Checks, routines and class size

We ask your written permission before we share any photo of your child, on this site, in newsletters or on social media, and you can change your answer at any time. We never put a child's name with a photo, and the photos on this site are examples until we replace them with our own.

Parents, partners and friends are welcome on the bench by the viewing window in any class. Please keep your voice low while the line bows in and out. A belt test happens at the end of a regular class: stay and watch if you like, and keep your phone on silent.

A plain t-shirt and loose pants for a first class, with bare feet on the mat, hair tied back, short nails and no jewelry. A white uniform is fitted after the first class, and the front desk explains where it comes from and how to wash it.

Stay home with a fever, a stomach bug or anything that spreads, and come back once you feel well. If someone is hurt in class, we stop and call a parent or the emergency contact right away. Tell the instructor in person if something is sore, and keep health details out of the contact form.

Children are dropped off and collected at the dojo door. A child waits inside until a parent or an adult named at joining comes in, and we ask for ID from anyone we don't know. A teen may leave alone with a parent's written note.

We close on federal holidays and for the week between sessions. When the county schools close for weather, we close too, and we text families the afternoon before and post a note on the front door.

Tell us in writing when you plan to leave. We ask for thirty days' notice, and the month in progress is the last one billed. If you are moving with a posting, tell us early and we will go over the dates with you.

Phones stay on silent and in a bag during class. Filming in class happens only with the instructor's say-so, and never of other families' children.