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Fort Myers homeowner Uses Jiu-Jitsu Skills on Burglar
NBC2 ^ | Feb 24, 2017 | Graham Hunter

Posted on 03/02/2017 10:07:33 PM PST by nickcarraway

Here's a piece of advice for crooks: If you're going to break into someone's house, know whose house you're breaking into.

Lee County deputies said Josue Ortiz picked the wrong house, which he found out when the homeowner beat him using his Jiu-Jitsu skills.

Brian Burch said he was just trying to protect his stuff from a brazen thief.

"I was holding him down," Burch said.

"Once I had him, he wasn't going anywhere."

Burch is skilled in the martial art of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

"I wrestled before. I've trained for the last two and a half years."

On Tuesday, when Ortiz entered Burch's open garage on Harvard Avenue, Burch took action after he heard a noise and went outside.

"He was standing right here carrying my jackhammer case and my airgun case," Burch recalled.

"He told me that the boss sent him over here to pick up tools to finish a job."

Burch didn't buy that story, and when he started asking questions, Ortiz tried to run. That's when Burch put his skills to use.

"Once we got to the ground, he started pushing and fighting me, and I hit him one time."

A neighbor saw the scuffle and called deputies. Burch held Ortiz down until they arrived and arrested Ortiz.

"They told him he got exactly what he deserved. He had a broken nose."

Burch is a father and said it could have been a lot worse.

"If the kids had been here, I probably would have been even angrier."

Neighbors are glad to know the would-be crook is off the streets.

"Probably scared the heck out of that poor guy. Not poor guy, dumb guy," said Chuck Carter.

"The fact that he manhandled him maybe, I think it's well deserved," said Darlene Donovan.

"I'm just glad he's not on the street anymore and can't hit anybody else's houses," Burch said.

He said several of his tools were already inside the car Ortiz was driving.

Deputies said that car had a fake tag.

Ortiz is still in the Lee County Jail, charged with burglary and grand theft.


TOPICS: Local News; Sports
KEYWORDS: floriduh; jiujitsu; martialarts

1 posted on 03/02/2017 10:07:33 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

“the homeowner beat him using his Jiu-Jitsu skills.”

Hope he doesn’t get sued for beating up the yoot.

Sometimes, guns are quicker AND less (legally) messy. But a jiu-jitsu beating probably results in less blood on the carpet than a gunshot wound.


2 posted on 03/02/2017 10:20:38 PM PST by sagar
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To: Impy

Ping


3 posted on 03/02/2017 10:30:15 PM PST by StoneWall Brigade
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To: nickcarraway

Illegal?


4 posted on 03/02/2017 10:31:52 PM PST by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: nickcarraway
"Jū" can be translated to mean "gentle, soft, supple, flexible, pliable, or yielding." "Jutsu" can be translated to mean "art" or "technique" and represents manipulating the opponent's force against himself rather than confronting it with one's own force.

I have been familiar with this meaning, and have fancied that I am using this principle in fending off the blows of my grandson, by arranging things so that they hurt him more than they hurt me.

I think this is legit, even if it is easy for me to do, under the circumstances.

5 posted on 03/02/2017 11:03:01 PM PST by dr_lew (I)
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To: nickcarraway

Kung Pow and you’re out buddy.


6 posted on 03/02/2017 11:26:45 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: nickcarraway

When I was winning a fight, I used to finish it with a pro wrestling move to demonstrate my mad skills.

The Boston Crab or the Chicken Wing were my favorites.


7 posted on 03/03/2017 12:16:17 AM PST by mindburglar (When Superman and Batman fight, the only winner is crime.)
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To: nickcarraway

He will be back out in no time probably, poor little criminal immigrant, misunderstood, awww awwww..mean old homeowner..sarc/


8 posted on 03/03/2017 3:33:14 AM PST by aces (Got Jesus?)
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