POLICE Top Martial Arts For Police Officers To Consider By Wesley Sykes, managing editor I n the line of duty, de-escalation is always the end goal. Sometimes that means getting physical in an attempt to gain control of the situation. Martial arts is a great way to not only help police officers prepare themselves for potentially dangerous situations for themselves and the general public but also promote discipline and mindfulness, and come from the angle of self-defense rather than being offensive. More than just helping to hopefully limit 18 | Tactical Training & Conditioning | Fall 2022 violent and potentially deadly encounters, mastery of a martial arts discipline has been associated with lower anxiety and stress levels in police officers. A 2015 study entitled " Police arrest and self-defense skills: performance under anxiety of officers with and without additional experience in martial arts " found officers with additional martial arts training performed better under high anxiety than officers with no experience. Considering another study, 'Prevalence of