Affiliate Request Policy

Genkai Impact is a volunteer based non profit program that sponsors approved children from the ages of 6-17 to participate in programs like Jiu Jitsu for one year or more to provide encouraging community, positive environments, life building skills, self defense education, and provide better pathways for their futures. Eligible beneficiaries apply on our website and fill out informational forms about themselves and their situations. Genkai Impact has a waiver for incoming beneficiaries. Affiliate schools and gyms are required to provide their own waivers to incoming students. We provide beneficiaries with their go and uniforms, or pay of the gym uniform if the gym requires a particular mandatory uniform. For no gi, we also provide the gear needed to participate in those programs.

Beneficiaries that are approved by Genkai Impact are paired with a certified Genkai Impact Affiliate Academy/Gym. These business are private Jiu Jitsu schools in the communities near where our beneficiaries live. Generally, these Jiu Jitsu Academy/Gyms are well established (operating for longer than one year) and have a Jiu Jitsu black belt on staff. We establish a process for approving partnering Academy/Gyms that include a review of the staff, curriculum, tuition cost, and a general understanding of what our mission is and how Affiliates best fit to help us achieve those missions. We place our focus on utilizing partnering gyms in areas where we can fulfill the needs of beneficiaries that come through our program from many different areas across the United States. If you have several gyms that would be interested un partnering with our program, we ask that each facility applies individually.

Genkai Impact does not sign long term contracts and will pay approved Academy/Gyms on a month to month basis. Genkai Impact will not put a credit card on file with affiliates. To receive payment, Academies/Gyms can bill us by emailing an invoice to genkaifightwear@gmail.com at the end of the service month. We then pay the invoice, preferably through electronic means, including CashApp or Venmo for the tuition. We do not have an expectation of gyms allowing beneficiaries to train for free.

Although it is not a formal requirement, we hope that Affiliate Academies/Gyms will help support our cause by participating in fundraisers, raffles, and sharing our cause on Social Media. Together we can raise more funds for the cause that will in turn help us offer better opportunities for more children and teens.

If your program meets the criteria above, you are interested in having your program become an affiliate, and you are able to accommodate our billing process, please click on the application link, here.

After we receive your submission you can expect a representative of our Genkai Impact team to reach out to you. Filling out an application does not mean that it will be an automatic approval. We appreciate your support and patience during the application process and we look forward to learning more about you.

Please email genkaifightwear@gmail.com if you have any questions or need further assistance or information.