re: BJJ practitioners: any concern about carotid artery dissection?

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I hope you've made a full recovery. Any lingering aspects?

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Not really. It was kind of humbling at first because I lost most of my upper body strength initially but it came back to about 90% through mostly decompression. Seriously not willing to scare you away from jits though. Just be prudent in training. It's just know who you roll with. I was the guy when I started out that did not want to get tapped, ever. I was a powerlifter then too and had crazy strength so I would literally break my arm off in an arm bar to not tap. I got scolded a lot by my instructors who are like my dad and brother to me now about slowing down and not using so much muscle. Plus when you are big, everybody thinks they need to muscle you back and that is not what BJJ is about.