Aikido training involves close contact between the students and the instructional staff. Please help to maintain everyone’s health by staying at home if you are ill. If you become infected with lice, chicken pox, Hepatitis, or any other ailment in which people at the dojo may have been at risk of exposure, please contact the dojo immediately. Please attend to your hygiene before getting on the mat. Wash your hands, and make sure your training clothes are clean.

First Aid

There is a first aid kit under the bench in the dojo. If you find that you are bleeding at any time you are in the dojo, please immediately clean and cover the wound. It is very important that you also immediately remove any bloodstains from the mats or floors; there is a spray bottle with hydrogen peroxide solution also under the bench

If you are injured while training, please inform the instructor immediately. It is not necessary to inform the instructor if you receive a minor injury such as a scratch.

If you have a condition that may need attention
such as diabetes, epilepsy or uncontrolled
asthma it is your responsibility to make the
instructing staff aware of it. It is up to you to
ensure that what you need is available to you
when you need it. This also pertains to all students keeping emergency contact numbers on up-to-date.

Safety

For the purposes of the safety of the Blue Heron community we ask that all dojo members abide by the etiquette and philosophy of the dojo. Although this rarely occurs, we reserve the right to require you to discontinue your training if you behave abusively toward yourself or others. Our priority is the safety of all students.