Terms of use

1. Who operates the site and what these terms cover

The website impaku.com (the “site”) is operated by Petr Drahokoupil, Business ID (IČ) 02245132, registered address Ciolkovského 851/3, 161 00 Praha 6 – Ruzyně, Česká republika, e-mail info@impaku.com (the “operator”).

These terms govern access to and use of the site. By using the site you agree to them. If you do not agree, do not use the site.

The processing of personal data is covered by the separate Privacy policy page, the use of cookies by the Cookies page. Both form an integral part of these terms.

2. Definitions

For the purposes of these terms:

• “Content” means all text, descriptions, the structure of the records, the database, graphics, code and other elements of the site.
• “User” means any person who visits the site or reads data from it in any way.
• “Database” means the body of structured records on martial arts, people, techniques, kata, weapons, terms, films and sources.

3. Nature and purpose of the content

The site is an encyclopaedia. Its content is informational and educational and serves to give an overview of the field of martial arts.

The content is not professional advice, methodological guidance or a training aid. Descriptions of techniques, kata and training practices are no substitute for instruction by a qualified coach and are not instructions for practice.

Martial arts training is a physically demanding activity carrying a risk of injury. You undertake any physical activity on your own responsibility and at your own risk.

Information about federations, grades, requirements and organisations changes. Before making a decision with practical consequences — an application, a grading, membership — verify the information directly with the organisation concerned.

4. Access to the site

Use of the site is free of charge and requires no registration. The operator does not guarantee uninterrupted availability of the site and is entitled to restrict, suspend or discontinue its operation at any time, in particular for technical or operational reasons.

The operator is entitled to change, add to or remove content at any time, without prior notice.

5. What you may do with the content

Without the operator’s consent you may:

• Read, print and save the content for your own personal use.
• Link to any page of the site.
• Quote a reasonable extent of the content in your own work — an article, a presentation, a school or academic paper — citing the source as “Impaku (impaku.com)” with a link to the specific page.

6. What you may not do with the content

Without the operator’s prior written consent it is prohibited to:

• Download content systematically, automatically or in bulk (scraping, crawling beyond ordinary browsing, retrieval through third-party APIs).
• Copy, reproduce or make available the database as a whole or any qualitatively or quantitatively substantial part of it.
• Pass the content off as your own or remove or alter information about authorship and origin.
• Use the content to train machine-learning models or to build a competing database.
• Place a load on the site that may disrupt its operation or its availability to others.
• Circumvent technical protection measures, interfere with the site’s code or attempt unauthorised access to its systems.

7. Intellectual property

The text, the arrangement and structure of the records, the site’s code and the Impaku designation belong to the operator and are protected in particular by Act No. 121/2000 Coll., the Copyright Act.

The site’s database is protected by the sui generis database maker’s right under Section 88 et seq. of the Copyright Act. The maker of the database is the operator.

The names, logos and trade marks of federations, organisations, schools, brands and film works belong to their owners. The site uses them solely to identify and describe (nominative use) and derives from them no relationship with their owners and no endorsement by them.

The historical sources listed on the site are as a rule in the public domain; links lead to digitised copies held by libraries and archives, whose terms of use are set by the institution concerned.

8. Links to third-party websites

The site links to the websites of federations, clubs, libraries and archives. The operator does not run those sites and is not responsible for their content, their availability or their handling of personal data.

A link is neither a recommendation nor an endorsement and the operator receives no payment for it.

9. Exclusion and limitation of liability

The content is provided “as is”. The operator takes reasonable care over its accuracy but does not warrant that it is complete, accurate or up to date and is not liable for harm arising from reliance on it.

The operator is not liable for harm arising from unavailability of the site, loss of data, malfunction of the site or the acts of third parties.

These provisions do not apply where liability cannot be excluded or limited by law — in particular for harm caused intentionally or by gross negligence and for harm to a person’s natural rights (Section 2898 of the Civil Code).

10. Reporting unlawful content and copyright claims

If you believe that content on the site infringes your rights — copyright, trade mark or personality rights — or is otherwise unlawful, write to info@impaku.com.

In your message give the address of the specific page, what the claim concerns, what supports it and your contact details. We will assess the report without undue delay and inform you of the outcome; the disputed content may be taken down while the matter is dealt with.

11. Changes to these terms

The operator is entitled to amend these terms. A new version takes effect on the day it is published on this page; the date of the last revision is shown beneath the heading.

By continuing to use the site after a change has been published you agree to the new version.

12. Governing law and dispute resolution

These terms and any relationship arising from them are governed by the law of the Czech Republic. The courts of the Czech Republic have jurisdiction over any dispute.

If the user is a consumer, they have the right to out-of-court dispute resolution. The competent body is Česká obchodní inspekce (the Czech Trade Inspection Authority), Štěpánská 44, 110 00 Praha 1, www.coi.gov.cz. The European online dispute resolution platform may also be used.

These provisions are without prejudice to the consumer’s rights under the mandatory rules of the law of their country of residence.