We really appreciate all the kind words from every single one of you, Tom and I can't believe how many positive messages came through. Within a couple hours of the video going live we had OVER 50 POSITIVE MESSAGES! Think about that, I live on YT and every single comments section on every single channel is a toxic waste land...not here ! As it stands we have 81 comments all wishing Tom the best and can't wait for us to start uploading regular again. THANKS. We see you, we love you. Tom and I are f**king pumped for 2023. LETS GO!! -Garry-

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I think that's a testament to who Tom is and his channel. I have never met Tom let alone trained with him but he's had a huge positive impact on my BJJ journey. I think it stems from his attitude and his approach to training that ultimately we are all in this together by nature of stepping onto the mat. You can rise by stepping on top of others, or you can rise by pulling others to where you are and by being humble and positive to your training partners regardless of where either of you are at on your journey. I have come to love the idea that every time we slap hands or bump fists it's our opportunity to leave an offering on the mat...What kind of offering are you going to leave? I know that besides learning techniques from Tom, he has also shaped my outlook on how I train and who I want to be as a training partner to others. Respect and gratitude to you Tom and your team.

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LETS GO BRANDEN..!!!!! 😆😆

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Thank you everyone for your wonderful stream of positivity and encouragement. Garry and I are excited for 2023 and I wish you all the best on and off the mats and thank you all for the support not just now but over the last 6 years! 🙏🥋🥰

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Fuck yes! Much love ❤❤❤❤❤

@JamieShogun1973

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Thank you guys for all your help . You’ve got all our support and confidence that you will recover stronger!

Hope to hear from the channel soon. Even if it doesn't, you've provided me and thousands of others with more than anyone could ask for to help progress our BJJ journey.

Wishing you a speedy recovery! Your videos were so helpful when I was starting out and I still find myself revisiting some of them from time to time.

I literally wondered about this Chanel yesterday and this one year old video pops up. Apart from that freaky occurrence, I hope you come back bigger and better. Your videos are always entertaining and extremely informative!

Just saw this now mate. You are legend, I hope you are healing well and life is treating you kindly now. That's a tonne to go through. Thanks for all the amazing teaching you very generously shared here. Godspeed, Tom

Anyone who receives a black belt from the Machado brothers is a special person. The years of dedication to achieve what you have done in jiu jitsu is inspiring. I hope that all goes well in your road to recovery. Your videos are a great help to us all who have been attempting to learn jiu jitsu.

Jaw dropped seeing you in the sling. Started rolling 3 years ago and your channel had been my go-to. All the best prof, get well soon, take care of yourself (mentally also), and hope to see you on the mat again soon. Much love

I’m miss this dude. Hope he’s ok!!

Hey! Some random guy in Oklahoma has benefited from your instruction. However seemingly small, you've made a real impact in my life. Thank you for that! Here's to your recovery!

Hey I forgot about your channel since it hasn't been getting recommended to me for a while. I miss your content and wish you a speedy recovery sir!

Hope you're doing better..... any chance we can get an update? We miss your instruction sir.

Hello Tom & Garry, my Jiu-jitsu journey started a little over 5 months ago. I have been watching your videos and applied so much of what you teach with success and I had no idea this had happened to you. I still have 90% of your channel to catch up to (right now I’m only looping the beginner videos) and even though you’re down (not out) you still teach me moves every day. So take your time, heal right, we will be here waiting for you when the time is right to come back. Thank you for everything you have done and will do in the future for the sport. Blessings on blessings, Paul.

Hey Professor.. just stopped by to see how the rehab is coming along. Would love to see regular videos again and see you back on the mat!

Alhamdulillah Brother you're getting well. Asalammualaikum. Wish u well professor. Just take it easy, jiu-jitsu not going anywhere Inshallah. So heal yourself mate. Much love from Chicago Brother.

Man that sucks to hear Tom you where always my go to when I was training, some of the best bjj videos on you tube

Your determination is inspiring. I look forward to seeing your journey back to the mat. I’m pulling for you. Thanks for all you do for the BJJ community.

Wishing you a speedy recovery 🙏. Love your content.

Great to see you again, such a touching video! Wish you a speedy recovery and all the best 🙏

I hope you a full recovery. Love the vids. Trying out the techniques I learn on your channel are always fun!

wishing a quick recovery, much love mate.

So sorry to hear about your accident, your mindset and approach is really motivating and inspirational. Thank you for all your amazing content and positive energy!

Wishing you all the best, Coach and a speedy recovery!

All the best in your recovery! I've only been watching your video's for wee bit... They sure are helpful and help me reinforce what i have learned in my academy. Looking forward to your new uploads.

Good luck with the recovery professor Tom and thanks for the content!

Best of luck for a speedy and full recovery.

Hope for a speedy recovery!!!

Thank you for all youve done for us coach.

Sorry to hear that coach! Been watching your vids off and on for a couple of years, always loved the explanation, very detailed on specific positions. It has helped me review my flaws in the game, and refine it. 2023 will be your year and many more years to come. wish you speedy recovery to good health and good fortune. Juijiteiro from California!

Good to see you again. I wish you a good recovery and all the best!

Sorry to hear this! Hope the future runs as smoothly as can be for you, family and friends. Appreciate the videos and what you do

Wow. Glad to hear you are on the mend. Thanks for all the amazing content.

Lots of love to you from Malaysia, Tom. Thank you for sharing so candidly and vulnerably with us, I'm so glad to see you back again. Your videos have helped this white belt a lot in the past 2 years and I'll continue to watch like and recommend your channel to everyone I know. Take care!

Sending as much support as possible from across the Pacific Ocean! Hope you both recover soon and take it easy until then. Your videos have changed my jiu jitsu and that in itself has helped change my life for the better! Keep doing the good work, but primarily take care of yourself too. 🤙

Take your time and recover buddy! You’ve provided us with a lifetime of lessons, techniques and wisdom. This channel made my entrance to jiu-jitsu much smoother and alleviated some of the anxiety with joining my gym. You’re a beast and we’ll all be here for you!

Glad to see news from you. Wish you get better very soon! Love you!!!

Wishing for a great recovery thanks for all the amazing videos

Glad to see you are on the mend! Get well soon. Thanks so much for the content! ♥️

I love that you can talk about all this with a smile Best wishes to you man 🤝

Welcome back coach! I've missed your videos! God speed on your recovery!!

Speedy recovery Tom, your videos are top of the tree 👍🏻

I have really learned a lot from your videos, and looking forward to future ones. So thank you both for all of your hard work! All the best with the remainder of the recovery journey!

Happy new year coach Tom! I hope you’re getting better.

Wishing you a speedy recovery, rest up and take it easy

Thanks for sharing the update and very best of luck in your recovery Tom. I’m sure I speak for many people in expressing deep gratitude for your wisdom, clarity, and positive spirit. I’ve learned so much from watching your videos and you’ve tremendously elevated my game. OOS 💪🏼👊🏼🙏🏽

Wishing you continued strength and recovery. Love your channel. You’ve helped me immensely on my own jiu jitsu journey. Thank you.

Best of luck on your recovery brother👊

Excellent, honest video, thank you for sharing your story Tom. Best of luck to you on the recovery journey, stronger than ever in the future!

Wish you the best!

You’re an inspiration Tom.. so good to see you back and the whole community looks forward to seeing you rebuild and get back yo your best. As someone whos had a shit 2 years (ive had 2 heart attacks at 35 years old) im a huge advocate for men speaking openly about the tough times and raw videos like this are amazing to see. Much love to you, your kids and gary behind the camera! Get well soon buddy

Sorry for your troubles, and glad to hear about your recovery. I'm almost 40 and not quite a year starting jujitsu and your channel has been pivotal to my learning. Excited about anything you guys put out

Godspeed and wishes for all the best for you Tom. Happy to see you are on the road to recovery.

Stay strong and things are only going to get better from here. Appreciate your channel. To a fast recovery!

Speedy recovery! I've experienced a lot of the things that you discussed in this video and I know the mental toll it can take. All the best from Scotland

Thank You for sharing, Professor.

Godspeed Professor Tom. Your optimism and perseverance will be the fire to propel you to your goals. The best for you and your family. Sending out our most positive vibes from Miami, Florida.

I like your intensity and positivity. Rooting for your big time recovery!

Speedy recovery!!!

Love your channel. It’s been a huge help to me since I started 2 years ago. Hope you’re on the mend and staying happy. Appreciate all your honesty and openness .

Get well soon coach. Always rooting for you.

dang I am really sorry to hear that. When I first started watching this channel I was going thru some bad times. Thank you for sharing. It gives me strength

I use your instructions as you really give great pointers in a calm way. Sorry to see you injured, keep your head up and you will be stronger. Keep up the videos man!

You have inspired my jiu-jitsu since i started 3.5 years ago. Your infectious smile, even when talking about all the trials you've survived this year, is one of your best qualities and what keeps me coming for more. God bless you, professor! Keep on recovering. We'll be here when you get back.

Heal up and live well, to whatever level you can. It's awesome you'll keep up the channel, it's great for us and hopefully beneficial and profitable for you. And being a long time jiu-jitsu practioner is like being a soldier, once you are you will always be, it's a part of you period. Thanks for lessons old and new.

Good to see you back. Wishing you a full recovery, the very best of health and looking forward to seeing more of your videos in 2023!

Your enthusiasm for jiu jitsu and positivity are deeply inspiring. My journey started in November 22’ and your channel has been THE go to spot for all things jits! Got my first stripe today and have to say I owe a lot to you and your team. Hang in there with your recovery, I hope to roll with you one day! Aloha!!!

All the best in your journey forward Tom. Thankyou for all the very helpful teaching videos thus far, they have been very helpful.

Stay strong mate, big support from Italy 🤙

Keep smiling! You've got this 💪

Get well soon, brother! Love the channel and appreciate what you do!

I love this channel, i really love the tom's videos, great instructor, please keep it up! More videos!!!🔥🔥🔥

I’m glad you’re back mate I appreciate your videos a lot, they’ve certainly taught me a lot over the few years I’ve been watching. Would love to see some rehab sessions and behind the scenes as you recover! Take care man!

we all feel our mortality after an injury, all the best for your recovery and will keep on supporting you guys when the content comes back

Get well soon! Will still be here when you get back!

Glad to hear you’re on the mend coach Tom, can never be easy going through all you have, but it shows how strong you are. Looking forward to seeing back to full fitness & doing what you love to do 🥋Love bro 👊🏾🙌🏾❤️

Speedy recovery ! You were the first channel I watched and learned from as a white belt, I’m blue now thanks for all the tips 🙏🏽

Glad to see that you remain inspired and grateful. Thank you for your contribution to the JJ community. Your attitude and approach have inspired me. Can’t wait to see what’s in store! 🤙

I have started my jiu Jitsu journey watching your videos! I still watch them over and over: Thank you so much for sharing and may your recovery bring you healing in body and spirit! Thank you so much!

Thank you Tom for all the help through your videos. Seeing your desire and motivation is inspiring. I hope you a speedy recovery 🙏.

Get well soon man, your videos were a huge help with my progress in bjj. All the best in your recovery ❤️

Love you brother. Stay positive.

Even though you're not able to roll, your older videos are a constant reference for me every day. Keep on keeping on prof Tom, see you back on the mats soon!

This was incredibly inspiring. This is the channel that got me to my first class. We know youre gonna be stronger than ever.

I wish you a speedy recovery. Take it as a compliment that your channel is so full of good content that even as a subscriber I hadn’t noticed that you stopped posting. I’m just getting started in bjj and have watched dozens of your videos. I still get smashed but I like to go back to your videos after a roll and try to figure out what went wrong and do something different the next time. Again thanks.

Sorry to hear about the bad stuff. But its good to see you again. Im grateful for all the content you've put out, its helped me learn alot. I wish you a swift recovery.

Glad to know you are recovering. I’m one of the people that found your videos when I recently started on my jiu jitsu journey and they have been incredibly helpful. It seemed like it was really tough for you to make this video, but I hope you know your willingness to share your knowledge and positive nature with the world has improved the lives of many people, One of ideas or principles I try and use and follow in life is “just try and be a little bit better than yesterday.” Even if it is only the slightest improvement in the smallest thing, you’ve made progress. And before long, you will look back and be amazed how far you’ve come. Keep going. Effort is the only thing you can control, and it matters most when it is hardest to do. Looking forward to seeing what you have in store.

I started jiu jitsu this past year and your videos have been a massive help to me, which is to say that you’ve been helping myself and many many others even while you’ve been away. Thank you for the gift that you have given the KZread community, and more importantly thank you for the honesty and vulnerability you showed in this video. Wishing you a speedy recovery and looking forward to what’s ahead!

Glad to hear you're recovering, Tom! I'm a couple years into my own BJJ adventure, but I've been on the sidelines for the last 6 months or so with injuries. This past week was my first time back and it felt great! I hope you get to experience that soon.

Ouch! Sobering for sure. Dang that is not a small thing you’ve been working through but many large things physically, mentally and emotionally. Praying for your quick recovery. I’ve really appreciate the content you’ve made for years. It’s been a huge help I’m my journey learning Jiujitsu.

Glad to see the update, but definitely wish it were under better circumstances. It sounds like you've been through the ringer the past couple of years, but glad to hear you're rolling with it, recovering, and pushing ahead with smiles and grit. All the best to you, and thanks as ever for providing a positive example. It all adds character.

Oh dude, I have been working through your awesome back catalogue and didn't know you'd stopped uploading. So sorry you're in rough shape. Hope you're able to recover and life throws you fewer curve balls! And thanks for the content - I love your teaching style.

Get Better Tom, we appreciate all the knowledge you share with us. God Bless.

Glad to see your back Coach Tom, get well soon! 👊💪👍

Hey Tom. I'm brand new to Jiu-Jitsu. I started about the time you uploaded your last video, but you have so much content out here that I hadn't noticed the break. You have a fantastic attitude, and I'm getting a lot out of the videos that are here on youtube. I'm about to buy my first video from your website with some Christmas money. You're going through some extremely difficult stuff but I know you'll get back to where you want to be. You've got my support, along with your long-time subscribers. I wish you the best on your path to recovery!

just watching this video now. thanks for your candidness. its easy to forget that people on YT have lives outside of it. I'm going through something similar at the minute with my relationship, and you are right that you wouldn't wish it on anyone. All I keep thinking is to keep going, it cant last forever! Keep up the good work guys, and come back stronger

Thanks for sharing.

Good to see your face and listen to you speak ! Sorry that you are going through this, never want a good guy like you to go through this .... but, there can be a bright side to all this and that will come out after you have healed back up. Take care my friend ! Much respect and Love being sent your way !

Tom, you are an inspiration.

you are such a role model for many here. Apart from jiu jitsu, it is above all your unique style that inspires me so much about you. I've learned a lot from there over the years. I wish you only the best and that you achieve everything you set your mind to. On and off the mat. Thank you for the countless great videos and your opinion that you openly express to the outside world. Bye for now

I wish you fair winds and a speedy recovery.

Thank you for all the contents, advises, and positive messages you give us. Wish you the best from Paris.