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MAT MONSTER GRAPPLING LLC
PARTICIPANT AGREEMENT, ASSUMPTION OF RISK, AND LIABILITY WAIVER

PARTICIPANT INFORMATION
Participant: {name}
Date of birth: {dob}
Address: {address}
Phone: {phone}
Emergency contact: {contact_name}
Emergency contact phone: {contact_phone}
Emergency contact relationship: {contact_relation}

This Agreement applies to the identified Participant. An adult Participant signs for himself or herself. For a Participant under 18, only the minor's natural guardian may sign on the minor's behalf. The adult and minor release provisions below have different scopes.

1. COVERED ACTIVITIES AND ELIGIBILITY
"Covered Activities" means Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ), no-gi grappling, Judo, wrestling, mixed martial arts (MMA), Muay Thai, boxing, kickboxing, karate, striking, clinching, drilling, pad work, sparring, open mats, competition training, seminars, demonstrations, martial-arts conditioning, bodyweight warmups, movement drills, and related martial-arts training offered, supervised, or approved by Mat Monster Grappling LLC ("Mat Monster"). Covered Activities may occur at the facility at 43 West Macclenny Avenue, Macclenny, Florida 32063 or at an approved off-site location.

The natural guardian consents to the minor Participant’s participation in Covered Activities for which the minor is eligible under Mat Monster Grappling LLC’s rules and coach approval. This Agreement does not authorize a minor to attend adult classes, adult open mats, or adult sparring. Any such participation requires separate written natural-guardian authorization on Mat Monster's paper agreement and coach approval before participation.

2. HIGH-RISK ACTIVITY; ASSUMPTION OF RISK
The Participant and, for a minor, the signing natural guardian understand that martial arts involve forceful contact, throws, takedowns, joint locks, chokes, strikes, falls, and close physical contact. Risks include bruises, cuts, sprains, fractures, dislocations, concussions and other brain injury, neck or spinal injury, paralysis, permanent disability, illness, and death. Risks may arise from the Participant's actions, other participants, coaches, mats, protective equipment, surfaces, common areas, or changing conditions. Protective equipment, instruction, rules, and supervision cannot eliminate all risks. The Participant may stop an activity and notify a coach at any time. The Participant voluntarily assumes the inherent risks of eligible Covered Activities. For adults, the separate adult release below also addresses ordinary negligence. For minors, the minor release is limited to the inherent risks allowed by Florida Statutes §744.301(3).

Acknowledgment of high-risk activity and assumption of risk:

3. ADULT PARTICIPANT'S RELEASE OF ORDINARY-NEGLIGENCE CLAIMS
THIS SECTION APPLIES ONLY IF THE PARTICIPANT IS 18 OR OLDER. In consideration of being permitted to participate in Covered Activities, the adult Participant releases Mat Monster Grappling LLC; Charles Smith; James Collins; and, as applicable, Mat Monster’s owners, managers, employees, coaches, instructors, contracted instructors, contractors, agents, volunteers, affiliates, premises owners, landlords, and property managers (the "Adult Released Parties") from the adult Participant's claims for personal injury, death, or property damage arising out of Covered Activities or presence at the facility or an approved off-site location, INCLUDING CLAIMS CAUSED IN WHOLE OR IN PART BY THE ORDINARY NEGLIGENCE OF AN ADULT RELEASED PARTY.

This adult release expressly includes ordinary-negligence claims involving premises liability and facility or common-area conditions; instruction; supervision; partner matching; selection, training, or supervision of coaches, contracted instructors, or contractors; mats, protective equipment, or other martial-arts equipment; inspection, cleaning, repair, or maintenance; and failure to warn. It extends to the adult Participant's heirs, estate, and representatives to the extent Florida law permits. It does not purport to release conduct that cannot lawfully be released under Florida law. It applies only to adult claims and does not expand the minor release.

4. FLORIDA NOTICE TO A MINOR CHILD'S NATURAL GUARDIAN

NOTICE TO THE MINOR CHILD’S NATURAL GUARDIAN

READ THIS FORM COMPLETELY AND CAREFULLY. YOU ARE AGREEING TO LET YOUR MINOR CHILD ENGAGE IN A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS ACTIVITY. YOU ARE AGREEING THAT, EVEN IF MAT MONSTER GRAPPLING LLC AND ITS OWNERS, AFFILIATES, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS USES REASONABLE CARE IN PROVIDING THIS ACTIVITY, THERE IS A CHANCE YOUR CHILD MAY BE SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED BY PARTICIPATING IN THIS ACTIVITY BECAUSE THERE ARE CERTAIN DANGERS INHERENT IN THE ACTIVITY WHICH CANNOT BE AVOIDED OR ELIMINATED. 

BY SIGNING THIS FORM YOU ARE GIVING UP YOUR CHILD’S RIGHT AND YOUR RIGHT TO RECOVER FROM MAT MONSTER GRAPPLING LLC AND ITS OWNERS, AFFILIATES, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS IN A LAWSUIT FOR ANY PERSONAL INJURY, INCLUDING DEATH, TO YOUR CHILD OR ANY PROPERTY DAMAGE THAT RESULTS FROM THE RISKS THAT ARE A NATURAL PART OF THE ACTIVITY. 

YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REFUSE TO SIGN THIS FORM, AND MAT MONSTER GRAPPLING LLC AND ITS OWNERS, AFFILIATES, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS HAS THE RIGHT TO REFUSE TO LET YOUR CHILD PARTICIPATE IF YOU DO NOT SIGN THIS FORM.

5. MINOR PARTICIPANT'S LIMITED INHERENT-RISK RELEASE
THIS SECTION APPLIES ONLY IF THE PARTICIPANT IS UNDER 18 AND THE SIGNER IS THE MINOR'S NATURAL GUARDIAN. Pursuant to Florida Statutes §744.301(3), the natural guardian, on behalf of the minor child, waives and releases in advance only claims or causes of action that would accrue to the minor for personal injury, including death, or property damage resulting from an inherent risk of an eligible Covered Activity. This limited release protects only Mat Monster Grappling LLC and its owners, affiliates, employees, and agents (the "Minor Protected Parties"). Charles Smith or James Collins is protected under this minor release only to the extent that the person is within one of those statutory categories. No other person is a Minor Protected Party merely because that person is listed in the adult release.

An inherent risk is a danger or condition, known or unknown, characteristic of, intrinsic to, or integral to the activity and not eliminated even when the provider acts with due care in a reasonably prudent manner. It includes failure to warn of an inherent risk and the risk that the minor or another participant may act negligently or intentionally and contribute to the minor's injury or death. For this purpose, another participant does not include Mat Monster or its owners, affiliates, employees, or agents. This section does not release claims arising from risks that are not inherent, does not release ordinary negligence beyond the statutory inherent-risk scope, and does not extend the release to parties outside §744.301(3).

6. HEALTH, ILLNESS, AND EMERGENCY CARE
The Participant, or the natural guardian for a minor, will disclose to a coach any condition that may affect safe participation, follow medical advice and applicable return-to-training rules, and refrain from participation while ill or contagious. Close-contact training can transmit communicable illnesses, including skin infections and respiratory illnesses; cleaning and hygiene reduce but do not eliminate this risk. The Participant must promptly report a suspected concussion, injury, skin condition, or illness that may endanger others.

If an emergency occurs and the signer cannot be reached promptly, the signer authorizes Mat Monster to seek emergency medical evaluation, transport, and treatment for the Participant. The signer understands that Mat Monster does not provide medical insurance and that the signer or Participant remains responsible for medical charges to the extent required by law. This authorization does not impose a duty on Mat Monster to provide medical care.

7. FACILITY, PROPERTY, CAMERAS, AND CONDUCT
The Participant may encounter risks in entryways, parking areas, restrooms, changing areas, walkways, and other facility or common areas. The Participant will follow posted rules and coach instructions, use mats and protective equipment as directed, practice appropriate hygiene, and avoid unsafe or disruptive conduct. Mat Monster may restrict or remove a person from any activity or facility for safety, rule violations, or misconduct. Permission to participate in one activity does not guarantee admission to another.

The Participant is responsible for securing personal property. Mat Monster is not a custodian of unattended property and may handle lost property under its posted policy. Security cameras may record in public and training areas for safety, security, incident review, and promotional purposes. Cameras are not a substitute for supervision and may not monitor every location or event.

8. LIMITED INDEMNIFICATION
An adult Participant agrees to indemnify the Adult Released Parties only for third-party claims, losses, and reasonable defense costs to the extent directly caused by that adult Participant's own intentional or reckless conduct. A natural guardian signing for a minor agrees to indemnify Mat Monster only for third-party claims, losses, and reasonable defense costs to the extent directly caused by the guardian's own intentional or reckless conduct. Neither promise covers a protected party's own conduct, imposes liability for a minor's conduct, or enlarges the minor release in Section 5.

9. REQUIRED PROMOTIONAL PHOTO AND VIDEO CONSENT
As a condition of participation, by signing this Agreement, I expressly authorize Mat Monster Grappling LLC to photograph or video-record the Participant, including footage from facility security cameras in public and training areas, and to use the Participant's identifiable image or likeness in advertisements, on its website, on social media, and in other promotional materials without compensation. If the Participant is under 18, I give this consent as the Participant's natural guardian. This consent covers only the Participant and not any other person shown in a recording.

10. INTERPRETATION, TERM, AND ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE
This Agreement applies to eligible Covered Activities on and after the signature date until replaced or withdrawn in writing for future participation. A Participant who turns 18 must sign a new adult agreement before further participation. Withdrawal does not affect events before receipt; Mat Monster may require a current agreement for future entry. Any membership terms are set out in a separate agreement.

Florida law governs this Agreement. If a provision is unenforceable, it will be limited or severed to the minimum extent necessary, and the remaining provisions will continue, subject to the strict limits of the minor release. The adult and minor releases are separate. Nothing here waives a claim that Florida law forbids waiving. Electronic completion and signature, including Gymdesk records, have the same intended effect as a handwritten signature. The signer acknowledges reading and understanding this Agreement and having an opportunity to ask questions.

SIGNATURE
Signer capacity or relationship (required):
Adults enter "Self"; for a minor, the signer enters the natural-guardian relationship.
Signer name:
Signature date: {sign_date}