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Originally Posted by Joemoplata  Dude, I completely disagree.
As you know, I live and train in the Washington, DC metro area. As a result, we get a ton of Secret Service/FBI/DEA/Military types in our school as does EVERY martial arts school in the area.
We have one BJJ black belt who is a supervisor guard for the Juvenile Detention Center for Fairfax County. He will 100% tell vouch for how much BJJ has made his job easier for him controlling riots and out of control detainees. I have known him literally his entire training period of BJJ and have heard the countless stories of how many times he has used his skills at his job and how much they have helped him over the years as he has progressed in skill.
We have a very experience Purple Belt who is a high ranking official with the DEA. He was also at one time a competitive Muay Thai fighter IN THAILAND. He will tell you over and over an over how much what he has learned from BJJ has helped him in his job. So much so that he has started a grappling program at Quantico for recruits to learn the skills he feels can help save lives in the DEA.
Give yourself another 3 to 4 years of training, TheEnd, and watch how much you improve and start to really understand the effectiveness of what you're learning. I think you will have a different appreciation for it. |
Well, believe it or not, I definitely see the uses of BJJ and other grappling arts in Corrections/Law Enforcement. I have used them from time to time, I have used an Osoto_Gari throw on an inmate, I have choked people out, have used standing arm locks, fish hooked one guy and so on. On the other hand, i also am well aware that the situation involved me and one other person and no home-made weapons were involved.
The thing that really sucks about these threads is it starts out a good discussion and ends up a pi$$ing contests which i think is not needed.