1. Screening measures to minimize exposure risk
2. Mitigation measures to minimize risk of spread
3. Ventilation and facility management
4. Members' actions to avoid infection
5. Other notes and references

As has been the case throughout the pandemic, knowledge about the SARS-COV2 virus and COVID-19 will continue to grow, and national, state, and local guidelines will continue to change. The protocols will be updated accordingly.

For each practice:

1. must register in advance online, including
   • questionnaire (see below)
   • member profile information (fill out first time, then update as necessary), includes emergency contact, waiver agreement (AUSKF waiver and Center waiver), Center protocols acknowledgement, and vaccination history
2. questionnaire check
   • symptoms (you or anyone in your household, within the past 5 days)
     • fever (100.3 degrees or greater)
     • cough
     • nasal congestion, runny nose
     • sore throat
     • body ache, headache
     • nausea, vomiting, diarrhea
     • shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
     • fatigue
     • chills
     • confusion, brain fog
     • loss of taste or smell
   • currently in quarantine or isolation (you or anyone in your household)
     • quarantine (after exposure to COVID-19)
     • isolation (after contracting COVID-19)
   • condition
     • lack of stamina while wearing a mask (eg cannot do 50 hayasuburi)
     • taking medications to suppress fever, cough, or congestion symptoms
   The above is part of online sign up and will be double checked during sign in for the practice. If you answer yes to any of the above, we ask you not to participate in the practice.

3. temperature check (less than 100.3 measured on the forehead)
4. mask check (cannot blow out a tissue hanging 2 inches from your nose)
5. vaccination or COVID test check (see mitigation section)
6. equipment check (2 shinai in good condition, 2 masks, water, sanitizer)

Note: please do not sign up or come to practice unless you believe you will pass the entire screening. If you do not pass, you must leave the premises immediately; if you need to wait for someone to pick you up, please be prepared to do so outside.

You must also agree to notify norwalkkendo@gmail.com if you or anyone in your household develops COVID-19 symptoms within 72 hours after the practice or tests positive for COVID-19 within 7 days after the practice (your privacy will be maintained).

• Everyone attending practice must be properly masked while indoors, including spectators.
• All adults must be fully vaccinated.
• Youth (17 and under) are strongly encouraged to be fully vaccinated
  • without proof of vaccination or negative COVID test, youth are not allowed to do kiai
  • PCR test must be taken within 48 hours of practice
  • over-the-counter tests are acceptable if they are performed at the time of in-person sign-in and are EUA-approved for single test screening
• All attendees must sign up in advance online before each practice (contact norwalkkendo@gmail.com to be added to the email list)
• No tsubazeriai (see AJKF provisional rules).
• Practice is open to currently registered Norwalk Dojo members, plus the following:
  • kendo: SCKF yudansha
  • iaido: AUSKF members
  • all must be fully vaccinated and currently registered with AUSKF
  • 3dan and below please have permission from your head instructor

• ventilation
  • gym
    • preregistration required for each practice
    • capacity limits (space out one chair per slot):
      student side: 10 households max
      sensei side: 10 households max
    • open all doors
    • run fans
  • dressing rooms
    • capacity limits: one household per table
    • run fan
• fomite mitigation
  • dry mop floor
  • sanitize frequently touched surfaces (door knobs, etc) and common equipment (dummies, batons)

Note: we will avoid letting "hygiene theater" (an obsession with sanitizing surfaces) distract from more effective ways to combat COVID-19.

• hygiene (at home and at the dojo)
  • wash/sanitize your hands frequently, especially upon entry
  • maintain your mask supply, change masks as necessary
  • maintain your kendo-gi and bogu
  • at the dojo: do not touch other people or their things
• conditioning at home (so you can last without taking off your mask)
  • build up your stamina before coming to the dojo
  • practice wearing a mask while doing suburi at home (how many hayasuburi can you do?)
  • practice wearing mask inside men
• symptoms or exposure (see screening section)
  • symptoms while at the dojo: notify an instructor immediately
  • exposure within 5 days prior to coming to the dojo: notify the dojo immediately
  • privacy will be maintained

Attendance records will be maintained for both participants and observers, in case we need to notify you of a possible exposure to COVID-19 at the dojo.

Protocols if you are exposed to or contract COVID-19:

• you have been exposed to someone with COVID-19:
  • see LACDPH quarantine protocols
  • if you do test, consider a PCR test, which is more accurate than an antigen test. Test within 3-5 days after exposure. If positive, see isolation protocol below. If negative, you may return to the dojo, provided you can pass screening (including being symptom free for at least 5 days).

• you have tested positive for or been diagnosed with COVID-19:
  • see LACDPH isolation protocols
  • if you recently attended practice, please notify the dojo
  • do not come to the dojo for at least 7 days after either the day of the positive test or after symptoms first appeared, whichever is later (this is day 0)
  • test on day 5 or later. If positive, continue isolation. Once negative, you may return to the dojo, provided it is at least day 7, and you can pass screening (including being symptom free for at least 5 days).
  • work with your doctor, who may prescribe medications or supplements to aid in your recovery
• contact norwalkkendo@gmail.com, or one of the dojo COVID managers, if you have questions