just yesterday my hip had a bruise the size of a softball on it. There would’ve been a third slam if I hadn’t been told me to stand down 😂.

Mahalo to Joe, Josh, Nate, and the rest of the guys for helping me finally get it 4 years ago this week! 🙏🏽🤙🏽 📹 @mewnyewnit @moormansmenu #fbf #bucketlist #police #skatelikeacop #aiea #oahugrown

Every once in a while skating and jiu-jitsu intersect and it is always super cool when it does! I first met @natetrahan several years ago shredding and coaching at the @bellevueskatepark skate camps. He’s a student at @uofwa now and he was down to help me pressure test some techniques. Notice that Nate and I are close to the same size. A big difference from some of the other people however, is that has great base and balance from wrestling in high school and he was difficult to sweep. A good reminder to never underestimate someone’s capabilities due to their physical stature!

The uniform and gear makes torso flexion and rotation much more difficult. The tread of the boots also get tangled in loose clothing. I’m using a @safarilandgroup 6360 RDS ALS/SLS holster that I use for training (thanks to my firearms coach and friend @buliwyf_actual) so I can really beat on it without worrying about the cumulative stress of gun grabs. A Negative Cant Plate (NCP) by @the_theory_police / @blackboxcustoms_ attached to a QLS fork and secured with Safariland factory bolts. Notice how how far in front of me the holster got pulled. Thank goodness for the holster retentions. After several training sessions with that set up I have zero issues with it. After a safety check to ensure there were no live weapons, I also left most of the stuff I usually carry in my pockets to see what would fall out. Lots of work to do and I’m grateful for knowing people like Nate who I trust and are willing to help me get better. 🙏🏽🥋🤙🏽 #police #graciesurvivaltactics #selfdefense #fitness #trainweeklyorfightweakly #aiea #oahugrown

Everyone is safer with #jiujitsu 🥋🚔🤙🏽 #police #selfdefense #outreach #aloha #makeadifference #streetplantbattalion #skatelikeacop #aiea #oahugrown

I don’t know if we’re going to have skatecamps at the @bellevueskatepark this summer, but I’m staying ready just in case. 🤙🏽 #police #streetplantbattalion #caveman #fitness #outreach #aloha #makeadifference #aiea #oahugrown #skatelikeacop