A few months ago I had the privilege of getting to represent my profession and compete in a super fun event called “Cops vs Stonerz” hosted at @hrbjj. The event was a fundraiser for @adoptacopbjj, which provides police officers the opportunity to train at affiliated schools across the country.
I do not compete regularly (last match was in 2015), and this was my first time doing nogi. Being 46 years old certainly didn’t give me an edge either 😂.
@agmastajitz is an awesome purple belt from California. Like many light featherweights, he has a great guard and after sweeping me I spent most of the first 6 minutes stuck in the bottom of the mount. I was lucky enough to escape but then was almost finished in Adrian’s inverted triangle. After the third overtime it was clear that he was the superior grappler.
I was very grateful to have the opportunity to represent #lawenforcement and #jiujitsu in some small way. Also neat to get the match commentary from @robertdrysdalejj and color commentary by @renato_laranja. Next time I hope I can go against someone closer to my age, maybe in the 🥋.
Much of the credit for being able to survive I give to @ryrongracie and @renergracie. Without their friendship, encouragement and guidance I probably would never have started training. More recently, getting my butt kicked by
@nateorch10p and his noon class whenever I was able to get in there was invaluable as well. For the past 2 years I have only been able to train about once a week so I had to rely on RFT workouts courtesy of @da_rulk to stay in shape.
Mahalo to @mitch_aguiar3 for creating a nonprofit that helps officers get the training they deserve and need. It’s indisputable that everyone is safer with Jiu-Jitsu.
With all the divisiveness going on in our country, leave it to the jiu-jitsu #community to bring people from all walks of life together. 🙏🏽🥋🌍🤙🏽 #police #outreach #aloha #makeadifference #AlwaysCan #sisepuede #aiea #oahugrown