Officer using de-escalation as a jiu-jitsu technique to avoid physical conflict Most people think of jiu-jitsu as an art of physical combat. They picture clinches, takedowns, escapes, pins, and submissions. Those skills are important because they give a trained person options when confrontation becomes physical. But the deeper principle of jiu-jitsu is not to overpower another person. It is to use timing, positioning, leverage, patience, and control to resolve danger with the least necessary...

Genetically Destined for Modern Policing Officers training using BJJ to control a suspect Jūjitsu has been responsive to policing needs for control and restraint since ancient Japan. Leverage-based techniques associated with jūjitsu such as joint locks and takedowns were a part of taiho jutsu (police capturing techniques) taught in Japan since the 1500s Mol, 2001; Tanemura, S. [nd]). In the early 1900s, after Kodokan judo displaced traditional jūjitsu in the Japanese mainstream, a committee...

Students preparing for careers in law enforcement need more than classroom knowledge. They also need practical skill development that helps them understand control, restraint, resistance, and officer safety in real-world encounters. Lakewood Jiu-Jitsu Academy offers law enforcement-focused Brazilian jiu-jitsu training for criminal justice students at Denver-area colleges and universities, including Metropolitan State University, the University of Colorado, Colorado Christian University, Red...