Founding charter of La Tribu dojo defining its values, principles, levels of involvement and the separation between martial recognition and commercial services.
La Tribu dojo was born from a simple conviction:
There is no single martial art that is universally suited to everyone.
Every practitioner has a different background, body type, personality, abilities, limitations and goals.
La Tribu dojo seeks to introduce people to the diversity of martial arts, combat practices, body disciplines and the philosophies that accompany them.
It does not seek to create a new martial art, standardise practices or present one discipline as superior to the others.
Its role is to discover, understand, connect, transmit and preserve, so that everyone can encounter different disciplines, teachers, schools and cultures and freely build their own path.
A discipline may be particularly well suited to a person’s body, character, goals and journey and allow them to express their full potential. This does not mean that it is universally better, more effective, more legitimate or more suitable for others.
Every discipline presented within La Tribu dojo must be approached with respect.
Comparison, analysis, experimentation and critical thinking are encouraged when carried out in good faith, accurately and without systematic denigration.
No person may use their listing, partnership or membership of the La Tribu dojo network to claim that their martial art is recognised as superior to others.
The fact that a discipline is particularly well suited to a practitioner, their body type, character or goals does not justify concluding that it is universally superior, more effective or more legitimate than another.
La Tribu dojo does not rank martial arts according to a general hierarchy of value, effectiveness or dangerousness.
Instead, it seeks to help people understand what a practice offers, the context in which it developed, the qualities it may call upon and the profiles or goals to which it may be suited.
La Tribu dojo believes that every practitioner must remain free to evolve.
A practitioner may discover several disciplines, change practices, complement one discipline with another, seek competition or not, and practise for health, culture, self-defence, self-control, performance or enjoyment.
Competitive and non-competitive practice are welcomed with equal respect.
Competition may be a path of learning, commitment, confrontation and performance.
The absence of competition may correspond to a different path, based in particular on personal practice, health, culture, transmission, technical research or simply the enjoyment of practising.
La Tribu dojo does not value one of these paths at the expense of the other.
La Tribu dojo does not impose a martial path. It helps everyone discover their own.
People presented in or involved with La Tribu dojo undertake to describe their background honestly.
Any stated grades, qualifications, roles, experience, competitive record, affiliations and authorisations must correspond to reality and be capable of being substantiated when reasonably requested by La Tribu dojo.
La Tribu dojo values experience and transmission but rejects the artificial creation of titles, authority or guarantees.
An experienced practitioner may share experience without needing to present themselves as a “master” or claim to represent an entire discipline.
Martial practice involves responsibility towards oneself and others.
Teachers, instructors, clubs, associations, dojos and organisers remain responsible for their own activities, supervision, insurance and legal and professional obligations.
Being present on La Tribu dojo does not constitute a certification of competence, a quality label or a safety guarantee issued by La Tribu dojo.
Where relevant, each practitioner is encouraged to check the qualifications, insurance, supervision conditions, registration arrangements and rules applicable to the activity concerned.
La Tribu dojo rejects humiliation, harassment, unjustified violence, intimidation, discrimination, abuse of a position of authority, inappropriate sexual behaviour and any deliberate endangerment of practitioners.
Demand, effort, contact and confrontation may be part of martial arts.
They never justify abuse, attacks on dignity or disregard for the consent and limits of others.
Where possible and relevant, La Tribu dojo encourages practices to be adapted to participants’ abilities and an inclusive approach that allows different audiences to discover and practise martial arts under suitable conditions.
The protection of children, teenagers and vulnerable people is an essential requirement of La Tribu dojo.
Any activity involving them must comply with the rules applicable to their supervision, safety, privacy and image rights.
Teaching must be adapted to the age, development, abilities and level of maturity of participants.
The use of a minor’s image, voice or statements requires the necessary authorisations.
The minor must be involved in the decision according to their age and maturity, and any refusal expressed at the time of recording must be respected.
For La Tribu dojo, martial practice is not limited to learning how to fight.
It can help people observe themselves, understand their reactions, recognise their limits, gradually master their emotions, accept failure, respect a partner or opponent, persevere and question their certainties.
Imposed discipline enables obedience. Self-discipline enables us to become increasingly responsible for our own choices.
La Tribu dojo encourages encounters between disciplines and the ability to become a beginner again.
A judoka can learn from a boxer.
A karate practitioner can discover grappling.
A jiu-jitsu practitioner can encounter Tai Chi Chuan.
This ability to learn from one another is one of the foundations of La Tribu dojo.
Encountering other disciplines does not mean that they must lose their identity or be merged.
Discovering another practice can also help people understand and appreciate their own discipline more fully.
A discipline is not limited to its techniques.
La Tribu dojo also seeks to present its history, cultures, traditions, developments and the people who transmit it.
When a practice is discovered in its country or region of origin, La Tribu dojo seeks, as far as possible, to understand the human, historical and cultural context in which it developed, without freezing or idealising traditions.
La Tribu dojo does not seek to gather the largest possible number of teachers, dojos, videos, events or network members.
It prioritises useful, sincere content, encounters and collaborations of sufficient quality to deserve being transmitted.
One encounter that brings something meaningful is worth more than a hundred empty publications.
The growth of La Tribu dojo must remain gradual and compatible with the quality of its content, relationships and organisation.
A teacher, dojo, club or organisation presented on La Tribu dojo retains its identity, organisation, responsibility and independence.
Being listed, becoming a partner or joining the network does not mean becoming an employee, franchisee, agent, associate or permanent representative of the entity operating La Tribu dojo, unless a separate written agreement states otherwise.
Network membership does not, in itself, confer any right to the capital, governance or legal representation of the operating entity.
La Tribu dojo clearly distinguishes between:
No payment, subscription, equipment purchase, use of a professional service, donation, sponsorship or other commercial relationship can buy:
Editorial criteria, checks and relationship statuses remain separate from commercial services and relationships.
Sponsored content, paid promotion, commercial links and remunerated partnerships must be identified clearly where their commercial nature may not be obvious.
Using a La Tribu dojo Pro service must not artificially alter a person’s relationship status or conceal the commercial nature of a publication.
La Tribu dojo retains editorial freedom and the right to moderate content, exercised in accordance with the law and this Charter.
The recording, retention, reproduction and use of a person’s image, voice, name, statements or contributions must respect their rights and the applicable authorisations.
Authorisations must specify the project, purposes, media, duration and, where relevant, distribution partners.
Authors, photographers, videographers, teachers and other contributors retain their rights unless a written authorisation or assignment precisely defines the uses granted.
Content must not be distorted, associated with a degrading message or used to train an artificial-intelligence or biometric-recognition system without separate authorisation.
Personal data is processed in accordance with the applicable privacy policy and the rights of the people concerned.
Visibility is open.
Collaboration is built.
Membership is earned.
Professional services respond to a need.
Relationship statuses and commercial services are two separate dimensions.
A person or organisation may have an important relationship with La Tribu without purchasing any service.
Conversely, purchasing a service does not automatically grant a particular status within the network.
Listing is the most open level of access.
A teacher, dojo, club, school or organisation may request to appear in the La Tribu dojo directory.
Basic listing is intended to remain free of charge and may include, in particular:
It means only that La Tribu dojo enables the public to discover and locate the person or organisation.
It does not constitute certification, a quality label, membership or validation of the teaching offered.
The authorised wording is:
“Listed on La Tribu dojo”
It does not automatically grant the right to use the logo.
A partnership is a concrete collaboration between La Tribu dojo and an independent person or organisation:
The collaboration may be free of charge, based on an exchange of services, or remunerated through a fixed fee, commission or revenue sharing.
Its conditions must be defined in a specific agreement or appendix where necessary.
A partner may benefit from a more complete presentation and propose news or events, subject to editorial approval.
The wording:
“La Tribu dojo Partner”
may be used only for the duration of an active partnership and under the agreed conditions.
Network membership corresponds to lasting involvement in the community and philosophy of La Tribu dojo.
It cannot be obtained through payment alone.
A network member undertakes in particular to:
Access to this status may be preceded by a period of collaboration or observation.
La Tribu dojo may take into account, among other factors:
Depending on the tools available, a network member may have a complete profile, propose or manage certain information, publish seminars, take part in international projects and use a distinctive sign within the limits of a specific authorisation.
Membership is built and earned. It cannot be bought.
La Tribu dojo Pro is not a fourth level of membership and does not represent a higher martial value.
It is a cross-cutting professional-services offer that may be used, under the applicable conditions, by a listed person, a partner, a network member or another organisation.
These services may include, in particular:
These services may be invoiced through:
Purchasing or subscribing to a La Tribu dojo Pro service does not automatically confer:
Conversely, no partner or network member is required to purchase these services.
People who are listed, partners or network members may request correction or updating of information concerning them.
Depending on their level of involvement and the tools available, changes may be:
La Tribu dojo retains the right to moderate content in order to preserve:
Being listed does not grant any automatic right to use the La Tribu dojo logo or visual identity.
The wordings:
are subject to the existence and duration of the corresponding relationship.
No sign may imply the existence of official certification, a guarantee of competence or legal representation where none exists.
Use of the name, logo or any distinctive sign may be governed by graphic rules or a specific authorisation.
Anyone may report in good faith:
La Tribu dojo may request explanations, correct content, limit its visibility, temporarily suspend or end a listing, partnership or network-member status.
Except in an emergency relating to safety, people’s rights or a legal obligation, La Tribu dojo seeks to obtain the observations of the person concerned and adopt a proportionate measure.
This process is not a judicial disciplinary procedure and does not certify the alleged facts.
La Tribu dojo aims to create connections across borders.
Each activity, partner or organisation remains required to comply with the laws, insurance requirements and professional rules applicable in the country where it operates.
The presence of a foreign organisation on the platform does not mean that its titles, insurance or qualifications are automatically recognised in France or another country.
La Tribu dojo seeks to respect the diversity of practices, cultures and legal frameworks without presenting as universal rules that apply only in certain territories.
Martial arts evolve.
Practitioners evolve.
Technologies, economic structures and ways of meeting evolve.
La Tribu dojo must also remain able to evolve.
This Charter may therefore be adapted when the project’s experience makes it necessary, without abandoning its fundamental principles:
respect, curiosity, freedom, honesty, safety, transmission, openness, independence and quality.
The applicable version is the one published or communicated at the time of acceptance.
Any substantial change applicable to a partner or network member must be communicated to them under reasonable conditions.
Discover without denigrating.
Learn without shutting yourself away.
Transmit without imposing.
Evolve without forgetting where we come from.
