all new members get a free uniform (gi)

Helping Local Law Enforcement & First Responders

adopt a cop

Adopt A Cop BJJ affiliated gym

Step 1

Submit Your Application and a team member will review and help match you with a sponsor or scholarship.

Step 2

Get the experience you need to serve our community confidently using none lethal force.

free or reduced rates

Officers are sponsored until they reach the rank of blue belt, which is the second belt in jiu-jitsu (12-18 months).

Apply For a Scholarship!
Fill out the form below and we will be in touch within 24 hours to discuss your Adopt-A-Cop application.

Are you a police officer looking for ways to improve your self-defense skills?

The selfless, dangerous, and important job of being a police officer has never been more challenging.

The need for more in-depth training on self-defense skills is urgent, despite reduced departmental funding reduction and increases in violence. Partnerships with Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu gyms can help bridge this gap by providing free or reduced rate memberships to police officers (and first responders) who want advanced techniques that will save their life if they ever find themselves facing criminal violence upon duty!

Adopt a Cop is here to help! As an affiliated gym, we provide free or reduced rate Jiu-Jitsu memberships to so that you can train and learn in a safe, supportive environment. The program offers free or reduced rate memberships for police officers until they achieve blue belt rank which typically takes 12 – 18 months.

With our program, you can feel confident knowing that you have the skills to defend yourself and others. And by training with other law enforcement officers, you can build lasting relationships and support networks.

Sign up now for a free or reduced rate membership with Adopt a Cop!

Free or Reduced rates

Officers and first responders training is sponsored until they achieve the rank of blue belt. (typically takes 12-18 months.)

Improve confidence

Become more resilient and condifdent as a skilled grappller.

Increased Situational Control

Grappling is a skill which allows police officers to take control of combative situations and reduce the likelihood that either will be injured or killed.

Investing in our Community

Supporting our first repsonders is an investment in our commmunity. Learn how to help sponsor your lcoal law enforcement today!

Charles Gracie second-degree black belt

Ryan Rich

Ryan Rich is the owner of Granite Bay Jiu-Jitsu and a professor of Gracie University, who has over 25 years of experience in martial arts. He became one-of-a-kind coach for Sacramento State’s program after running it successfully from 2013 to 2019 with 15+yrs grappling training under his belt!

In September 2020, he was hired as an expert consultant to the Sacramento and Los Angeles County police departments. He advised them about his experiences with alternative holds that are now prohibited following George Floyd’s death last year from “carotid restraint.” In addition to this work within their ranks’ jurisdiction alone (a task which took up much time), officer training videos were created for California’s law enforcement officers so they can better understand how these techniques should be applied when faced against someone resisting arrest or trying desperately escape custody.

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