We know that recent news on the delay to the re-opening of indoor martial arts has created further tension, divide and derision between organisations, associations and clubs from all styles and affiliations. Martial arts is already too fragmented and divided and now, more so than ever before, we wan...
Whats The Issue? This week, the Government announced plans that effectively opened all but a few parts of the English economy following lockdown commencing in March. To our tremendous disappointment, indoor sport and recreation, as well as gyms and indoor fitness classes were told they could no...
What Just Happened? In England On Tuesday 23rd July the collective UK martial arts community awaited news from the Boris Johnson on lockdown measures being eased. With bated breath, we heard how hairdressers, cinemas, museums, galleries, restaurants, shops and pubs joined the long list of other busi...
Today we make 15 pledges to our clubs on how we will help you recover from the impact of Covid-19. We will commit to every single promise made until the last of our clubs recover from the impacts of Coronavirus. From five-figure subsidies on insurance, licensing and qualifications and the guarantee ...
We recently announced the launch of our Coronavirus Recovery Toolkit to help thousands of clubs get back to teaching as effectively and safely as possible. This included a free Covid-Aware martial arts instructor training course. Throughout the entire Coronavirus pandemic we have been immensely busy...
We have witnessed the devastation Coronavirus has inflicted on the Martial Arts sector here in the UK first hand. We have had to watch hundreds of clubs fail completely, with thousands more pushed to the point of near-collapse. Despite our tens of thousands of pounds of funding, lockdown measures ha...
We’re absolutely thrilled to announce that Government guidance looks to have changed, now permitting outdoor martial arts sessions of up to 6 people in total (1 instructor and 5 students). This now opens the door to a pathway that could allow clubs to retain students and even begin building ne...
Around ten days ago, Government unveiled guidance aimed primarily at Personal Trainers that permitted the delivery of one-to-one instruction, outdoors, subject to social distancing and strong hygiene measures. Naturally, martial arts was neglected from this release entirely. We partitioned the Depar...
Nearly 8 years ago, the BMABA was founded. We started with just £20 of capital. Our first website was built on a refurbished laptop that came on a £30 per month contract alongside a second hand Blackberry. It was all so basic and so amateur. Fast forward nearly eight years and we are tur...
A month on from Boris Johnson’s lock-down announcement, Coronavirus continues to wreak havoc on society as a whole around the world. We of course will be focusing on the impact this is having on martial arts. In short, it’s been largely crippling and devastating for the industry as a who...