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...

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...

As more and more local authorities are brought under the ‘Tier 3 – Very High Risk’ grade in England and Wales, we have tried to put together a condensed version of current guidelines to assist clubs and instructors on continuity planning for the weeks ahead. Clearly this is going t...

Fantastic news for independent UK Martial arts – Government guidance has been clarified and we now have definitive definitions to ‘hang our hats on’.   What just happened? Good question. Take a look at our post from just a few hours ago to get a better understanding of what le...

There have been important developments over the past few hours which now supersede this post. Click here to read the latest updates! Here we are again. An entire community on the edge of our seats awaiting the thumbs up or down from the Prime Minister on whether or not indoor martial arts c...

What a 24 hours for our community. From the announcement at 22:30 last night that England would see a near-immediate limit to groups more than six in total meeting to a potential glimmer of a possible exit to social distancing and a ban on grappling. It’s far from black and white and is yet to...