Andrew Roxas

Andrew Roxas has served as a deputy with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department for twelve years, as of August 2026, building a reputation as a disciplined officer with a hands-on approach to duty preparedness. Assigned to the Community Partnerships Bureau, his work spans both daytime and evening operations — a schedule that demands equal parts adaptability and physical readiness.

Roxas came to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu through a clear professional calculation: he wanted reliable, low-force options for managing non-compliant subjects in the field. As he explained in an LASD video feature, "I just wanted to have another tool on my tool belt for our interactions." Deputies routinely encounter individuals who resist arrest, and Roxas recognized that grappling-based control offered safer outcomes for both officer and subject — a framework rooted in technique rather than escalation.

Roxas trains with Alliance Inland Empire, the Inland Empire affiliate of the storied Alliance network. He holds the rank of purple belt — a milestone that reflects sustained technical development maintained alongside the demands of a full-time law enforcement career.

Rather than restructuring his professional life around competition, Roxas fits his mat time around CPB operations. "At Community Partnerships Bureau, we run operations during the day and in the evenings," he has explained. "So just depending on what we do here, I fit my training around it." In place of conventional gym work, the mat serves as his primary vehicle for physical conditioning — shaping his fitness and his readiness for the unpredictable demands of patrol.

Continental and National Titles

Roxas has assembled a formidable record on the international masters circuit. He claimed the International Master North America championship in 2023, 2024, and 2025 — a rare display of consistency across three consecutive years. In 2024, he extended his reach beyond the Americas, capturing both the European championship and the Asian championship in the same calendar year, a double continental title haul that underscores his competitiveness at the global level.

National Gold

On home soil, Roxas won the American National championship in both 2023 and 2025, bookending his international breakout year with national gold. Taken together, his record reflects sustained multi-year dominance across multiple continental divisions — a competitive footprint that few practitioners managing full-time careers in demanding fields are able to maintain.

Roxas describes the dual pursuit of high-level BJJ competition and a demanding law enforcement career as "a different kind of demand" — one that requires deliberate planning rather than the single-minded focus common among full-time athletes. His scheduling philosophy is pragmatic: training windows open around CPB operations, not the other way around.

Family shapes that philosophy as much as career does. Roxas has daughters, and he applies the same principle at home that governs his own dual path. "Like I tell my daughters, if it's important to you, make it work," he has said. "And fortunately for us, I've been able to do both at a high level." The approach functions as both a personal discipline and a lesson he actively models — demonstrating that competitive excellence and professional duty are not inherently in conflict when priorities are clear and time is managed with intention.

Beyond his own practice, Roxas actively advocates for BJJ adoption among fellow deputies and law enforcement personnel. His case rests on three interconnected pillars: physical conditioning, mental resilience, and practical control skills.

On the physical side, he points out that patrol work places exceptional demands on the body, and grappling builds the kind of functional strength and durability that conventional gym training often misses. On the mental side, he draws a direct line between the composure forged under competitive pressure and the mindset required for unpredictable calls on duty. "With our job, it's very demanding on our bodies," he has said. "This is a chance for you to build your body and build resilience. Not only strength, but mental toughness as well."

For officers considering the discipline, his recommendation is unambiguous: "For a deputy, especially anyone in law enforcement, if you have any interest in training Jiu-Jitsu at all, I would say go for it." In Roxas's view, grappling-based control is not merely a use-of-force supplement — it is a framework for safer, more confident policing that benefits everyone involved in a difficult encounter.