I’ve been getting a lot of questions about COVID 19 (coronavirus) and BJJ, so let’s have some straight talk…

My approach to this comes from three perspectives…

I’ve trained in the martial arts for 40 years and got my BJJ black belt 14 years ago… I have both a B.Sc. and an M.Sc. in biology and have been following the science around this virus fairly carefully… I’m also a first responder, having served with the fire department for 20 years and having responded to countless medical calls.

Bottomline: I think we’re in big trouble. Really. Big. Trouble.  

And I don’t think we should be training, at least not in the way that we normally do.

In fact, I’m totally willing to bribe you not to train.  Click here to find out more about my free instructional giveaway for anyone refraining from hitting the mats right now, plus 50% off on all subsequent instructionals.

Below is what I said on Twitter on March 5th, before most people thought it was a big deal in North America. And I’ve gotten significantly more cautious since then…

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