With the Easter Bank Holiday weekend upon us, we know so many clubs are anxious to learn more about what’s coming down the line next week, and what to expect in respect of what they can and can’t do from April 12th in England. We’ve asked you to send us your questions and have put ...
We’re aware of a number of martial arts associations today (24th March) posting conflicting information surrounding updates from DCMS on the roadmap out of lockdown for martial arts in England. We will be formally updating our full roadmap on 25th March to reflect the latest available guidance...
It’s been a miserable winter for martial arts across the UK following another round of national lockdowns but it looks as if, finally, we have what should prove to be a start to the return of martial arts ‘as we know it’. This post has been written with measures in England in...
It seems a tantalising possibility, and one which has been dashed so many times over the past twelve months. Nearly a year to the day since many of our clubs and instructors were forced to shut their classes, it seems increasingly likely we may be returning before the anticipated return date of...
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We’re proud to have been announced as a finalist in the prestigious Sports Business Awards’ 2020 Sports Diversity Award category. We have always practiced what martial arts teaches – complete equality separated only by the merits of what we do as individuals – and it’s ...
This evening (1st December) a very large association posted an update to Facebook that turned out to be erroneous regarding the prohibition of adults training in martial arts. We understand how hard the guidance is to interpret at the moment and know full-well the information was shared with the bes...
Please bear in mind that this guidance is developing quickly as we respond to additional information being made available throughout the week. As always, we’ve done our best to provide accurate and up to date guidance but at the time of writing, many Government sources are yet to be updat...
Just before our 8th Birthday in September we pledged to not only start running as the industry’s first Carbon Neutral Martial Arts Association but to take it one step further – offsetting all of our Carbon Emissions since forming in 2012. We always said we were keen to extend this effort...
So much of this year’s posts have been about COVID and the damage Coronavirus has unleashed on grass roots martial arts. As we start to approach what we hope will be the last of lockdowns across the UK, we’re starting to focus on 2021 and how best to help our clubs recover. Pre-pandemic,...