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Florida homeowner uses martial arts to stop burglar (mugshot)
Fox News ^ | 1 Mar 17 | Fox News Staff

Posted on 03/01/2017 5:41:14 PM PST by SkyPilot

A Florida homeowner said he used his martial arts training to apprehend a burglar who was stealing from his home.

Brian Burch told WBBH that he used his Brazilian jiu-jitsu training on Josue Ortiz after he found Ortiz stealing from his garage.

Burch said he walked into the garage to see Ortiz holding his jackhammer and airgun cases. Ortiz told him that his boss sent him to pick up tools from Burch’s house. He then tried to flee.

That’s when Burch said he stopped Ortiz with jiu-jitsu, which he studied for over 2 years.

A neighbor who saw the scuffle called police as Burch held Ortiz down.

Once police arrived, they found several of Burch’s tools inside Ortiz’s car.

“They told him he got exactly what he deserved,” Burch told WBBH. “He had a broken nose.”

Ortiz’s broken nose and black eye were on full display in his mugshot after he was arrested...

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: crime; florida; homeinvasion; localnews; selfdefense

1 posted on 03/01/2017 5:41:14 PM PST by SkyPilot
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To: SkyPilot

Click The Pic

2 posted on 03/01/2017 5:43:54 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (MAGA!)
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Related: https://josdaily.com/2017/02/26/jiu-jitsu-takes-the-day-skills-of-home-owner-leaves-intruder-with-broken-nose-and-bruised-eye/#more-25139

Dejected: Would be burglar Josue Ortiz got a whupping when the home owner caught him in the act

Home owner Brian Burch explaining that he was defending his homestead

“I was holding him down,” he said. “Once we got to the ground, he started pushing and fighting me, and I hit him one time.”

One, or several.

Good job Brian!

3 posted on 03/01/2017 5:46:13 PM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: SkyPilot

Love it!


4 posted on 03/01/2017 5:47:56 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (****happy dance**** BIGLY!!!! Shadilay!)
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To: SkyPilot

Defender it right-handed. LOL! Hope that was a good roundhouse to the face!


5 posted on 03/01/2017 5:49:51 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (****happy dance**** BIGLY!!!! Shadilay!)
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To: SkyPilot

“It’s a Picasso!”


6 posted on 03/01/2017 5:52:46 PM PST by Sirius Lee (In God We Trust, In Trump We Fix America)
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To: SkyPilot

He looks good with a shiner.


7 posted on 03/01/2017 5:54:43 PM PST by rdl6989
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To: SkyPilot

Brazilian jiu-jitsu is obviously pretty effective!!! ;)


8 posted on 03/01/2017 5:55:46 PM PST by Frank_2001
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To: SkyPilot
I am a martial artist. Here's my brush and palette all rolled into one.


9 posted on 03/01/2017 5:58:29 PM PST by RoosterRedux
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He then tried to flee.

So, we're not allowed to shoot fleeing badguys, but we can kung-fu them?

10 posted on 03/01/2017 6:02:30 PM PST by Rio (Proud resident of the State of Jefferson)
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To: SkyPilot

My kinda guy, Beer refer and and an empty keg in the garage. Oh, and Jiu-jitsu too... LOL!


11 posted on 03/01/2017 6:09:43 PM PST by Afterguard (Deplorable me!)
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To: SkyPilot

Was Josue doing the stealing that Americans won’t do?


12 posted on 03/01/2017 6:12:17 PM PST by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: RoosterRedux

Ah, gun-fu.

CC


13 posted on 03/01/2017 6:20:41 PM PST by Celtic Conservative (CC: purveyor of cryptic, snarky posts since December, 2000..)
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To: Celtic Conservative

My sensei says to me “Easy Grasshopper, squeeze trigger slowly...delicately.”


14 posted on 03/01/2017 6:26:56 PM PST by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux

“Be one with the trigger re-set, grasshopper”

That is what my master says to me.

CC


15 posted on 03/01/2017 6:33:41 PM PST by Celtic Conservative (CC: purveyor of cryptic, snarky posts since December, 2000..)
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To: Rio

Kung Fu Fighting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhUkGIsKvn0

Kung Fu Driving
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcsZxUDWCXg&t=12s


16 posted on 03/01/2017 7:34:54 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: SkyPilot

17 posted on 03/01/2017 7:45:12 PM PST by Flick Lives
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To: RoosterRedux

Looks like a 30sf?


18 posted on 03/01/2017 7:46:41 PM PST by avenir (I'm pessimistic about man, but I'm optimistic about GOD!)
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To: SkyPilot

Not Kung Pao Chicken, just plain old KUNG POW!! Batman


19 posted on 03/02/2017 12:25:27 AM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: SkyPilot

Josue Ortiz? Brazilian illegal - watch it come out.


20 posted on 03/02/2017 5:04:52 AM PST by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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