JIU JITSU PRIVATE LESSON WAIVER AND ASSUMPTION OF RISK

SECTION 01

Nature of participation

Jiu Jitsu is a combat and grappling activity involving close physical contact. Instruction may include warmups, mobility work, takedowns, throws, falls, pins, escapes, sweeps, joint controls and locks, choke or strangulation techniques, positional sparring, live resistance, conditioning, and use of mats or training equipment.

The Participant may decline or stop an activity and must immediately follow a coach’s instruction to stop.

SECTION 02

Acknowledgment of inherent risks

The Signer understands that participation can cause injury even when reasonable instruction and safety practices are used. Risks include, without limitation:

• slips, trips, falls, collisions, awkward landings, and contact with people, mats, walls, or equipment;
• bruises, abrasions, mat burns, sprains, strains, dislocations, fractures, dental or eye injury, and concussion or other head injury;
• injuries involving the neck, spine, joints, muscles, ligaments, nerves, or internal organs;
• temporary loss of consciousness or injury associated with choke or strangulation techniques;
• fatigue, overheating, dehydration, aggravation of a known or unknown condition, communicable illness, and allergic reaction; and
• in rare cases, permanent impairment, paralysis, or death.

The exact occurrence and severity of an injury cannot be predicted or eliminated.

SECTION 03

Voluntary assumption of risk

The Participant chooses to participate voluntarily. The Signer knowingly accepts the inherent and reasonably foreseeable risks of the approved activities, including risks arising from the Participant’s actions, another participant’s actions, ordinary mistakes, and the physical nature of instruction.

This assumption does not waive a right that applicable law does not permit the Signer to waive.

SECTION 04

Safety, Injuries, Limitations, and Disclosure

The Signer represents that the information supplied about the Participant’s health, injuries, restrictions, limitations, or safety concerns relevant to emergency response, and readiness is accurate to the Signer’s knowledge. The Signer will promptly report a material change before further participation.

Furious Stylez does not diagnose medical conditions or determine medical fitness. When the Participant or a qualified healthcare professional has identified a restriction, the Participant must follow it. The Participant must not participate while impaired, contagious, unable to follow safety directions, or experiencing symptoms that make participation unsafe.

SECTION 05

Safety duties

The Participant agrees to:

• follow reasonable coach and facility instructions;
• use required protective equipment when directed;
• promptly communicate pain, dizziness, breathing difficulty, injury, unsafe conditions, or inability to continue;
• release a technique immediately when instructed or when a partner submits;
• avoid reckless, retaliatory, malicious, or intentionally dangerous conduct; and
• stop participation when instructed.

Furious Stylez may modify, pause, or end participation when safety, conduct, readiness, or service fit requires it.

SECTION 06

Emergency response

If the Participant appears to need urgent assistance and the Signer cannot be reached promptly, the Signer authorizes Furious Stylez to contact emergency services and provide reasonably available emergency and guardian information. This authorization does not require Furious Stylez to provide medical treatment, guarantee a particular response, or assume responsibility for third-party medical decisions or charges.

The Signer remains responsible for the Participant’s medical, ambulance, hospital, and related expenses except to the extent applicable law places responsibility elsewhere.

SECTION 07

Release of claims

To the fullest extent permitted by Texas law, the adult Participant releases Furious Stylez from claims for personal injury or property damage arising from the inherent risks of the approved Jiu Jitsu activities or from Furious Stylez’s ordinary negligence in connection with those activities.

When the Participant is under 18, the parent or legal guardian releases the guardian’s own claims and, only to the extent Texas law permits a guardian to do so, claims the guardian is legally authorized to release for the minor.

This release does not apply to gross negligence, reckless or intentional misconduct, a claim that applicable law prohibits from being released, or a nonwaivable statutory right.

SECTION 08

No insurance or medical-expense promise

This Waiver does not represent that Furious Stylez carries medical insurance for the Participant and does not promise to pay a Participant’s medical expenses merely because an injury occurred during participation.

SECTION 09

Reporting injuries and safety concerns

An injury, unsafe condition, or misconduct concern should be reported promptly to the coach, to info@furiousstylez.net, or through the Furious Stylez Contact page. If someone is in immediate danger, call 911.

Furious Stylez may preserve necessary incident, witness, communication, and response records under its Privacy Policy and retention rules.

SECTION 10

Minor participants

For a Participant under 18, this Waiver must be accepted by the Participant’s parent or legal guardian together with the Minor consent form (Google Forms). The minor’s acknowledgment or assent does not replace the adult’s authorization.

Parent or guardian presence is preferred where appropriate. No separate media permission is created by this Waiver.

SECTION 11

Electronic acceptance and record

The Signer agrees to electronic acceptance and confirms the ability to access and retain this Waiver. The record may include the Signer and Participant identities, relationship, accepted version, timestamps, service, and related readiness or emergency record. A later prospective version does not silently replace the version accepted for an earlier participation period.

SECTION 12

Governing law, venue, and severability

Texas law governs to the extent it may lawfully do so. When a county-based venue provision is required and may lawfully apply, venue is Johnson County, Texas. If any provision cannot be enforced as written, it will be limited or separated only as necessary, and the remainder continues.

SECTION 13

Contact

Questions may be sent to info@furiousstylez.net. Written legal notices may be sent to:

Furious Stylez LLC
5900 Balcones Dr Ste 100
Austin, TX 78731-4298

SECTION 14

Signer acknowledgment

The Signer confirms that the Signer:

• has read and understands this Waiver;
• had the opportunity to ask questions before acceptance;
• understands the described activities and risks, including the possibility of serious injury or death;
• voluntarily accepts the stated risks and release within the limits described above;
• supplied accurate information to the best of the Signer’s knowledge; and
• is the adult Participant or the parent or legal guardian authorized to act for the identified minor Participant.