Free Affiliate Membership
We built Affiliate Membership for instructors who want BMABA CIC’s backing without a paid plan. It’s not a teaser — it’s a real membership with real benefits: training, governance frameworks, and platform access.
You never have to move to a paid tier unless you choose to.
What You’ll Get With Free Affiliate Membership
Affiliate Instructor Membership gives you a front-row seat to explore our association — no payment, no catch. You’ll gain access to:
Included with our completely free affiliate membership 🖤
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SEND & Inclusive Coaching
Practical, martial-arts-specific guidance and tools to help clubs make reasonable adjustments, run calmer, clearer sessions, and work well with families and schools.
02
Concussion (CHIMA) & Head Injury
A complete, ready-to-use framework for assessing risk and managing concussion safely, with clear protocols, incident handling, and return-to-play guidance.
03
CPD & Qualifications
Two specialist awards you won’t find elsewhere in UK martial arts — SENCO for Martial Arts and CHIMA — CPD-accredited and delivered by an ISO 9001 provider; included with free Affiliate Membership.
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Safeguarding Code in Martial Arts (SCiMA)
End-to-end access to Club Colours and Regulation Ready, enabling clubs to complete the Sport England SCiMA process with certification issued directly through MyBMABA.
Our Story
We started small — literally with £20 and a conviction that martial arts could be safer, fairer and better run. No investors, no shortcuts; just years of building practical tools for real clubs, listening to instructors, and fixing the things that hold grassroots martial arts back.
In 2025 we went further and locked our mission in: BMABA became a regulated Community Interest Company, transferring all assets into public benefit so every pound serves clubs and communities. Today our operations are independently audited to ISO 9001:2015 (via a UKAS-accredited body), we’re CPD Accredited, Cyber Essentials certified, ICO registered and on the UK Register of Learning Providers — because good intentions aren’t enough without governance.
We also built the infrastructure clubs needed but couldn’t find elsewhere: Regulation Ready and Club Colours — our live compliance and licensing frameworks used by 6,500+ instructors and clubs. They’re mapped to the Safeguarding Code in Martial Arts (SCiMA) and uniquely allow eligible clubs to receive SCiMA certification directly through MyBMABA.
Our work is recognised nationally. BMABA has been referenced in Parliament and commended in writing by the UK Minister for Sport for raising safeguarding standards across independent martial arts. We’re core members of the Martial Arts Safeguarding Group (MASG) and members of the Sport & Recreation Alliance, Welsh Sports Association, Scottish Sports Association, Association of Child Protection Professionals, Children’s Rights Alliance, Anti-Bullying Alliance, and Sported. Alongside multiple national awards, our team is regularly called on by BBC, ITV and national press for credible sector insight.
That journey — from humble beginnings to a sector-shaping, not-for-profit governing body — is why clubs choose us as a credible partner. Use our SENCO training, CHIMA concussion framework, governance tools and club technology alongside your current NGB. Keep what works. Let us help you fill the gaps, raise standards, and protect your students.
Want More Than Just A Free Membership?
Affiliate Membership gives you a taste — but Bronze Membership unlocks the full experience.
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Join the community, jump into the forums, access free tools and the best governance in UK martial arts. Free. Forever.
