Leo Grappling Training.

[JiuJitsuRabbit]

An officer friend of mine is very interested in grappling, but has scheduling issues that prevents him from attending any of the local classes. He usually works the 9 pm to 7 am shift.

With this he expressed interest in adding some rolling to our usual work out routine. Do you think this is a good idea? If not or so please express why.

Secondly, what concerns should we have if he is going to use anything while on the job. I am talking about gun control ect.

His main motivation for this is during his time on the job he has been tackled, or grappled on more than one occassion. While he has defended himself, he would like to have more options if he does not succeed with his normal tactics.

My background is several years beating up younger brothers, 4 years or so of wrestling, and I am nearly a blue belt in BJJ.

I would teach him fundamental things for example:

Sprawling

Standing up from Prone.

Other take down defence.

Otherwise, we would roll for fun for my benifit and to give him a bit of confidence on the mat.

[Brian R. VanCise]

Sounds like you have a new training partner/student to work out with.
All LEO's should be trained in standard grappling techniques. It just makes sence because at some point they are probably going to have to restrain someone and eventually some of those conflicts will go to the ground.

I have police, security, corrections people that I work with sometimes wear some of our training handguns in a holster while grappling so that they are aware to protect that area and not allow the other person to take their handgun.

Other than that teach your grappling curriculum and enjoy having a new training partner. Take care.

Brian R. VanCise
www.instinctiveresponsetraining.com

[Cliff Hargrave]

Work escapes alot.

[doubleouch]

I don't usually like to hawk products, but this set is very good for law enforcement. It's all based on alive training. Instructors from Straightblast Gym.
http://www.isrmatrix.org/products.shtml

If you don't order the products you should email Luis about your question. He is a great guy and is always happy to help.

[TicTac]

This looks interesting (http://grapplearts.com/BJJ-for-Police.htm).

[Fletch1]

If your officer friend wants to learn something about Grappling and you are willing to share, I think that is a good idea. Like many martial arts, people frequently start BJJ looking for self defense. People STAY with BJJ because it is challenging and FUN.

As he is the officer and should be aware of his agency Rules Of Engagement/ Use of Force policies, he should do his own research into what if any "BJJ techniques" might be on a "Black List" with his department. The RNC or LVNR is not accepted my some agencies as a response to less than a lethal threat.

I would recommend that he gets plenty of mat time to develop a feel for the "game" and then he can easily integrate his LE tactics.

As for the ISR Matrix, I know a little bit about that...:D It is not a BJJ program although there is a ground component which includes tactics provable under athletic pressure and can be found in BJJ as well.

[TonyU]

Well, I came into this late so Cliff and Fletch pretty much nailed it.