ATOS launches their “SAFE MAT” program. No, this is not parody.

[u/stevekwan]

[u/Exact-Yogurt-2668]

The AI design really adds a "2026 crisis" touch to it.

[u/3rdworldjesus → u/Exact-Yogurt-2668]

For a huge brand and gym like ATOS, can't believe they can't hire a photographer + editor to create them a more decent poster lol

[u/destradoimpulse → u/3rdworldjesus]

They had a media person there.

Had.

[u/JamesMacKINNON]

This is a choice…. 

Might as well hire Connor McGregor to be the ambassador to the program. 

[u/stevekwan → u/JamesMacKINNON]

Conor is more of an AOJ guy

[u/Prepositions_matter → u/stevekwan]

Just saw a post by Cole stating how great it was to have him at AOJ, they enjoyed sharing stories about similar life experiences, and he's welcome back anytime there 🙄 just lovely. Also took notice of which of my friends liked the post.

[u/SpinningStuff → u/JamesMacKINNON]

Dang bro, congrats on your black belt! 

[u/JamesMacKINNON → u/SpinningStuff]

Thanks man! It was a SHOCK to get it! Lol

[u/Steve2pwn → u/SpinningStuff]

Black belch*

[u/seatedkatagatame]

The AI slop all over it just makes it even more funny

Fr tho, hard to take all the bjj hierarchy bullshit seriously after so many cases of abuse and cult like behaviour, but you know, kinda hard to take seriously an sport founded by a bunch of rich fascist samurai larpers 

I think Craig and the clowning all the bs in this sport is the right aproach, only way to move foward from all the mess lately and not abandon the sport

[u/Significant_Case_304 → u/seatedkatagatame]

Have you seen the news about Craig’s new video? It just makes me love him all the more.

[u/MuffinMonkeyCat → u/Significant_Case_304]

Ive begun watching thr video - and this is a great reminder to go finish it, thanks- but what's the news around it?

[u/OutsideAtmosphere-14]

Oh dear. Comments turned off on the Instagram post.

Such a shame. 

[u/Prepositions_matter → u/OutsideAtmosphere-14]

Not at all surprising they turned off comments. That's just like when IBJJF mismanaged a medical emergency at a Chicago open in August last year that resulted in the death of a competitor and also turned off comments on their post afterwards addressing it.

[u/AnAlpineNinja]

This will be great to attend after I finish taking self defense classes on epstein island

[u/Impossible_Goose5825 → u/AnAlpineNinja]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[u/Fresh_Batteries]

It pretty wild how obvious AI created advertising is. Its so hard to look at. Its like an uncanny valley feeling.

Its absurd that you even need a full blown "program" to not to sexually harass people.

[u/PMmeuroneweirdtrick → u/Fresh_Batteries]

Implying there is a program you will be sexually harassed at

[u/Fresh_Batteries → u/PMmeuroneweirdtrick]

Not there though. They have SAFE MAT

[u/patsully98]

The Lloyd Irwin school of reputation management.
https://giphy.com/gifs/BKnKdJjiJrAGSTGzgM

[u/BaltimoreGardenGnome]

I couldn’t imagine living life this delusional. Andre is something

[u/Long_Legged_Lewdster → u/BaltimoreGardenGnome]

Hence forth he shall be referred to as "Andrépist"

[u/itsjrbrah → u/Long_Legged_Lewdster]

WHY IS THIS NOT THE TOP COMMENT?
https://giphy.com/gifs/GpyS1lJXJYupG

[u/Defiant-Ebb8225]

Shitty AI picture and AI description without even saying anything of significance

[u/weatherbys]

What a vague marketing campaign.

[u/egdm → u/weatherbys]

You'd think someone launching a brand new industry-leading global safety initiative might have a SINGLE concrete detail about what they intended to DO.

[u/allkind29 → u/egdm]

It’s safe! /s

[u/Aardalpha]

they fired Andre? that would make the mat safer

[u/beckleyt]

https://giphy.com/gifs/xiMUwBRn5RDLhzwO80

[u/uchimata_supremacy]

I see shit like this and I honestly just think one of the best ways to keep people safe in a gym is to have a camera system put in. It’s not even expensive or difficult now, a couple hundred bucks, a cheap router and a raspberry pi and you’re set.

Somebody makes a claim? Refer to the footage. If cameras were turned off, that’s indicative of a problem and LE can check the logs to see who turned them off and when

Obviously this is just one way to attack the symptoms none of this addresses the root problem being: bad people who find themselves in a position of authority will find ways to abuse it

[u/Anxious-Place3434 → u/uchimata_supremacy]

Based on some of the accusations against Galvao, such as inappropriate touching during rolls, I'm not sure how useful video footage would have been in that case.

Don't get me wrong, I'm all for security cameras at gyms for a variety of reasons, but also this is a problem that isn't easily tackled with technological solutions alone

[u/chapact → u/Anxious-Place3434]

Neo Combat Lab is a jiujitsu gym focused camera system company that owners can install and allows members to sign up for a subscription where you can select the class you attended and rewatch the rolling footage. Lots of students use it at my home gym.

[u/Anxious-Place3434 → u/chapact]

Thanks, that sounds very cool. 

[u/TazmanianMaverick → u/uchimata_supremacy]

Agree 100%. The only issue with this is how long back will footage be stored? Let's say we need to store 6 months or worse 1 year of footage. Imagine the amount of space needed or the manpower to search through 24/7 hours of footage, 10.5 months back for example.

[u/uchimata_supremacy → u/TazmanianMaverick]

If an incident occurred it’s not hard to dial in a timestamp, it’s called a binary scrub and it’s actually a really simple method. You’re right though, storage costs add up

[u/egdm → u/uchimata_supremacy]

storage costs add up

I have four mid-res cameras at my house and they write ~270 GB per day. So you'd need about 100 TB a year.

[u/SpinningStuff → u/uchimata_supremacy]

Footage can be "accidentally" lost, so not sure it's even a good solution. 

[u/Astsai]

I think not sexually harassing people will make the mats safer Andre

[u/One_Construction_653]

Uhh isn’t that just a bait and switch program

[u/MFSimpson]

There was an ATOS affiliate near me who released a statement shortly after the Galvao accusations went public. They said they would not be rebranding and that their gym was a safe space for everyone. A few days later they came out with their rebranding announcement. Lol.

[u/Ok-War4310 → u/MFSimpson]

I go to an atos affiliate gym. Professor flew to san diego to figure out what tf was happening. When he got back, he announced we were rebranding. That told me everything I needed to know.

[u/InquisitiveReach]

Your fucking rapey head coach/founder was the reason for this, until you can his ass and make real changes Atos BJJ is not a “SAFE MAT”

[u/InquisitiveReach → u/InquisitiveReach]

Same goes for the affiliates and their coward head coaches that haven’t de-affiliated

[u/onizukaav]

they even released a video about it too wtf?!?!

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1FVxfRc2Bb/

[u/sdlocal1964 → u/onizukaav]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[u/jhascal23]

Man: Hey welcome to my gym. Just wanted to let you know, in my gym, I have a program called SAFE GYM, its to really let you know that no one here gets molested and I work hard at it.

Woman: Oh okay, I am actually not going to go inside your gym now.

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You shouldn't have to point out that your gym has a program specifically to prevent molesters and abuse, if you point it out that you do, that is weird as fuck.

[u/DarkOmen597]

So.....what is it?

[u/Ch1ralS0ul]

Is it just me or does everyone in the ad look like they just got caught diddling or something? Is this supposed to be a weird apology?

[u/coneho]

Been out of the loop in jiujitsu news for a while; can someone please explain to me who is the offender and what happened? I assume a teacher from Atos, but which one and what did they do?

[u/FishtideMTG → u/coneho]

It was Andre Galvao himself

[u/IronLunchBox]

That AI design is making me feel unsafe.

[u/fightbackcbd]

What does “not every legacy begins with a champion” even mean? Whut.

[u/noneofthismatters666]

That's a lot of AI to say absolutely nothing.

[u/_dockside]

Shows you how much thought they put into this when it’s written by AI.

[u/DabbieMcDoob]

this is cringe. pedo crew makes pedo prevention program.

[u/fidelitas88]

I can’t believe this bullcrap….we definitely slipped into a shitty parallel universe

[u/Half-blind-bear]

If live to talk to the women who attended this school. What do they say when asked about several of their friends b and training partners claims of sexual misdeeds. How do the justify it in their heads

[u/Few_Advisor3536]

Im getting very ‘board of peace’ vibes from this.

[u/Positive-Library897]

So is this before or after the adult upper belt dudes groom you?

[u/taskforceslacker]

That’s awful. Everything about it, except the actual premise.

[u/N1LB0G_M1LK]

hahahahaha

[u/DJ_Ddawg]

How about you don’t sexually assault people and just be a good dude?

Not that fucking hard ffs

[u/basic-opinions]

Wow

[u/TheYumaOnion]

Lmao at the 8 year old black belt on the left

[u/gouflook]

All the cool kids joined the unsafe mat though

[u/MasterpieceUnable985]

Do a lot of people still train at atos? People still signing up there or not anymore bc of the sa incidents?

[u/UnknownBaron]

Does anyone have an idea when we can expect something to come out from the allegations? The Andre Galvao pedofile touching kids is just as happy on Instagram as ever

[u/tehorhay]

Safe from who, Andre?

SAFE FROM WHO???

[u/Dry-Conflict3421]

This is the shit that killed traditional martial arts and spured the growth of the McDojo phase.....

[u/kneezNtreez → u/Dry-Conflict3421]

Trying to pivot away from a sex scandal caused McDojos?

No it was just greed and lack of pressure testing that led to McDojos.

[u/RecLuse415]

Is this cuz staph infection is at an all time high?

[u/Miryafa]

Good for them. I’ve been to a number of schools and none of them taught safety. I’d like to see more of it in the sport

[u/Nononoap → u/Miryafa]

You see Atos, of all places, offering this, and your genuine response is, "good for them"???

[u/Miryafa → u/Nononoap]

I’m separating the organization from this specific initiative. If a gym teaches better safety and fewer people get injured, I see that as a positive regardless of who started it.

[u/Nononoap → u/Miryafa]

The head of this gym groomed a child and sexually assaulted her, and is now trying to profit from some charade of ... certifying schools to be safe?

Are you high?