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• Wear your gi only in the dojo, except for valid reasons. Keep it clean.

• Always bow when entering and leaving the workout area.

• Keep busy practicing on the workout floor until otherwise instructed- no conversations.

• For the safety of yourself and others on the workout floor, NO candy, NO gum, NO jewelry.

• Get permission from a black belt before leaving the floor.

• Keep your fingernails/toenails short and neat.

• Never teach someone else on or off the floor, unless instructed to do so by your sensei.

• Be mannerly in kumite, but fight hard.

• People will respect you more if you do not brag about your training.

• Be courteous of other ranks, especially those higher than you.