M.A.X. MMA RULES:
1. Always show respect to your instructors, training partners, and fellow human beings. Respect in training means: do not seek to harm fellow students physically (e.g., by cranking a submission harder than necessary to make them tap) or emotionally (i.e., by calling them names or making jokes about hurting them). Respect also means that you must train seriously and hard enough for you and your partner to improve his or her skills, conditioning, and fighting spirit. Not giving your best during training detracts from both you and your partner’s experience.
2. Maintain good hygiene (i.e., shower, use deoderant and so on). Since everything we do in class requires extremely close contact.
3. Keep finger and toe nails short and clean to prevent injury to yourself and others.
4. Bring a clean, rash guard and towel. Also, always keep a rash guard or T-shirt in your gym bag just in case.
5. Keep shoes off the mat, so that we can keep the mats clean and sanitary.
6. Do not walk outside with bare feet. If you have to go outside, wear sandals or shoes. Items (5) and (6) are especially important to prevent the spread of skin conditions such as ringworm.
7. Do not shout loudly or use profanity in the dojo. This should go without saying.
8. Do not talk while the instructor is talking. It distracts those who are trying to learn and is disrespectful to the teacher, as well as other students.
9. Stand, sit with your legs crossed, or kneel during class. No lounging.
11. Do not leave the mat during class without the instructor’s permission.
12. Keep cell phones off during class. Again, they distract those who are trying to learn.
13. If the instructor has not changed the task, then continue doing the task he or she has given (i.e., don’t sit around talking because you feel you have done a technique enough times). You can NEVER do a technique too many times.
14. It is disrespectful to ask an instructor or a higher rank to train with you, so wait until they ask you to roll.
15. Always bow or shake hands before live training or sparing.
16. Much of what we practice routinely with each other will seriously injure the uninitiated. It should not be practiced on others outside the dojo.
17. You must register for any seminars before hand, we will not allow anyone in who is not registered.