• Don’t train if you are ill or feel unwell

• Keep fingernails and toenails short

• Training judogi should be clean and tidy

• Keep long hair tied back

• Apart from a water bottle, no food or drink on the mat

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• Zori (japanese sandles), flip-flops or other slip-on footware should be worn between changing areas and the mat

• Don’t be late. If you are late, stand off the mat and wait for permission from the instructor to join the class

• Remove jewellery before training

• If you get injured during the practice, stop straight away and let the instructor know

• Protect your training partner from injury

• The class then begins with a warm-up and stretching

• If you need to leave the mat during practice, ask permission from the instructor and standing bow when leaving and returning

• Bow standing facing the centre of the dojo when you enter the dojo

• When you get on the mat, remove zori and kneeling bow towards the picture of O'Sensei

• When our instructor arrives, the class line up kneeling, facing the picture of O'Sensei in order of grade, with the highest grade on the right

• Our instructor joins the class and we all kneeling bow to O'Sensei

• Our instructor bows to the class, and we return the bow saying “Onegaishimasu”

• During the class, standing bow to your partner before and after practicing

• At the end of the class we line up in the same way, our instructor bows to O'Sensei, then to the class and we thank everyone with “Domo arigato gozaimashita” before the instructor leaves the mat

• There is a final bow led by the most senior student, then the class has then finished