I saw that too and it appears there is A LOT of marijuana being smoked there so I can understand not wanting LEOs to attend.

That’s wild. Cops need as much grappling training as they can get. A Jiu Jitsu gym turning police away is the dumbest, most short-sighted thing I’ve heard today.

Cops need more constitutional rights training than BJJ. If you look at the stuff floating around on YouTube it looks like the president declared Marshal Law and every police department was an offshoot of RENO 911. In Georgia an officer suplexed a guy on his way to work, not to mention the amount of abuse that has been inflicted on the handicap, and then there are racial cases that are something out of a horror movie. Not to mention the veteran suicides that are suicide by cop the US media tosses under the rug.

Not by training to induces harm. Most of our issues stem from Hollywood induced norms in film and television. The truth is men and women in uniform, both military and law enforcement, aren't as nearly as competent as projected in film. Training law enforcement to ditch the psychotic cop persona and learn how regulate with humanity so they aren't replaced by robots goes against the technology companies which want to replace them with robots.

How is Jiu-jitsu going to apply here? https://youtu.be/Gy__ZFgC6FI

How is Jiu-jitsu going to apply here? https://youtu.be/Gy__ZFgC6FI

The video cuts out the reload and additional ammo dump. There is a raw version out. But you just proved my point when you stated you were more comfortable going hands on rather than using verbal deescalation and lawful commands. You're already entering into a situation with qualified immunity. The last thing you want on your conscious is that you framed hundreds of people for crimes that you provoked due to your ego or power trip. Jiu-jitsu is a great way to build understanding, but a true warrior relies on wit and diplomacy.

Feel free to send anyone my direction. That said, we have only one group that we do not allow in our gym at all. That is registered sex offenders. I have had a couple of them ask, and I politely told them that I could not allow them to train with us.

He was shot 9 times not 50 so you can already see some issues with the reporting. However, the man who was armed, is alleged to have pointed the gun at deputies upon their arrival. If that is in fact what happened, the response was appropriate. However, jiu jitsu, applies in a lot of ways besides just the technical application. In my own experience, I feel that I am typically the calmest and most in control of my coworkers when responding to stressful situations. You could attribute this to personality alone, but I feel that being repeatedly placed in difficult positions in jiu jitsu has helped me respond more positively to stressors. I also feel that the officers that feel inadequate due to lack of training are the ones that escalate as they tend to raise their voices and make threats in hopes to gain compliance because they are afraid of going hands on.

There is no sense in debating someone who has their mind closed to anything outside their chosen narrative

Jigaro Kano created a system exclusively for military and law enforcement. That's system is still part of the Judo PAL program. The purpose of creating that program was to seperate training modalities. Greco-Roman wrestling, Pankration, and Judo are the superior training pedogy for military and law enforcement. None of you want to be on your back in full kit. You aren't going be better shooters with damaged fingers from gi training. BJJ is okay if you have a desk job, but it isn't going to maintain force lethality.

Jigaro Kano created a system exclusively for military and law enforcement. That's system is still part of the Judo PAL program. The purpose of creating that program was to seperate training modalities. Greco-Roman wrestling, Pankration, and Judo are the superior training pedogy for military and law enforcement. None of you want to be on your back in full kit. You aren't going be better shooters with damaged fingers from gi training. BJJ is okay if you have a desk job, but it isn't going to maintain force lethality.

I literally have many BJJ friends who I've known for about 10 years, I shoot shit with them every week, but I have no idea what they do for a living, let alone their political leanings, religion etc. Love it!

I trained with a guy for 15-yrs and the coach always made fun of him for being a stay-at-home dad. It wasn't until I mentioned something about kids that he told me he didn't have any. He just had a sugar momma and didn't have to work. He came to day class so I just assumed the kids were at school and that gave him time to train.

What I have loved about a (good) martial arts gym is that there are people from all walks of life... ex-criminals, cops... and unless you spend a long time there with them and get to know them on a more personal level (like going out for a drink every once in a while), you have no clue who does what outside the gym. You just know what they bring on the mat. So refreshing. I literally have many BJJ friends who I've known for about 10 years, I shoot shit with them every week, but I have no idea what they do for a living, let alone their political leanings, religion etc. Love it!

I just ran across this while on my trip here in Washington D.C. Weird. 'No cops and no kids' right on their website. It was the closest gym to my hotel, too.

I’ll second that. One passage from my liability release reads, “I have not been convicted of a violent crime, I am not currently under investigation or facing criminal prosecution for any violent crime, nor am I facing civil litigation for any acts of violence.”