1. Policy Statement
Cobra Jujitsu is a bullying-free club. Everyone has the right to train free from fear, intimidation or
humiliation, and we take bullying - in the dojo, at club events, or online between members - equally
seriously in all of those settings.
2. What Bullying Looks Like
Bullying is behaviour, repeated over time, that is intended to hurt someone physically or emotionally. It can include:
- Physical: hitting, pushing, or targeting someone unfairly hard during drills or sparring
- Verbal: name-calling, teasing, threats, or mocking a student's ability or grade
- Social: deliberately excluding someone from pairing up, groups, or club social events
- Online: unkind messages, excluding someone from a club group chat, or sharing photos/videos to embarrass someone
- Discriminatory: targeting someone because of a protected characteristic - see our
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Policy
A one-off disagreement or the normal physical contact of training is not bullying. The instructors use
their judgement, and will always ask rather than assume, if something looks like it might have crossed a line.
3. Prevention
We reduce the chance of bullying by:
- Setting clear expectations from day one, in our Code of Conduct
- Instructors actively supervising pairing, sparring, and downtime before/after class
- Encouraging students to tell an instructor or parent straight away if something's wrong, without fear of getting in trouble themselves
- Making it clear that reporting bullying (including about a friend) is the right thing to do, not "telling tales"
4. What We'll Do About It
If bullying is reported or suspected, an instructor will:
- Listen calmly to everyone involved, separately where appropriate
- Record what was reported, and inform the Safeguarding Lead
- Speak to parents/guardians of everyone involved, for junior members
- Agree next steps - this might be a conversation, a change to how students are paired, or in serious
or repeated cases, a warning, suspension, or removal from the club (see our
Code of Conduct)
- Check back in afterwards, rather than treating it as a one-off conversation
Students and parents will never be penalised for reporting a genuine concern in good faith.
5. Raising a Concern
See our Safeguarding Policy
for how to report a concern to the club, or independently to BMABA.