These police expandable baton instructors are, from left to right:

AJA Instructor and USPIS/FLETC Arnold Smith, 4th degree black belt
AJA Instructor Ibrahim Majeed, 4th degree black belt
AJA Instructor Charles Bradshaw, 5th degree black belt
AJA and FOP/Fairfax Co. PD Instructor and MPO David Patton, AJA Sensei, 5th degree black belt
AJA and FLETC/ILEETA/FLEOA Master Police Teacher Bruce H. Jones, AJA Sensei, 7th degree black belt
AJA Instructor Brad Millick, 3rd degree black belt
AJA Instructor Luis Tsuji, 3rd degree black belt

Instruction in taihojitsu and keibojitsu is appropriate for military, police, intelligence, undercover officers, and responsible adult civilians.  Initial keibo instruction is typically conducted at slow speed – in this case about one-quarter speed – using a padded baton.  Of course, all attacks and defenses are simulated and controlled, and great care should be taken to avoid injury. 

When confronted with a serious developing assault scenario, try to keep the attacker well outside your defensive circle (approximately beyond arms’ length).  Keep your left hand/forearm up and forward, your right (baton) hand back and away. Give repeated, assertive voice commands (Stop!  Stay back!  Halt!).  If the attacker ignores the commands and starts to attack, use the appropriate baton technique. 

For the following keibojitsu techniques, grip the baton somewhat forward, exposing the butt end for defensive “hooking” and “close-striking.” The grip primarily uses the small, ring, and middle fingers.

TECHNIQUE # 1:
When the attacker begins an open right-hand attack to high center, block inside with your left forearm and trap the attacker’s right sleeve or forearm with your left hand.  Strike the attacker’s right forearm pressure point (just below the elbow) with the baton and press down and through the bend of the elbow joint to a takedown in the attacker’s right rear corner.  Use equal and opposing two-way action.  Turn the attacker over, pulling his right arm up and pushing it across his body.  Then apply a restraining technique.  We want you up and the attacker face down, quickly joint-locked, and brought under control or permitting you to safely flee the attack.  The longer the violence goes on, the uglier it tends to become.

TECHNIQUE# 2:  The attacker attempts a left high-center attack, like a boxer’s left jab.  Step outside the attempted strike, forward and right, blocking the attacker’s forearm with a left-hand circle block.  Grasp the attacker’s left wrist with your left hand.  Strike his left triceps from behind with the baton, then hook the bend of his left elbow with the butt-end of the baton.  Push the attacker’s hand toward his chest or face, pull down and to your right rear corner with the baton, pivoting clockwise on your left foot, for a quick controlled takedown and appropriate ground restraint.

These are robust keibo techniques that can be applied in a variety of situations.  Learning the basics is not difficult, but frequent practice is needed to build them into muscle memory.

Sensei Jones demonstrates taihojitsu knife defenses with Yodan Majeed at PA seminar

.308 tactical rifle with scope from 1,000 yards and closer

12 gauge tactical shotgun with sights and oo buck or rifled slugs from 100 yards to 0

.45 tactical pistol with 185 grain +P jacketed hollow point from 50 yards to contact

less-than lethal TASER neuromuscular incapacitation device (NMI) from 15 feet to contact

4 foot jo staff and 36 inch hanbojitsu for crowd control and close in self-defense

a common walking cane of about 36 inches

OC pepper spray less-than lethal out to about 12-15 feet

Police ASP expandable baton, traditional Japanese "jutte" as carried by palace guards and police security personnel as less-than-lethal intermediate impact weapons

Close Quarter Combat; jujitsu empty hand controls, less-than-lethal, and appropriate to the specific threat.

This Federal Law Enforcement Trng. Center (FLETC) and Police Officer Standards and Trng. (POST) advanced certified defensive tactics instruction may be useful to: police cadets, active and retired members, and/or their spouses. We find this concrete benefit to be useful for very practical reasons with budget constraints, and as an ILEETA membership recruitment tool. Furthermore, this Reston YMCA generously permits federal, state, and local police to stop in and try a 2 hour class for free, as a public service. In furtherance of this effort, the internationally recognized not-for-profit American Jujitsu Assn. also has formally voted a resolution of support designating this master teacher 7th degree black belt as their national representative for this purpose.

Priority subject matter areas include: use-of-force, testifying, strategies and tactics, weapon retention, expandable baton, OC spray, handcuffing, searching and restraining, effective close striking, blocking and trapping, wall and ground restraints, TASER, and 48 inch crowd control/riot baton. Our ILEETA active members working counterterrorism, organized crime, extremists, witness protection, executive protection, or violent gangs; also sometimes feel vulnerable to retaliatory threats against their homes or families. This police-sensitive issue is also addressed.

Many of our more senior officers/agents find it difficult to get good, safe, “police-friendly” refresher practice. Retired agents working contract investigations in bad areas can use this support and help. Retired couples find it useful traveling more safely together in retirement. For all of these reasons and more, you are cordially invited to participate in this program that prides itself on professional standards, and NO injuries; based upon your agency training policy.

In closing, for those active, and retired personnel with LEOSA firearms requalifications concerns, former Special Agent Jones has also identified Washington DC Metro area professional resources on his own, as a firearms instructor. The Virginia State Police have also been very supportive to work with in this regard.

Please be safe. Be happy. And be retired that way someday- if we take good care of ourselves. Let ILEETA help you.