@alaskaair Fallen Solider Program. Freedom is not free.

Nathan is a student at UW and he was nice enough to help me work on some sequences that I’ve seen @nateorch10p teach. Such a long way to go! I think for us right handed folks wrist control with the right hand might be better to mitigate the gun grab. If you’ve never tried playing around in full kit (after a thorough safety check of course) I highly recommend it. The weight of the gear (20lbs / 9kgs) really adds up quickly. Day by day 🥋🤙🏽 #police #jiujitsu #fitness #outreach #aloha #makeadifference #recruiting #aiea #oahugrown #trainweeklyorfightweakly

I made this video with Paco and asked him to share some of his thoughts about what #boxing has taught him.

The Eastside Pugs is a #boxing nonprofit program at @ring_sports_united under @usaboxing and led by Coach @oathermark and his coaches. The ESP allows youth a chance to learn the sweet science and earn their membership in a structured, positive environment.

The pandemic struck hard and the gym got a standing 8 count while relocating and preparing to reopen. Just don’t call it a comeback! Over the next few weeks I will be sharing videos and photos from my time watching these young people put in work. They definitely inspired me to do more and be better myself. #tbt #police #outreach #aloha #makeadifference #fitness #trainweeklyorfightweakly #aiea #oahugrown

I am not affiliated with the Eastside Pugs or the gym in any way and I am definitely not a boxer! 😂 However, I have seen firsthand the potentially life saving ways thIs program has positively impacted so many of our youth. If you are interested in supporting their cause and some of the youth in our community, a link that Coach Mark created is in my bio. 👊🏽🇺🇸🤙🏽

I’m going to brag on my sister Sadie for a minute. A product of the public school system, she excelled in all things academically and musically. By the time she was in the 9th grade she was one of the best oboists in the state. She was also a #SterlingScholar finalist, student body president at @aieahigh, #valedictorian, college graduate with honors at @uhmanoanews, medical student at @creighton1878, medical resident, pediatrician at @kapiolanimedctr, wife and also a great mom!

She dabbled in skating when we were kids too and for fun, she also taught herself how to play the #trombone. Anything she did, she worked on and eventually excelled at.

For fun, she also played #piano and #ukulele and growing up I had the privilege of being able to listen to her play pieces like this on a daily basis. Being the older sibling it used to bug me that I was known as “Sadie’s brother” when we were growing up, but looking back at all of her accomplishments, it totally makes sense. 👏🏽🎵🤙🏽 #aiea #oahugrown

I’ve worked with several amazing nonprofits over the 18 years I’ve been in #lawenforcement and they’re all awesome in their own way. One of the most positively impactful nonprofits to the youth in our #community is the #eastsidepugs at @ring_sports_united. The ESP is a #boxing program under @usaboxing and led by Coach @oathermark and his selected coaches. It allows youth a chance to learn the sweet science and earn their membership in a structured, positive environment.

The pandemic struck hard and the gym got a standing 8 count while relocating and preparing to reopen. Just don’t call it a comeback! Over the next few weeks I will be sharing videos and photos from my time watching these young people out in work, and it definitely inspired me to do more and be better myself. #police #outreach #aloha #makeadifference #trainweeklyorfightweakly #aiea #oahugrown

I am not affiliated with the Eastside Pugs or the gym in any way and I am definitely not a boxer! 😂 However, I have seen firsthand the potentially life saving ways thIs program has positively impacted so many of our youth. If you are interested in supporting their cause and some of the youth in our community, a link that Coach Mark created is in my bio. 👊🏽🇺🇸🤙🏽

A few months ago I was lucky enough to attend #Muster010 and got to listen to powerful testimonies about combat and life from @jockowillink, @realleifbabin, @jpdinnell, @jamielynncochran and the rest of the @echelonfront team.

Prior to attending I had just read Extreme Ownership, The Dichotomy of Leadership and Leadership Strategy and Tactics, and it was cool to hear the ways the principles in those books impacted each of the speakers.

I left Muster asking myself what ways can I help our team (Cover and Move) and our community? What ways can I contribute? We have fantastic officers, investigators, and amazing community support. I ended up being pretty good at community engagement. However, there are still a lot of people in our community who do not know any of us, and who don’t know what we do or why we do what we do. There is so much misinformation out there, who’s responsibility is it to address that? If I don’t do it, who will? It may seem unfair to think of things that way, but what good will blaming other people or situations do? I know my work in that regard won’t affect people who hate police, I can’t do anything about that. This isn’t for those people, this is for everyone else. 🤙🏽 #extremeownership #police #outreach #aloha #makeadifference #aiea #oahugrown

One of the cool things about #jiujitsu is that it provides solutions to what would otherwise be really bad situations. All you need is one other person to train and problem solve with in the laboratory. 🤙🏽 #fbf #police #selfdefense #graciesurvivaltactics #outreach #aloha #makeadifference #trainweeklyorfightweakly #aiea #oahugrown

Eighth time’s the charm. 😂🤙🏽 #police #outreach #aloha #makeadifference #skatelikeacop #skatecreateenjoy #aiea #oahugrown

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. Late 40’s are right around the corner, but I’m pieing the corner. 🤙🏽 #fitness #oldman #bodyweight #sitthrough #RFT #trainweeklyorfightweakly #aiea #oahugrown

Closing the distance is an inevitable part of our work. In addition to being aware of all the potential things that can happen in a #jiujitsu match or mma fight, there is always a gun (ours) in every fight. How many retentions does your holster / taser have? How reliable are they? Would someone be able to intuitively release them with the same side or cross hand? A common misconception in these types of situations is the belief that distance can somehow be created. When you pressure test, you will find that disconnecting is not so easy. If you are introducing the gun into a close quarter situation all the retentions that the holster provided are now gone. I am far from an expert in this topic but I am very fortunate to have learned from guys who have spent decades working on these problems like Sgt @dongulla. Courses like his or the #graciesurvivaltactics course at @gracieuniversityhq do a fantastic job of introducing #jiujitsu and providing techniques and principles to address #weaponretention in and out of the holster. Like jiujitsu, the best way to verify if something works or not is to grab a friend and have them try to take your gun. I try to be thankful anytime I fail in training because I get another chance to fix it and try again.🙏🏽🥋🤙🏽#police #selfdefense #trainweeklyorfightweakly #aiea #oahugrown

From coast to coast! Huge mahalo to Officer Bobby White and the @basketballcopfoundation for this awesome donation! Looking forward to giving these away to youth in our #community. 🙏🏽🏀🚔🏈🇺🇸🤙🏽 #police #basketball #football #outreach #aloha #makeadifference #gainesville #bellevue #aiea #oahugrown

Thanks to another incredible donation we got to help another family in our #community. I hope everyone has a happy and safe 4th. 🇺🇸🚔🤙🏽 #police #outreach #aloha #makeadifference #aiea #oahugrown

Officer Rich Peterson is the training coordinator for SPD’s Defensive Tactics program and one of the most well rounded martial artists I’ve ever met. Stick, empty hand, standup or ground, Rich has something for wherever the fight goes and he reminds me a lot of sensei @erikpaulson in his skill and teaching style. Truly incredible and an amazing person too. With his permission, I wanted to share a video of him holding mits for Lexi, who we all knew was an incredibly well rounded #martialartist herself and “Badass” is a very accurate descriptor of who she was in many ways. #gonebutneverforgotten #police #selfdefense #boxing #fbf #trainweeklyorfightweakly #lexiharris

This month our #SWAT team ran officers and detectives through our active shooter training and it was fantastic as usual. It really complimented the vehicle CQB training that my friend and coworker @buliwyf_actual organized for us earlier this year. Putting together all of the pieces like administering first aide, using our IFAK pouches once the scene is safe, and coordinating a response with our fire department takes an extraordinary amount of planning and time. I think it is important for our community to see at least a small portion of what we do to prepare for situations that we hope will never happen. At a time where cities are reducing police budgets which reduce or eliminate how much training officers receive, I am grateful that our #community supports us in our efforts to keep people safe. 🙏🏽🇺🇸🤙🏽 #police