Kronk
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One of the martial arts I do is Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, which is basically wrestling until someone submits (gets choked out or gets into a joint lock they can't get out of). Sometimes we have classes with gi (uniform); other times we do no-gi, where we wear shorts and T-shirts. Obviously there is a whole lot of body contact.
A few months ago I was sparring in a no-gi class for around 10 minutes with one guy. The next week he stops in with part of his leg wrapped and says that he has MRSA. I had a few weeks where I was worried about getting it, but fortunately I didn't.
Including that guy, I've known three people who have gotten MRSA, none of them in the hospital. Hopefully it is a coincidence that all three I met through martial arts, though none of them seemed to have contracted it because of martial arts.
A few months ago I was sparring in a no-gi class for around 10 minutes with one guy. The next week he stops in with part of his leg wrapped and says that he has MRSA. I had a few weeks where I was worried about getting it, but fortunately I didn't.
Including that guy, I've known three people who have gotten MRSA, none of them in the hospital. Hopefully it is a coincidence that all three I met through martial arts, though none of them seemed to have contracted it because of martial arts.