
FOR ASSOCIATIONS & NGBS ONLY
Elevant Your Organisation's Mission With BMABA As A Partner Organisation
We work with dozens of NGBs and Associations to help provide end-to-end solutions that save your martial arts association money, time and market capital.



Mission
In A Nutshell
BMABA have been market leaders in technology, research and development, safeguarding, compliance and qualifications for UK martial arts for more than a decade. In that time, as an independent not for profit we’ve won multiple awards, built a membership platform of more than 100,000 independent clubs, instructors and students, and now boast more resources, tools, technology and courses than any other martial arts organisation.
We want to share that success, with organisations like yours.
We work with NGBs and non-NGB Associations from across the martial arts landscape, big and small, to partner up and offer access to our membership offerings, platform and training as a core part of your membership offering.
How It Works
Here's how it works;
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1Get In Touch
Start by getting in touch with the team. We can schedule a confidential, no obligation discussion with our Chief Executive Officer, Giovanni. This will help you 'scope out' the initial opportunity, and to establish an initial core contact here at BMABA.
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2Confirm Specifics
We'll offer bespoke trade rates for your organisation, based on the volume of instructors, students or any other users you are considering registering through us. There's no obligation, it's confidential, and you can pick and choose - either the entire instructor base and insurances, or just a handful of your instructors with no insurance - it's your organisation, so it's your choice. We'll confirm fully the full service and answer any specific questions, along with a pricebook for you to use to plan ahead or build into your model.
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3You Bake BMABA Membership Into Your Offering
Rather than the risk of hemorrhaging members and having to recreate our extensive offering, you can focus on your organisation's mission - be that NGB status, competitions or 'on the mats' development. In whatever way you see fit, you can then pass on BMABA membership to your members, in partnership with BMABA. This ensures they get the best of both worlds; access to our full range of resources and tools, and membership to you. For your NGB or NGO, this means the attractiveness of your membership offering explodes overnight with immediate access to our industry leading and multi-award winning courses, qualifications, software, guidance and more.
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4We Continue To Tailor The Experience
We'll work with you to build special integrations to make the process as seamless as possible. From automatic registration forms for your website through to bespoke system notices, controls and features in MyBMABA to make clear you are the appropriate Governing Body, and we're a Partner Organisation - we'll work with you to Tailor Make the right solution.
Frequently asked questions
Does this not cause a huge conflict of interest for us, and a loss of members to BMABA?
Absolutely not. We’ve worked closely with our pilot NGBs and NGOs to craft a special conflict of interest policy, called first past the post. This means any instructor or member you register to BMABA through your association remains locked to you.
Should they leave you, they will not be able to re-join BMABA independently without your permission, subject to our nation-wide ‘First Past The Post’ Policy.
This ensures there is no commercial advantage to any of your members leaving you to join us directly. You’ll have access to special discounting and pricing which usually makes it much more affordable for them to hold dual membership through you, rather than coming to us directly.
Our relationship is primarily with you, so we’ll work with you to protect your interests.
What does it cost and what are the payment terms?
We’ll provide a bespoke, heavily discounted trade price for your organisation when we know a little bit more about what you need, and how much you’ll be using BMABA (in terms of the quantities of members joining).
There’s no obligation to accept any price and it is all in confidence, so you can contact us to discuss this further.
What Will My Members Have Access To?
You can ultimately work with us to decide, but effectively, everything!
We typically place our partner organisation’s members on our Silver membership plan, as this is the most feature rich but cost effective option.
This will provide your instructors, assistants and volunteers with access to all of our awards and qualifications – from coaching and safeguarding through to first aid, concussion, mental health and more. They can also use our club management software, our website hosting and design services, safeguarding support, marketing tool-kit, AI technology, free consultancy services, and so much more.
No extra cost, no subscriptions. Just one exclusive trade price which you’re welcome to setup on a monthly or annual basis.
Outsource your back-office admin and compliance to BMABA, and focus on what you do best.
Most NGB and NGO partners lean on our partnership memberships to outsource the core burden of expensive compliance, regulatory monitoring, CPD, Safeguarding and other core provisions.
Safeguarding
Our expert safeguarding officers can help your NGB take the weight of safeguarding oversight and case management, providing direct assistance and escalation to your instructor, and supporting your DSLs in the decision making process.
Compliance
Our systems and dedicated staff can take care of receiving, validating and flagging instructor by instructor compliance. Whether it's insurance, safeguarding, DBS and PVG checks, or something else - we can step in and provide a fully staffed, professionally trained team to help.
NGB Validation
We can help your NGB or Pre-NGB show proper compliance and checking, through our audits and checks of your organisational standards and that of your members, helping support grant funding applications or NGB applications.
Club Colours & SCiMA
All of your instructors can access our free Club Colours award which offers the industry's highest levels of accreditation, and automatic certification through Safeguarding Code in Martial Arts (SCiMA).
Support
Whether your NGO or NGB needs strategic support, or perhaps your club has practical support needs around technology, marketing, safeguarding or compliance; we'll happily help with the 'stuff we do well' but we'll point them back to you for NGB specific queries.
Key Features/Benefits
Unlock The Industry's Biggest Toolkit For Your Members, Instantly.
Affordable Insurances
Completely optional, but readily available should you wish to pass this burden onto us.
Technology
From club websites through to comprehensive club management platforms, you’ll be unlocking a huge array of tools and resources for your clubs.
Resources & Tools
Whether it’s templated policy documents, stock grading certificates, design software, SEO support or something else; it’s available out of the box.
Industry Representation
As a not for profit, we campaign for better recognition in martial arts from Government and other stakeholders, and your members will automatically benefit from this.
Grant Funding
We issue club grants in terms of both cash and benefit in kind, and you can pass this benefit onto your members when they register through BMABA.
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Contact Us
Interested?
We welcome a no obligation, confidential initial conversation for any organisation with more than 15 instructors or 1000 students that works as an association, tradebody, governing body or NGO.
Office Address
Schedule a meeting by invitation only.