| Occasionally I like to surf the web and usually I | | | | the chances are that both the officer and the |
| always find a similar question posted on Internet | | | | offender shall at some time fall to the floor. In |
| forums and question and answers sites. "What is | | | | this case knowing throws and takedowns, but so |
| the most practical martial art to learn for joining | | | | as not to really hurt someone may be needed in |
| the police?" | | | | an officers repertoire of techniques, and also |
| Well firstly, to answer this, I suppose you have to | | | | knowledge of how to pin someone and control on |
| look at the work of a police officer. If a person is | | | | the floor may be needed. If the officer has |
| resisting arrest, an officer wants to control the | | | | another officer with him/her, than they can both |
| situation by controlling the offender as quickly as | | | | control and "cuff" the offender quite easily from |
| possible. Unless the officers lives are in great | | | | here. |
| danger, they don't want to be choking out there | | | | Learning how to deal with multiple attackers, may |
| opponents, pulling them into a guard position or | | | | be something needed by police officers. As most |
| trying to break there ankles and knees with heel | | | | offenders usually stick in gangs then knowing how |
| hooks, so styles that are based on this type of | | | | to deal with two or more people may be |
| fighting are not so important to learn. Also, with | | | | advantageous for police officers. |
| most of the equipment that officers carry on | | | | By looking at the above (which is just my own |
| them, (guns, batons, radios, tear gas) which are | | | | rough outline of police requirements) it is clear that |
| usually strapped to there belts, it would be very | | | | officers would benefit from arts like Judo, Ju Jitsu, |
| hard to perform head high kicks or even bobbing | | | | BJJ or Karate (for self defence not sport) as the |
| and weaving type defences so that rules out | | | | close quarter combat control principles that are |
| some stand up styles. | | | | needed are present in these arts. But as with |
| If a person is resisting arrest, then as mentioned | | | | anything, there is never a guarantee that things |
| above, he/she must be controlled as fast as | | | | will always work out, but knowing the techniques |
| possible, so techniques that involve restraining and | | | | in these arts should allow you more of a chance |
| control must be learnt. If an officer is trying to | | | | than not knowing the techniques. |
| control someone while standing and is failing, then | | | | |