Terms of Service

Conditions of Entry - Black Belt Martial Arts Hornsby

The following conditions apply to anyone attending Black Belt Martial Arts Hornsby.:

  1. Bookings are essential. Visitors and prospective students - please contact us to book an appointment - so we have a staff member available to speak with you, and can welcome you properly into our school;

  2. Please don’t attend our school if you are feeling (at all) unwell;

  3. If we suspect you are under the influence of drugs or alcohol you will be refused service and asked to leave our premises.

  4. Please stay home if you are exhibiting cough/cold/flu symptoms, even if you feel well, and even if you recently tested negative to COVID-19 or RSV. For clarity, if your child is sneezing, coughing or has a runny nose, we respectfully ask you to keep them home until symptom free (ask about our online training options!);

  5. Please stay home if you have an open, untreated or bleeding cut, sore or graze;

  6. Practice good hand hygiene. Clean your hands before entering our school, after sneezing, touching your face or using the bathroom. Hand sanitizer is provided at the school entrance, and throughout the school, for this purpose;

  7. If you are immunocompromised (or otherwise vulnerable to illness) and over 12 years of age, we recommend you wear a fitted face covering (mask).

  8. Do not get changed at the school - please arrive wearing your full training uniform.

  9. Please leave the school as quickly as possible once class has finished. This allows us time to re-sanitize the premises (and clean ourselves) before welcoming in the next class.

  10. Parents are required to supervise their children at all times - in all areas of the school, including bathrooms, carpark and stairwells. For their own safety, and to ensure a respectful and peaceful enviroment is maintained for everyone, please do not allow your child to run around or play on the training mats.

  11. Please don’t walk on our training mats while wearing shoes. We keep them scrupulously clean for our students.

  12. A Dojo (our school) is a Food Free Zone - please do not bring food into the school. And where possible, avoid bringing in ANY drink other than water. Every student should arrive to class carrying their own water bottle.

  13. A Dojo (our school) is a Quiet Zone - please use headphones with any phone/tablet/game. If we can hear your device (game/music etc) it is not allowed within the school. Adults - please take phone calls in the reception area, or walk outside of the school, so that the class in progress is not disturbed.

Membership with Karate Australia:

BBMA are a proud member organisation of Karate Australia.

Karate Australia is the national governing body of karate in Australia - recognised and endorsed by the federal government, the Australian Olympic Committee and the Australian Sports Commission.

Karate Australia is a member of the World Karate Federation (WKF). The WKF is recognised by the International Olympic Committee as representing the sport of Karate. 

To attend classes at Black Belt Martial Arts, every student must:

  1. Hold a current student membership with BBMA, AND…

  2. Be a current paid up member of Karate Australia

Every BBMA Student is required to sign up individually as an individual AKF member using this link (URL https://www.revolutionise.com.au/nswbbma) prior to attending their first class.

BBMA Hornsby Students - Register with Karate Australia HERE

Annual membership with the AKF currently costs around $35 per year, and includes personal accident insurance while training in a class at BBMA Hornsby Dojo.

Ezidebit:

BBMA Students make deferred (fortnightly) payments via our payment provider - Ezidebit. Students sign a Direct Debit Agreement with Ezidebit, and additional Fees apply.

Additional fees include

  • An one off Ezidebit set up (admin) fee of $1.20

  • Ongoing Ezidebit transaction fees - currently $0.70 cents for direct debit from a bank account, and 1.65% on direct debit from a credit or debit card

  • An Ezidebit failed payment fee of $8.50 per dishonoured payment.

    Want to avoid failed payment fees? By exception, we can work with you to make alternate payment arrangements - IF you contact us at least 2 full (working) days prior to your payment due date.

    Note: We cannot ‘waive’ or refund Ezidebit dishonour (failed payment) fees. These are charged directly by Ezidebit, and all fees are paid directy to Ezidebit.

Unfortunately we are not able to support regular over-the-counter or manual/individual payment arrangements, or regular late/missed payments. And we do not accept any cash at our premises.

Cash

We do not accept any payments in cash.

American Express

We do not accept payment by American Express.

Discounted Goods and Services:

Discounts & special enrolment offers are not ‘stackable’ and may not be combined with other offers, vouchers or discounts. For example, a special enrolment discount cannot be combined with a separate/different ‘free’ class or ‘free’ uniform offer.

Active Kids Vouchers:

Active Kids Vouchers are accepted at the discretion of Black Belt Martial Arts Hornsby.

We operate in accordance with the Program rules, which do vary from time to time.
Vouchers may not be used to ‘pay’ for merchandise/apparel, or for any goods or services offered via our online store. The voucher value cannot be reimbursed as cash, nor can it be transferred to another child. The voucher cannot be refunded back to you - including in the event that a student does not attend classes during the period (or you cancel your membership during the period) covered by the Active Kids rebate.

BBMA Hornsby is not authorised to accept ‘Creative’ Kids’ Vouchers.

Stock from other BBMA Schools:

Goods supplied by another BBMA school are on-sold by BBMA Hornsby at full retail price only. BBMA Hornsby always aims to offer competitive and reasonable prices. However we cannot honour (or ‘price match’) discounts/offers provided by any other BBMA-branded organisation.

In a world where you can be anything - be kind :)

We value kindness above all else. If you behave badly you will be refused service.
If you communicate unkindly or cause offense (including through sarcasm, aggression, intimidation, racism, sexism, discrimination, harassment, bulling or just plain simple rudeness) you will be asked to leave our premises.

We know times are tough. Please - be nice - to our staff and to each other.

Safety is our priority:

If you refuse to comply with our Child-Safe measures, Code of Conduct or Health & Safety policies, or are rude to our staff, you will be denied service and entry at our school.

A copy of all relevant policies are sent to new students on sign up, and are available on request.