Brendon Brumitt has been an avid martial artist since the age of 6 years old. His journey began with Taekwondo and Karate classes provided at the YWCA/YMCA after school program. In his teenage years, he ventured out to Japanese Jujutsu and continued to train Karate as time permitted. Upon joining the military, he continued his Jujutsu training in Japan and eventually obtained his 5th degree black belt. Upon completion of his time in the military, he returned to the US and opened his own Japanese Jujutsu training group and continued to teach and train. In 2005, he returned to Japan and began competing in Judo and training in mixed martial arts. During that time, he competed in MMA, Judo and Combat Submission Wrestling. He returned to the US again in 2014 and began training in Judo and eventually transitioned to Brazilian Jujutsu.

He joined the Navy in 1996 and was stationed in Yokosuka, Japan from 1997 to 2000. Once he was discharged, he began college and was eventually hired by the Tucson Police Department in 2001. He was assigned to Midtown Patrol and worked midnights. During his time on midnights, Brendon spent much of his time taking part in and assisting in narcotics and violent gang investigations. Brendon resigned his commission in 2005 and returned to Japan with his wife. There, he worked as a teacher and taught English and assisted with P.E. and other subjects. In 2014, his family decided to return to the US and he was rehired by the Tucson Police Department and spent the first few years in patrol. Since that time, he has been assigned as a field trainer, lead police officers and a zebra officer working in felony apprehension. In 2016, Brendon became an AZPOST general instructor and eventually became an instructor for high risk stops, defensive tactics and physical training. In 2018, Brendon was promoted to detective and in 2019 he was transferred to the Gang Investigative Unit. He is still an avid DT,PT and high risk stop instructor for the department for both the basic academy and advanced officer training.

During his time as a police officer, Brendon has been in numerous critical incidents and has frequently needed to use force. He attributes his mental resiliency and physical preparedness to constant involvement in martial arts training. It has guided his mindset, physical conditioning and outlook on situations as a police officer. In 2018, Brendon was in a use of force incident with a subject armed with a butcher knife at close quarters and was able to neutralize him without using weapons and was able to come out of the incident unharmed. He attributes that to his extensive martial arts training for physical and mental preparedness. Brendon is motivated to provide an environment for officers to gain a similar level of competence and confidence in their physical skills to help them survive their careers physically whole. He also believes that the repeated conflict rehearsal that regular martial arts training provides will allow officers to maintain their mental health through stress inoculation in a controlled environment. Brendon is eager to help build the No Belt Required program as the head coach in charge of training and curriculum to help officers remain whole throughout their career and to help provide professional and resilient officers to the public of Tucson.