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When you encounter a man with a knife, you shoot him. Grappling is for non compliant people who are unarmed.I know all about GracieSize and strength matters in physical confrontations, but not as much as you might think when it comes to grappling. In this instance, technique trumps strength. BJJ was literally designed to allow the smaller guy to win fights.Its not a bad idea for the cops to learn hand to hand combat
But I was wrong when I previously suggested that it might prevent cop on suspect killings
Because to be effective the cop has to be in good physical shape
And obviously many are not
Besides many criminals just spent years in jail body building 8 hours a day
The opponent cannot be armed with a knife
otherwise the cop must keep his distance rather than closing and taking the bad guy down
martial arts can be helpful but not in all situations
Many people probably dont know this story, but its an important one in MMA history, so i will tell it.
The UFC was started by Rorion Gracie to showcase Gracie Jiu Jitsu. They had been doing underground fights for years before UFC 1. People from other martial arts schools would go to the Gracie school and challenge them to fights. These fights had no rules and no refs. The Gracie's fucked up EVERYONE. If you had no idea what BJJ was, or what an "armbar" was, you were going to be in a world of hurt.
This is what we saw happen at UFC 1. No one knew how to defend armbars or rear naked chokes, so they dropped like flies to little ole Royce Gracie. Rorion made sure that every fighter at that event outweighed Royce, who only weighed 170 pounds. The truth was, Royce wasnt their best fighter, it was Rickson. Rickson was by FAR the best fighter on earth, but they didnt put him in UFC 1 because Rickson was big and buff. If Rickson came in and beat everyone, people would say "well yeah, hes so big and strong, of course he would win", which means their martial art wouldnt get credit. They wanted to show the Gracie BJJ could teach a skinny guy like Royce to beat the biggest meanest fighters in the world, and he did.
As I said martial arts can be helpful in some situations and the cops should learn to use them
but there are rules even in MMA
Such as no knives for instance
And many cops are sadly out of shape which handicaps them