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As such police training has seen the emphasis move away from physical hands on combative style training to more of a reliance on the use of intermediate intervention options. The result is that during any arrest situations police officers bring weapons with them. Therefore during a ground fight, these weapons are difficult to access for the officer and could also be available for the subject to grab. Therefore, when you’re rolling around in the mud, the blood and the beer, the goal is not to submit but rather to control your suspect and get them handcuffed. Bad guys are learning to ground fight from watching television and would take extreme pleasure from making a cop “tap out.” Unfortunately, tapping out is not an option for a cop.

As a martial artist of 35 years and 20+ year veteran police officer, I have found myself in many arrest situations where a suspect has wanted to hurt me or take me to the ground. My ability to recognize pre-attack threat cues and take action immediately has kept me safe. As a police officer the last place I want to be is on the ground. I am also a national level Public and Police Safety Instructor with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (R.C.M.P). As such, I have had the opportunity to participate and evaluate several ground fighting programs advertised as being for law enforcement. Many of these programs have simply taken the sport application and attempted to apply it to law enforcement, which is not that easy.