The Importance of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Training

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The first belt you get in Jiu Jitsu is called a blue belt usually takes about two or three years. They don't have anything near that level of training unless they pursue it on their own. Same thing with police officers. They'll get a couple hours literally a couple hours total of how to deal with someone in a hand to hand situation and that is it. And like I said, it's very, you know, people die in physical confrontation all the time. So it's just very hard to say.

Shermer and Thornton discuss: aggression: passive, proactive, reactive, relational • moralistic punishment and the game theory analysis of the logic of violence • gun violence (homicide, suicide, accidents) • violence against women/children • male-on-male violence • alcohol, drugs, infidelity • race • self-control • training soldiers • male role models • Rodney King, Michael Brown, George Floyd • police violence • bullying • fatherless homes • rape and sexual violence • self-defense.

Matt Thornton has been teaching functional martial arts for more than thirty years and holds a 5th degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. His organization, Straight Blast Gym, has more than seventy locations worldwide and has produced champion MMA fighters as well as world-class self-defense and law enforcement instructors. He lives with his wife Salome and their five children in Portland, Oregon. His new book is The Gift of Violence: Practical Knowledge for Surviving and Thriving in a Dangerous World.