In all physical or online classes, demonstrations, and excursions conducted by Ben Sanford, Christopher Harley, Tribal Edge, Hero Lab, and Trillium Solutions llc, reasonable care is taken to prevent serious injuries and to minimize accidents. The student states that he/she is fully aware that fitness, martial arts, survival, tracking, awareness, healing, caretaking, and wilderness training, even under the safest conditions possible, may be dangerous, and the student hereby agrees to accept full responsibility and assume all physical and psychological risks, including those caused by acts of God, injury, death, and/or loss to his/her person and/or property knowingly and voluntarily. The student agrees to obey the rules and regulations that Tribal Edge puts into effect to minimize these risks. The student knowingly, voluntarily, and irrevocably waives any and all past, present, and/or future injuries, death, or loss, including those caused by God, received while participating in activities conducted by Tribal Edge as a student, participant, spectator, and/or visitor, or in any other manner or form, taking part in the physical or online exercised, practices, excursions, and/or demonstrations of said fitness, martial arts, survival, tracking, awareness, healing. caretaking, and wilderness training despite the rigors and dangers inherent in such an undertaking. The student accepts all responsibility for any injury, death, and/or loss to his/her person or property, including by acts of God, for the rigors and physical or psychological dangers inherent in this undertaking. The student releases to Tribal Edge rights to use any photograph or video taken while participating in said fitness, martial arts, survival, tracking, awareness, caretaking, and wilderness training, to be used as deemed by Tribal Edge including advertising. I, the undersigned, hereby acknowledge that I have been advised and fully understand that certain elements of danger are inherent in the activities sponsored by Tribal Edge which are beyond the control of the instructors, agents, officers, students, and employees of Tribal Edge, and that participation in any program activities may entail unavoidable risk of personal injury, death, and loss of or damage to property. These risks include, but are not limited to martial arts training injuries such as but not limited to cuts, strains, sprains, damaged joints, broken bones, falls, concussions, foot injuries, or impact from blunt or sharp objects and/or weapons; survival training injuries such as but not limited to accidents with tools and/or weapons, insect and animal bites and stings, poisonous plants, burns, drowning, forces of nature such as but not limited to lightning, and unexpected extreme weather conditions, and any hazard present in the wilderness, such as but not limited to extreme cold, low lying branches, falling objects, sharp objects, and slippery surfaces. I hereby assume all risks of injury and death to myself and loss of damage to property arising out of my participation in such activity and I agree to indemnify and hold harmless Ben Sanford, Tribal Edge, Trillium Solutions, its officers, instructors, agents, and employees from and against all claims arising from any occurrence causing damage or injury to myself or to any party participating in said event or any third parties injured as a result of my actions. I further agree to repair or reimburse Tribal Edge for any and all damages that I cause to Tribal Edge property or the property at which a specific activity is held. Provided parents or emergency contacts cannot be reached within time, I hereby voluntarily consent to the rendering of such care, including diagnostic procedures, and surgical and medical treatment, by authorizing members of the medical staff or their designees, as may in their professional judgment be necessary. I hereby acknowledge that no guarantees have been made to me as to the effect of such examinations of treatment on the participant’s condition. I acknowledge that I am responsible for all reasonable charges in connect with care and treatment rendered during this period.
I have read and understand the terms and conditions of this release, and I agree to subscribe to them.
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You must sign a physical copy of this waiver to participate in a physical event.
You are always fully responsible, both legally and ethically, for your actions.
Whatever you do, whatever you did or have done- you own that. Any misuse or abuse of the protector skills you acquire is unacceptable.
A protector is a role and duty in the service of others to promote life, alleviate suffering, and prevent death.
Protection requires the practice of constant proper attention that nothing gets damaged or destroyed and that no person is hurt, injured, or becomes dead.
Common sense is always expected, and it is required that you should be physically, mentally, and emotionally fit to practice protection.
You are clearly expected to follow all safety precautions presented within this training.
Ignorance of having not seen or heard safety precautions provided for training is no excuse and cannot be claimed for any irresponsible actions or negligence.
You are expected to respect all life including yourself, others, instructors, and the rest of nature.
You are expected to take full responsibility for your safety, and well-being, as well as your quality of engagement, participation, and outcomes.
You are expected to empty your cup. You have permission to know, to not know, and to make mistakes. If you are not making mistakes, then you are probably playing it too safe or not being honest with yourself. An open mind and coachable attitude create the necessary space for you to receive the feedback required to learn.
You can expect to be comfortable: This is training, and safety is critical. Protect yourself and others and work around your limitations. To be useful in real life, you cannot give 100% in training (that is death). Because “you fight like you train”, you will practice being and feeling safe, relaxed, and at home under stress. We do not foster an environment of fear, but rather awareness, respect, and confidence. This does not mean that there will be no stress and that you will not be tested.
You can expect to be uncomfortable: when we are training, we do give 100% of our focus, presence, and commitment to the task at hand. It is very important to master your state and your response to stress. You will face fear. You will be tested. Training is a vulnerable experience because it reveals where you are deficient so that you can be healed, learn and grow.
You can expect to keep going: training is an infinite game and the only way to win is to consistently choose to accept who and where you are while making efforts to improve. Only you can do the work required for your growth. Any difficulty in training that keeps you from training is your training. There is no that without this, and there is no there without here.