Editorial Policy

IMAC Dojo articles explain martial arts, history, training principles and school context in clear language. They do not replace individual medical, legal or safety advice.

Every article identifies its author, publication date and update date. Authors remain accountable for meaning and distinguish verified facts, research, oral tradition and personal experience when context requires it.

Some drafts are prepared with the help of AI writing tools. The named author reads and edits every article and decides what is published, and any personal experience an article describes is that author's own.

Facts about the dojo itself, such as fees, schedules, age ranges and instructor qualifications, come only from the dojo's own records, never from a drafting tool.

Outside facts, including names, years, rules and figures, are checked against the sources listed with the article before it is published. Anything that cannot be verified is removed or marked as unsettled.

When an article falls outside the arts its author holds a grade in, an instructor who holds that credential reads it first, and the reviewer's name, credential and review date appear under the byline.

We prefer primary material, official organizations and traceable research. The sources actually used are listed at the end of each article.

The site publishes in Thai, English, Chinese and Japanese, and Thai is the source. A translated article carries the same sections in the same order, the same set of frequently asked questions, and the same numbers, dates, names and lineage claims as the Thai version.

Where the Thai version qualifies something as legend or as unsettled, every language keeps that qualification rather than upgrading it into a flat statement. Internal links always point to pages in the reader's own language; where a page exists only in Thai, we drop the link rather than send the reader to a page that is not there.

Stating the boundary makes the rest easier to weigh. The following do not appear on this site.