Jiu Jitz got me out of a ticket!!

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So I am coming home from training on Sunday morning. I am on the hwy and my truck is moving. Everyone is speeding, but I was definitely going a little too fast. So I come around a turn, and a cop car is right there. As soon as I pass him, he pulls out. I immediately pull to the far left lane, as he tailgates me. 30 sec. later, the lights go on. He pulls me over, and says, "State Police...I need your liscence and registration." After I give it to him, he asks me if I do a lot of training. I said, "Oh BJJ, yeah." then it dawned on me that I have a small Gracie BJJ sticker on the back of my truck. Plus I had a sweaty ass gi in te back from the two classes I just took. Then the cop asks me, "You like to kick a lot of ass?" So I replied, "Definitely, but not the officers", he chuckles, gives me my papers, tells me to slow down, and says have a nice day!

Anyone else ever get out of trouble due to BJJ?

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sorta the same thing happened to me. cop saw a bjj bumper sticker on my car (the one w/andre yelling "kick his ass seabass") and said do you do bjj I said yeah, he said so do I. he asked for my licenses and registration and I held it slightly out of reach, inside the car. when he reached for it i quickly snapped on a wristlock (nikyo). he was pretty embarassed about tapping to a wristlock and could not look me in the eye after that and i just drove away.

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LOL at chickenfeet

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lol chickenfeet... wristlocks are legit imo!

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On a scale of white trash, with 0 being George Will and 10 being Tommy Lee, would you rank a guy with a bjj bumper sticker higher or lower than a guy wearing a bjj "hoodie"?

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LOL @ chickenfeet... crackin me up at 344am... g'nite!

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My dog once got me out of a ticket.  I was driving through a podunk Texas town with a speed trap and the local Sherrif got me.  My dog was sitting in the front seat of my little pickup with me.  He said "that's a nice looking dog do you hunt her".  I said no I never really got a chance to teach her but she probably would have made a solid bird dog.  He liked her so much he just gave me a verbal warning. 

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I dont think having a BJJ sticker on your car makes you white trash...lol. Sure there are guys that over do it. I heard that there was a guy who joined my academy who was jacked. He had a TapOut tattoo on his shoulder, but never trained in ANYTHING. That is definitely going too far. For me, BJJ is my favorite thing to do. Been training for about 4.5 yrs. Heading to Brazil again on Sunday, and it is a big part of my life. I support the sport!!

Now if you name your first son ROYCE, well...that is a different story.

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hey, dammit.. my hoodie is the single most comfy sweatshirt ive got. damn thing is softer than velvet!

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reasonable excuses have reduced your respective white trash scores by two points each.

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I was in front of an abandoned gas station taking photographs for a civil law suit . . . when the owner came ragin' out of the fireworks store next door. He was looking to kick my ass. I saw him write down my license number, put the note pad back in his pocket. When he saw the BJJ sticker on the back window of my car, his mouth made a little "o" shape and he calmed down quite a bit. He never raised his voice at me when he originally looked like he wanted to beat me down. He was considerably bigger than I am . . . ;)

I just laughed at him while I got in my car with the photos I needed for my client . . .

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Yep, sure did. Got pulled over about a year ago, going a bit over the speed limit. Get out of the car, start talking to the cop, he notices a few Bjj/mma stickers on the car. So we start talking...he's seen a few UFCs, asks me about Royce, I tell him I train with Royce and his jaw drops and he's now asking questions about him etc etc. After about 15 mins he's pretty much forgotten about the ticket and lets me go.

Half the trick in this situation is to get the cop to talk about anything other than the ticket he's poised to give you.

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Well,

BJJ didn't get me outta being ticketed completely, but it did save me quite a bit of cash....

I had just finished washing my new car (2004 Grand Prix GT) and it was one of the first sunny days in beginning of summer (We don't get sun much here in WA). So, I think to myself, hmmm, don't want water spots on my car, and I'm too lazy to dry the whole thing off with a towel.

So, I go jump on the freeway and decided to accelerate the air drying process. I hit a little over 90 coming on to the freeway, that's when I noticed the officer about a quarter mile down the freeway. I tried to slow down, but I knew I was screwed. I pull over, he comes up to the car "You know why I pulled you over", and I say, yes sir, I was being stupid and speeding. I then explain to him my ingenious idea to air dry my car and he chuckles, says I'm the 2nd person to tell him that today.

I give him my license and registration, he goes back to his car. So, while he's back there I'm thinking to myself, crap, should I pull the BJJ card? When he gets back to the car I have one of my BJJ business cards in my hand, and before he says anything I go, "Hey, sorry we got off on the wrong foot here, but if you're ever interested in training, come on in". He was like, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, you teach this? And I'm like yea, I run a school out in Auburn. Turns out he trained with an instructor I had trained with in the past.

Anyways, he ended up only writing me for 5 mph over the speed limit, instead of 30 over :) Never did come in and train though, was probably worried I'd have my students jump him, lol.

James

www.fosterbjj.com