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AGREEMENT, ASSUMPTION OF RISKS, AND WAIVER OF LIABILITY

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I hereby certify that I have read and agreed to each of the following provisions and agree to be bound by the terms herein,

  1. 1. l. I understand that Northside Karate, and other martial arts as instructors I include in my studies at Northside Karate, are martial arts -- that is, systems of unarmed and armed fighting techniques.

  2. 2. I understand that these martial arts will require me to engage in strenuous physical exercise and activity,

    1. I. either individually or in participation in class with other students or instructors at Northside Karate, and that the martial arts techniques which I learn at Northside Karate are capable of causing minor or serious physical injury (including abrasions, bruises, bleeding, broken bones or cartilage, or other tissue or organ damage), emotional or psychological injury, death, or property damage, whenever I use them against

 

    1. II. another person or physical objects, either in class at Norths1de Karate or elsewhere.

    2. 3. I understand that my participation in class at Northside Karate will require me to engage  

    3. I. in conditioning to minor exercises, formal exercises, and other physical activities that 

      1. i. involve a risk that I will be subject or serious physical injury {including abrasions, 

      2. ii. bruises, bleeding, broken bones or cartilage, or other tissue or organ damage), emotional or 

      3. iii. psychological injury, or death as a result of these exercises and activities.

 

      1. 4. I understand that the types of injuries described in paragraphs z and l may result 

    2. I. not only from intentional action, but also from inadvertent, negligent, or reckless action, by myself or others, including the malfunction or failure of any of the equipment or facilities at Northside Karate {including pads, protectors, punching bags, and tumbling mats) and errors or mistakes in instruction or performance of fighting or defense techniques by instructors or other students at Northside Karate.

    3. 5. I understand that the risks of any and all of the types of injuries described in paragraphs 2·4 cannot be significantly reduced or eliminated without adversely affecting, and even jeopardizing, the nature and quality of the instruction and activities at Northside Karate.

    4. 6. I understand that the types of injuries described in paragraphs z and l may result 

    5. I. not only from intentional action, but also from inadvertent, negligent, or reckless action, by myself or others, including the malfunction or failure of any of the equipment or facilities at Northside Karate {including pads, protectors, punching bags, and tumbling mats) and errors or mistakes in instruction or performance of fighting or defense techniques by instructors or other students at Northside Karate.

    6. 7. I understand that the risks of any and all of the types of injuries described in paragraphs 

    7. I. 2·4 cannot be significantly reduced or eliminated without adversely affecting, and even jeopardizing, the nature and quality of the instruction and activities at Northside Ka r a t e

    8. 8. I understand that the types of injuries described in paragraphs z and l may result not only from

intentional action, but also from inadvertent, negligent, or reckless action, by myself or others, including the malfunction or failure of any of the equipment or facilities at Northside Karate {including pads, protectors, punching bags, and tumbling mats) and errors or mistakes in instruction or performance of fighting or defense techniques by instructors or other students at Northside Karate.

I understand that the risks of any and all of the types of injuries described in paragraphs 2·4 cannot be significantly reduced or eliminated without adversely affecting, and even jeopardizing, the nature and quality of the instruction and activities at Northside Karate.

    1. 9. I understand that neither Northside Karate nor any of its owners, operators, officers, employees, instructors, students, or agents authorize me to use any of the fighting or defense techniques that I learn in my studies at Northside Karate against any other person, in any circumstances other than Ca) martial arts training, matches, exhibitions, or demonstrations in which my instructors and I agree I am

sufficiently qualified and physically able to participate at Northside Karate or elsewhere, and Cb) self­

defense or defense of others in a situation that involves the risk of imminent physical injury or death.

In the light of all of the foregoing understandings, I knowingly and voluntarily agree to assume all of the risks associated with participation in classes at Northside Karate or any of its outside locations including those risks described m paragraphs 2·4, and knowingly and voluntarily hold harmless, and waive any and all rights to initiate or maintain a lawsuit or otherwise seek or obtain any finding of liability against, Northside Karate and any of their owners, operators, officers, employees, instructors, students, or agents.

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