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Community Guidelines

Last updated: October 17, 2026

The Guard BJJ is a training app, and its community is where training partners and school members follow each other, see who showed up, and climb the ranking together. These guidelines say what is welcome there and what is not. They are part of our Terms of Use.

What is welcome

• Real training: your sessions, your progress, your belt journey.
• Encouraging your partners: reactions, congratulations on a promotion, respect for people at every level.
• A name your partners know you by, a profile photo of you, and the real name of your school or gym.
• Honest technique and venue names in your workouts.

Where these rules apply

Everything other people can see is covered. That means:

• Profile photo and display name: no nudity, sexual content, or offensive names. Do not use someone else's photo or name.
• School or gym name: use the real name. Do not use it to insult, advertise, or impersonate.
• Workouts, notes, technique and venue names: keep them about training. Notes and names that insult, threaten, or target people are not welcome.
• Promotion messages: celebrate, do not mock. Belt promotions are personal.
• Feed, reactions, and ranking: they show your name, photo, and school to other people, so the same rules apply there.

What is not welcome

• Sexual content or nudity, including sexual comments about training partners.
• Harassment and bullying: repeated unwanted contact, mocking someone's body, weight, belt, or skill, or pressuring people.
• Hate: attacks on people because of race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, or age.
• Threats and violence, including content that promotes self-harm.
• Impersonation of another person, coach, school, or organization.
• Spam, scams, and unwanted advertising.
• Illegal content.
• Content that infringes someone's rights, such as photos of other people posted without permission, or sharing someone's private information.

How to report

If you see something that breaks these rules, report it from the iOS app. A workout card reports that workout, a belt promotion card reports that promotion and its message, and any other card or row reports the person's profile.

1. Tap the ••• menu on the profile, on the feed card, or on the person's row (in Students, Ranking, or your followers and following lists).
2. Choose Report.
3. Pick a reason: Inappropriate photo, Offensive name or text, Harassment or bullying, Spam, Impersonation, or Something else.
4. Add details if they help (up to 500 characters), then tap Send report.

Reporting and blocking inside the app are available on iOS today. On Android, write to us at hello@theguardbjj.app for now.

The person you report is never told who reported them. If you cannot use the app, or the situation is urgent, write to us at hello@theguardbjj.app. The Support page lists what to include.

How to block

If you just want someone out of your community, block them from the same ••• menu (Block, then confirm). You and that person stop seeing each other: profiles, workouts, feed, rankings, member lists, and notifications are hidden in both directions, and any follows between you are removed. You can unblock at any time under Profile, Settings, Community, Who sees you, Blocked students. Blocking does not replace reporting. If someone broke the rules, report them as well.

What happens after a report

• We review every report within 24 hours.
• While we review, a reported name, photo, or school may be hidden from other users.
• If the report is right, we hide or remove the content, and we can restrict the account. Serious or repeated violations can end in account termination.
• If we decide not to act and you disagree, write to us and we will take another look.

Emergencies

We are not an emergency service. If someone is in immediate danger, contact your local emergency services first.

Contact

Questions about these guidelines, or something to tell us:

hello@theguardbjj.app