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IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT  ANDREW HANSEN BJJ IS referring directly to  HANSEN BJJ INC organization as a whole throughout this waiver

AGREEMENT, ASSUMPTION OF RISKS AND WAIVER OF LIABILITY

1. I understand BOXING, MUAYTHAI, KICKBOXING, BRAZILIAN JIU JITSU, MIX MARTIAL ARTS, WRESTLING, and other pursuits are martial arts and/or the preparation for martial arts based activities – that is, systems of unarmed and armed fighting techniques. 

2. I understand that these martial arts and any other programs ( Fight Fit, weight training and any other aerobic and anaerobic exercise programs) that Andrew Hansen BJJ may teach now or in the future will require me to engage in strenuous physical exercise and activity. Either individually or in participation in classes with other students or instructors at Andrew Hansen BJJ. That the martial arts techniques which I learn in above mentioned classes are capable of causing minor or serious physical injury.  

1. including but not limited to abrasions, bruises, bleeding, broken bones or cartilage, or other tissue or organ damage , and death. 

3. I understand that my participation in classes at the Andrew Hansen BJJ will require me to engage in conditioning exercises, formal and informal alike, along with other physical activities that involve a risk that I will be subjected to the above aforementioned injuries. But along with possible psychological or emotional injuries.

4. I understand that the types of injuries described in paragraphs 2 and 3 may result from not only intentional actions, but also from inadvertent, negligent, or reckless actions by myself or others. Including but not limited to the malfunction or failure of any of the equipment or facilities at Andrew Hansen BJJ such as pads, punching bags, protectors, tumbling mats stemming from errors or mistakes in instructions or in the performance of fighting/defense techniques by the instructors or other students at Andrew Hansen BJJ 

5. I understand the risks of any and all of the types of injuries described in paragraphs 2 through 4 cannot be significantly reduced or eliminated without adversely affecting, and even jeopardizing, the nature and quality of the instruction and activities at Andrew Hansen BJJ. 

6. I understand that neither the Andrew Hansen BJJ owners, operators, officers, employees, instructors, students, or any agents authorize me to use any of the fighting/defense techniques that I learn in my studies at Andrew Hansen BJJ against any other person. In any circumstances other than 

1. Martial arts training 

2. Matches, exhibitions, or demonstrations in which my coaches or instructors and I have agreed I am sufficiently qualified and physically able to participate.

3. self defense or the defense of others in situations of imminent physical bodily harm or death. 

7. With all the above knowledge and of all the foregoing understanding, I knowingly and voluntarily agree to assume all of the risks associated with participation in classes. Including those risks described above in paragraphs 2-4, and knowingly voluntarily hold harmless, and waive any and all rights of initiate or maintain a lawsuit or otherwise seek to/or obtain any finding of liability against, Andrew Hansen BJJ and any of their owners, operators, officers, employees, instructors, students, or agents. 

8. I intend this agreement, assumption of risks, and waiver to be binding upon any and all of parents, children, present and former spouses or life partners, heirs, assigns friends, personal representatives, and estate in perpetuity.

ILLNESS AND SICKNESS

1. I understand that by training at Andrew Hansen BJJ or competing outside of the gym puts oneself at a greater risk of transferring or catching sickness such as but not limited to 

1. Covid-19

2. Influenza (Flu) 

3. Staphylococcus aureus infection (staph infection)

4. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus  (MRSA)

5. Tinea (ringworm) 

2. I understand that it is my responsibility to properly clean my personal training equipment along with practicing good personal hygiene to prevent the spread of such possible illnesses.