NOTICE OF THE RISKS IN TRAINING VING TSUN KUNG FU / VOLUNTARY ASSUMPTION OF

THOSE RISKS BY A PARTICIPANT AT BROOKLYN KUNG FU

INTRODUCTION

Ving Tsun Kung Fu is a martial art and contact sport. Martial art training involves physical blows,

strikes, kicks, and other bodily contacts and, as a result, can be a hazardous activity from which an injury is a possibility. In order to appreciate the risk of potential injury, please read this document carefully. Please take as much time as you require to read and consider the contents. Brooklyn Kung Fu has never had a student seriously injured and does not anticipate such an injury will occur. There are, however, inherent risks associated with martial arts training that the school wants you to recognize and appreciate. After you finish reading the document, please sign it to acknowledge that you recognize the risk of training Ving Tsun Kung Fu and that you agree to participate in the training in the face of such risks.

PHYSICAL CONTACT

Although physical strikes and other bodily contacts present certain dangers which may result in injury, Ving Tsun Kung Fu employs such strikes and bodily contacts as part of its training regime in order to teach and train a student in the martial arts. Accordingly, the strikes and other bodily contacts, while powerful, are not a deliberate attempt to injure a student.

RISK OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASE

The risk of illness from communicable diseases such as COVID-19, MRSA, influenza, etc. from the activities involved are significant, including the potential for permanent paralysis and death, and while particular rules, equipment, and personal discipline and social distancing may reduce these risks, the risk of illness does exist.

TRAINING FACILITY

Students may avail themselves to training at one or more of the Moy Tung Ving Tsun Kung Fu

schools located throughout the United States; the notification provided in this document applies

equally to those facilities.

Any floors that we use will not be covered with mats or padding of any kind at any time during a

student’s training; additionally, students will generally wear no padding, gear, guards, or protection of any kind at any time during their training.

Part of the traditional Ving Tsun Kung Fu training and the instruction in the school includes physical strikes and other bodily contact (described in “Physical Contact”), which may result in a physical injury; or, which may result in a student falling into, landing on, or being pushed into the floor, walls, other students, and/or other objects or surfaces in the school which may result in physical injury including, although highly unlikely, death.

TRAINING

Traditionally, a Ving Tsun Kung Fu student will train in the context of a series of exercises

(two-person drills) with their Sitaigung (great grand teacher), Sigung (grand teacher), Sifu

(teacher), Senior Sihings (senior instructors), Sihings (older students), and Sidai (younger

students), as well as visiting students from other Ving Tsun Kung Fu schools. The two-person drills are physical workouts conducted at close range. Each two-person drill involves physical contact.

During any given class, students of all skill levels will train with each other. Although a student’s

training is generally overseen by the Sifu, the Sifu will not monitor each individual

student’s training at all times during any class.

CONCLUSION

This document is an attempt by Brooklyn Kung Fu to present to a potential

student (1) the existence of potential dangers and risks of training Ving Tsun Kung Fu, and (2) the possibility of an injury resulting from such dangers. By participating in Ving Tsun Kung Fu training,you deliberately expose yourself to the potential dangers arising from training a martial art and contact sport; moreover, you realize and appreciate the possibility of injury as a result of such danger.

I HAVE READ AND HAVE UNDERSTOOD THIS DOCUMENT IN ITS ENTIRETY, AND BY SIGNING BELOW I CONSENT TO THE CONTENTS THEREOF:

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