ELITE FIGHT & FITNESS - WAIVER OF LIABILITY, ASSUMPTION OF RISK, RELEASE AND INDEMNITY AGREEMENT

⚠️ ELITE FIGHT & FITNESS, INC. (DBA BRAVE JIU-JITSU & BRAVE BJJ) - WAIVER OF LIABILITY, ASSUMPTION OF RISK, RELEASE AND INDEMNITY AGREEMENT

THIS WAIVER OF LIABILITY, ASSUMPTION OF RISK, RELEASE, AND INDEMNITY AGREEMENT IS A BINDING LEGAL DOCUMENT. THE PURPOSE OF THIS AGREEMENT IS TO EXEMPT, WAIVE, AND RELIEVE ELITE MARTIAL ARTS & FITNESS, ELITE FIGHT & FITNESS, ELITE FIGHT & FITNESS, INC., BRAVE JIU-JITSU, BRAVE BJJ, INTERNATIONAL BRAVE JIU-JITSU FAMILY FEDERATION, IBJJFF, BRAVE SPORTS INTERNATIONAL, BSI, CAIO SILVEIRA MALTA, CHRISTINE MARIE-MAY MALTA, AND THEIR STAFF, TRAINERS, COACHES, INSTRUCTORS, AFFILIATES, BUSINESS PARTNERS, SPONSORS, AGENTS, REPRESENTATIVES, HEIRS, AND ASSIGNS (COLLECTIVELY REFERRED TO AS "ELITE") FROM LIABILITY FOR PERSONAL INJURY, PROPERTY DAMAGE, WRONGFUL DEATH OR OTHER CLAIMS, KNOWN OR UNKNOWN, THAT MAY RESULT FROM MY BEING A PARTICIPANT IN MARTIAL ARTS AND COMBAT SPORTS IN GENERAL.

⚠️ INHERENT DANGER AND RISK OF HARM - IN CONSIDERATION OF BEING PERMITTED TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY WAY IN THE MARTIAL ARTS AND COMBAT SPORTS ACTIVITIES OF ELITE, AND HAVING VOLUNTARILY CHOSEN TO PARTICIPATE, I, AS A PARTICIPANT (AND AS A PARENT(S) OR LEGAL GUARDIAN(S) OF A PARTICIPANT WHO IS A MINOR, IF APPLICABLE), AGREE AS FOLLOWS: I UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT MARTIAL ARTS AND COMBAT SPORTS (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO: BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU, MUAY-THAI, BOXING, FITNESS KICKBOXING, NO-GI JIU-JITSU, WRESTLING, BOOT CAMP, INTERVAL TRAINING, STRENGTH & CONDITIONING, WOMEN'S JIU-JITSU, MIXED MARTIAL ARTS, KETTLEBELLS, WEIGHT LIFTING) ARE HIGH-RISK ACTIVITIES. I HAVE CONSULTED WITH MY PHYSICIAN BEFORE PARTICIPATING IN THESE HIGH-RISK ACTIVITIES, AND MY PHYSICIAN HAS GIVEN ME (OR A MINOR PARTICIPANT, IF APPLICABLE) CLEARANCE AND PERMISSION TO PARTICIPATE IN HIGH-RISK ACTIVITIES OF MARTIAL ARTS AND COMBAT SPORTS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE ACTIVITIES MENTIONED ABOVE. BY VOLUNTARILY PARTICIPATING IN MARTIAL ARTS AND COMBAT SPORTS AT ELITE, I EXPRESSLY AND VOLUNTARILY ASSUME THE RISK OF DEATH OR OTHER PERSONAL INJURY SUSTAINED WHILE PARTICIPATING IN SUCH ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO EQUIPMENT FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION FROM WHATEVER CAUSE, OR ANY OTHER FAULT OF ELITE. I AGREE TO INDEMNIFY, DEFEND, AND HOLD ELITE HARMLESS FROM ANY THIRD-PARTY CLAIMS ARISING FROM SUCH HIGH-RISK ACTIVITIES OR THE USE OF ANY OF ELITE'S EQUIPMENT, FACILITIES, OR PRODUCTS. I HAVE READ AND UNDERSTOOD THE RULES AND POLICIES OF ELITE (AND HAVE EXPLAINED THEM TO MY MINOR PARTICIPANT, IF APPLICABLE) AND WILL COMPLY WITH THEM AT ALL TIMES. MANAGEMENT, IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION, MAY TERMINATE MY PARTICIPATION AT ANY TIME IF I FAIL TO ABIDE BY ANY RULE OR POLICY. I COMPREHEND THAT THERE ARE FORESEEABLE AND UNFORESEEABLE INHERENT DANGERS AND RISKS OF HARM INVOLVED IN THE MARTIAL ARTS AND COMBAT SPORTS AND ACTIVITIES AT ELITE. I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE ACTIVITIES ARE PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY INTENSE. I FULLY UNDERSTAND AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT: (A)RISKS AND DANGERS EXIST IN ANY CASE OF ELITE'S EQUIPMENT AND MY PARTICIPATION IN ELITE'S ACTIVITIES: (B) MY PARTICIPATION IN SUCH ACTIVITIES AND/OR USE OF SUCH EQUIPMENT MAY RESULT IN MY INJURY OR ILLNESS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO BODILY INJURY OR PERSONAL INJURY (WHETHER PHYSICAL. EMOTIONAL AND/OR PSYCHIATRIC OR ANY COMBINATION THEREOF), DISEASE STRAINS, FRACTURES, PARTIAL AND/OR TOTAL PARALYSIS, EYE INJURY, BLINDNESS, HEAT STROKE, HEART ATTACK, DEATH, WRONGFUL DEATH, LOSS OF CONSORTIUM, PROPERTY DAMAGE AND/OR BREACH OF CONTRACT, OR ANY OTHER DAMAGE OR AILMENTS THAT COULD CAUSE SERIOUS DISABILITY, (C) MY PARTICIPATION IN SUCH ACTIVITIES AND/OR USE OF SUCH EQUIPMENT MAY ALSO RESULT IN LOSS, DAMAGE, OR DESTRUCTION OF MY PERSONAL PROPERTY, (D) THESE RISKS AND DANGERS MAY BE CAUSED BY THE NEGLIGENCE OF THE OWNERS, EMPLOYEES, OFFICERS AND AGENTS OF ELITE, THE NEGLIGENCE OF OTHER PARTICIPANTS, THE NEGLIGENCE OF OTHERS, ACCIDENTS, BREACHES OF CONTRACT, THE FORCES OF NATURE OR OTHER CAUSES. I UNDERSTAND AND ACKNOWLEDGE THESE RISKS AND DANGERS MAY ARISE FROM FORESEEABLE AND UNFORESEEABLE CAUSES AND (E) BY MY PARTICIPATION IN THESE ACTIVITIES AND/OR USE OF EQUIPMENT, I (AND AS PARENT(S) OR LEGAL GUARDIAN(S) OF A PARTICIPATING MINOR, IF APPLICABLE) HEREBY ASSUME ALL RISKS AND DANGERS ALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY LOSSES AND/OR DAMAGES, WHETHER CAUSED IN WHOLE OR IN PART BY THE NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER CONDUCT OR THE OWNERS, AGENTS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS OF ELITE, OR BY ANY OTHER PERSON. I FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTAND THAT INCLUDED WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THIS WAIVER AND RELEASE IS ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING FROM THE PERFORMANCE, OR FAILURE TO PERFORM, OF ANY MAINTENANCE, INSPECTION, SUPERVISION, OR CONTROL OF SAID PREMISES AND FOR FAILURE TO WARN OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS EXISTING AT SAID PREMISES, FOR FAILURE TO MAINTAIN OR INSPECT EQUIPMENT SUPPLIED TO ME, FOR THE NEGLIGENT SELECTION OR RETENTION OF CERTAIN ELITE STAFF, AGENTS, REPRESENTATIVES, INSTRUCTORS, CONTRACTORS, SUPERVISORS OR MANAGERS. I (AND AS PARENTS(S) OR LEGAL GUARDIAN(S) OF A PARTICIPANT WHO IS A MINOR, IF APPLICABLE), HEREBY RELEASE, DISCHARGE, AND HOLD HARMLESS ELITE FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, LIABILITY, AND/OR CAUSE OF ACTION I MAY HAVE OR THAT MAY BE MADE ON MY BEHALF OR BY MY SPOUSE, CHILDREN, HEIRS, AND LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES, FOR BODILY INJURY OR PERSONAL INJURY (WHETHER PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND/OR PSYCHIATRIC, OR ANY COMBINATION THEREOF), DISEASE STRAINS, FRACTURES, PARTIAL AND/OR TOTAL PARALYSIS, EYE INJURY, BLINDNESS, HEAT STROKE, HEART ATTACK, DEATH, WRONGFUL DEATH, LOSS OF CONSORTIUM, PROPERTY DAMAGE AND/OR BREACH OF CONTRACT, OR ANY OTHER DAMAGE OR OTHER AILMENTS THAT COULD CAUSE SERIOUS DISABILITY, OCCASIONED BY, ARISING OUT OF, OR INCIDENTAL TO MY PARTICIPATION IN THE ACTIVITIES OF ELITE, WHETHER OR NOT RESULTING FROM OR CAUSED BY NEGLIGENCE BY, OF AND/OR ON THE PART OF ELITE. I SHALL DEFEND, INDEMNIFY, AND HOLD HARMLESS ELITE FROM ALL CLAIMS, SUITS, PROCEDURES, COSTS, EXPENSES, DAMAGES, AND LIABILITIES, INCLUDING ATTORNEY'S FEES, BROUGHT AS A RESULT OF MY PARTICIPATION (OR THAT OF A MINOR PARTICIPANT, IF APPLICABLE) AND TO REIMBURSE THEM FROM ANY SUCH EXPENSE INCURRED. I AGREE THAT THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE PLEADED AS A BAR TO ANY ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDINGS TAKEN AT ANY TIME AGAINST ANY OF ELITE BY ME (OR ON BEHALF OF A MINOR PARTICIPANT, IF APPLICABLE). I (AND AS THE PARENT(S) OR LEGAL GUARDIAN(S) OF A PARTICIPANT WHO IS A MINOR, IF APPLICABLE) FURTHER EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT THE FOREGOING WAIVER, ASSUMPTION OF RISKS, RELEASE, AND INDEMNIFY AGREEMENT IS INTENDED TO BE AS BROAD AND INCLUSIVE AS IS PERMITTED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND IF ANY PORTION IS HELD INVALID, IT IS AGREED THAT THE BALANCE SHALL, NOTWITHSTANDING, CONTINUE IN FULL LEGAL FORCE THEREOF. THIS AGREEMENT BINDS HEIRS, ADMINISTRATORS, EXECUTORS, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES, DEPENDENTS (IF ANY), AND SUCCESSORS OF THE PARTICIPANT AND ENSURES THE BENEFIT OF ELITE AND ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS; THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SHALL GOVERN THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT. THE VENUE FOR ANY DISPUTES SHALL BE LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.

⚠️ BRAVE JIU-JITSU RULES & POLICIES - I HAVE READ AND VOLUNTARILY SIGN THE RELEASE, WAIVER OF LIABILITY, ASSUMPTION OF RISK, RELEASE, AND INDEMNIFY AGREEMENT, AND FURTHER STATE AND AGREE THAT NO ORAL REPRESENTATIONS, STATEMENTS OR INDUCEMENTS APART FROM THE FOREGOING WRITTEN HAVE BEEN MADE.