Why Nurses Are Learning BJJ to Fight Back Against Violent Patients
Nurses training BJJ to fight back against violent patients isn’t a feel-good empowerment story – it’s an indictment of a broken healthcare system. With assaults up 63% since 2020, healthcare workers are flooding martial arts gyms to learn armbars and escape techniques. Here’s why BJJ makes sense, and why we should be furious this is even necessary.