WAIVER AND RELEASE OF LIABILITY AND AGREEMENT TO PARTICIPATE In consideration of being permitted to participate in any way, including travel to and from, in any tournament, practice, clinic and related events and activities of the United States , I hereby: 1. Acknowledge that I am familiar with the sport of participation and understand the rules governing the sport and the importance of following these rules. 2. Agree that prior to participating, I will inspect the mats, equipment, facilities, competition pools or division, the elimination or scoring system to be used, along with the rules governing the activity I am participating in, and if I believe anything is unsafe or beyond my capability, I will immediately advice my coach or supervision of such condition(s) and reduce to participate. 3. Acknowledge and fully understand that I will be engaging in a contact sport that might result in serious injury, including permanent disability, traumatic brain injury or death, and severe social and economic losses due to not only my own actions, inaction or negligence, but also to the action, inaction or negligence of others, the rules of the sport of Judo, or conditions of the premises or of any equipment used. Further, I acknowledge that there may be other risks not known to me or not reasonably foreseeable at this time. 4. Knowing the rules involved in the sport, I assume that risk and accept personal responsibility for the damages following such injury, permanent disability, traumatic brain injury or death. 5. Release, waive and discharge and covenant not to sue the organizer, North Jersey MMA Academy LLC, and/or Original Grapplers Submissions Only, their affiliated clubs, their respective administrators, directors, agents, coaches, and other employees or volunteers of the organization, event officials, medical personnel, other participants, their parents, guardian(s0, supervisors and coaches, sponsoring agencies, sponsors, advertisers and , if applicable, owners, lessors, and lessees of premises used to conduct the event, all of whom are hereinafter referred to as “releasees”, from any and all claims, demands, losses, or damages on account of injury, including permanent disability, traumatic brain injury and death or damage of property, caused or alleged to be caused in whole or in part by the negligence of the releasees or otherwise to the fullest extent permitted by law. 6. Photographs and images/video may be taken at any time. Your attendance at this activity will constitute your irrevocable consent to be photographed, videotaped and recorded, your irrevocable consent to the use of your likeness by Wahadachi Judo Inc and others acting on its behalf, for the purpose of advertising and promotion in any media, throughout the world perpetuity, including but not limited to television and the world wide web, and your waiver of any compensation or permission for such use. 7. MAAPP Policy: The Center for SafeSport has developed the Minor Athlete Prevention Policies (MAAPP) which USA Judo has adapted to our own sport. The MAAPP is a collection of proactive and training policies comprised of two parts; Education & Training Policy that requires training for certain Adult Participants and the Required Prevention Policies, focused on limiting one-on-one interactions between Adult Participants and Minor Athletes to prevent abuse. The full MAAPP policy and the reporting mechanism for SafeSport infractions can be found at https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Judo/MAAPP I HAVE READ THE ABOVE WARNING, WAIVER AND RELEASE, UNDERSTAND THAT I GIVE UP SUBSTANTIAL RIGHTS BY SIGNING IT, AND KNOWING THIS, SIGN IT VOLUNTARILY. I AGREE TO PARTICIPATE KNOWING THE RISKS AND CONDITIONS INVOLVED AND DO SO ENTIRELY OF MY OWN FREE WILL. I AFFIRM THAT I AM AT LEAST 18 YEARS OF AGE, OR, IF I AM UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE, I HAVE OBTAINED THE REQUIRED CONSENT OF MY PARENT/GUARDIAN AS EVIDENCED