An important reminder to all students practicing outdoors in NYC:
Due to recent NYPD activity, Please be careful and take extra precautions.
The NYPD are getting more aggressive and are now snatching people off the streets. We don't know what the limits to their outreach / threat level is at the moment. They could easily misinterpret our training and act in unpredictable ways.
1) Wear a uniform if you can. If you don't have a uniform, wear a club t-shirt.
2) Go in appropriately socially distant groups.
3) if you have wooden trainers, use them instead of metal if possible.
4) if you have a training space / club business card be sure to bring them.
Use your best judgement, do your best to keep calm, and again: please be careful.