Build and Manage Your Curriculum with Dojo Manager
BMABA’s exclusive syllabus platform gives you the tools to build graded syllabi, manage your technique library, plan your curriculum visually, and collaborate with co-instructors, all inside your MyBMABA portal.
Professional curriculum tools, completely free with your BMABA membership
Dojo Manager gives every BMABA member a private workspace to build graded syllabi, manage a technique library, plan sessions with a drill bank, and collaborate with co-instructors in real time. There are no licences to buy, no approval processes to navigate, and no external body telling you how to teach your art. BMABA is a not-for-profit association. Every tool we build exists to serve our members, not to generate revenue. Dojo Manager is included as standard with your free membership. Just log in to MyBMABA and it is waiting for you.
Build a complete graded curriculum from scratch, your way.
The Kanban board gives you a column for every grade, from beginner through to black belt. Add techniques from your library, assign them as required, optional, or revision, drag them between grades, and build a structured pathway that reflects how you actually teach. No templates imposed, no approval needed.
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One library. Every technique you have ever taught.
Your technique library is global across all your syllabi. Add your own from scratch or import from our pre-designed collections covering nineteen martial art styles. Each technique carries its own description, coach notes, category, icon, and custom colour. Assign any technique to any grade in any syllabus, any time.
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Stop reinventing your warm-ups. Build a session library that lasts.
Store every warm-up, drill, partner exercise, game, cool-down, and conditioning circuit in your personal Drill Bank. Tag by skill level, age range, duration, and equipment needed. Import from our pre-designed collections or build your own from day one. Your entire session toolkit, always one click away.
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See your entire curriculum at a glance.
The Visualise tab generates a colour-coded map of every grade and every technique in your syllabus. Set per-grade transition targets (sessions, frequency and duration) and get a full journey estimate from first class to black belt. Spot gaps, rebalance grades, and share a clear visual overview with co-instructors or students.
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An expert curriculum advisor, available every time you sit down to plan.
The built-in AI assistant understands martial arts. Ask it to suggest techniques for a grade, analyse whether your syllabus is well-balanced, draft an introduction or examiner notes, or generate pad combination drills for your next session. Scoped strictly to dojo management, so it will not waste your time on anything else.
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Build your syllabus together, in real time.
Invite co-instructors to edit any syllabus. See who is online, which tab they are working in, and get notified the moment they save a change. Manage invites, set collaborator limits by tier, and keep full ownership of your own work. Collaboration the way it should work: simple, live, and respectful of everyone’s time.
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Map how your techniques connect, build and progress.
The Pedagogy tab gives you an interactive canvas where you can draw relationships between techniques across your entire syllabus. Show which techniques are prerequisites for others, which combinations they build into, and which skills need to be refined before the next grade. It is a curriculum planning tool as much as a teaching aid, useful for identifying gaps, explaining your syllabus to co-instructors, and building a coherent progression that makes pedagogical sense.
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A pre-built library covering 19 martial art styles, ready to use on day one.
Not starting from scratch. Dojo Manager includes 416 pre-designed techniques spanning Karate, Judo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Muay Thai, Taekwondo, Boxing, Kickboxing, MMA, Krav Maga, Jujitsu, Aikido, Hapkido, Jeet Kune Do, Kung Fu, Kendo, HEMA, Capoeira, Self Defence, and Wrestling. Browse by style, search by name, and import any technique into your own library in one click. Once imported they are fully yours to edit, rename, and assign to any syllabus. We also include 75 pre-designed drills and exercises covering warm-ups, session drills, partner games, cool-downs, and conditioning.
- Karate
- Judo
- Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
- Muay Thai
- Taekwondo
- Boxing
- Kickboxing
- MMA
- Krav Maga
- Jujitsu
- Aikido
- Hapkido
- Jeet Kune Do
- Kung Fu
- Kendo
- HEMA
- Capoeira
- Self Defence
- Wrestling
Your curriculum. Your standards. Your dojo.
Join thousands of martial arts instructors who trust BMABA. Get instant access to Dojo Manager, your professional membership, CPD tools, and more, completely free.
Multi-Award Winning & Nationally Recognised
Dojo Manager is one of around forty tools included with membership
Clubs rarely join for a single piece of software. Your curriculum sits alongside the cover, qualifications and governance that make a club defensible as well as organised.
Club management platform
Attendance, grades, payments, invoicing, student records and a members area, with no per-student pricing.
See the platformWorkspace
A shared digital HQ for your coaching team. Files, wiki, calendar, projects, meeting notes, goals and habits in one place.
Explore WorkspaceCPD and qualifications
Safeguarding, first aid, concussion, trauma informed coaching, SEND and the full coaching pathway, mapped to CIMSPA professional standards.
Explore CPDFlo site builder
A code-free club website and link in bio, with eleven designed themes and unlimited forms. Live the same evening you join.
Build your siteInsurance and licensing
Public liability, professional indemnity and personal accident cover, with student licensing sitting alongside it rather than bought separately.
Explore coverRegulationReady governance
Our governance and compliance framework, checked dynamically against live data, with Club Colours and SCiMA recognition issued through MyBMABA.
See the frameworkBuilt by a not-for-profit governing body, not a software company.
BMABA CIC is a regulated, independently audited, multi-award winning social enterprise. We hold ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 27001:2022 certification under UKAS accreditation, we are Cyber Essentials certified, and we are overseen by the Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies with a legal asset lock. Our income is reinvested into grassroots martial arts, never distributed as profit.
That is the whole reason Dojo Manager costs nothing. There is no licence to buy, no per-student fee waiting to appear, and no investor expecting a return on your syllabus. Today we are trusted by more than 6,500 instructors and clubs, supporting over 100,000 members across more than 200 disciplines.
Ministerial Commendation And Parliamentary Recognition
“Organisations such as the British Martial Arts and Boxing Association support unaffiliated martial arts providers to adopt the safeguarding code… Providers with recognition under the code can display a logo on their promotional materials to show participants that their safety measures have been vetted.”
BMABA CIC has been recognised at the highest levels of Government for our commitment to safeguarding in martial arts. During a House of Commons debate on combat sport safety, the Minister for Sport, Stephanie Peacock MP, highlighted the British Martial Arts & Boxing Association by name for our work in supporting independent and unaffiliated clubs to adopt the Safeguarding Code in Martial Arts. This direct mention in Parliament demonstrates that our efforts to raise standards and protect participants are shaping the national conversation on safety in combat sports.
Following that debate, the Minister for Sport wrote formally to commend BMABA’s work, praising our role in raising safeguarding standards across the independent martial arts sector. She described our contribution as “extremely useful” to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport’s ongoing policy development, and thanked us for our ongoing efforts to make martial arts safer for children. This recognition reflects the trust placed in BMABA to help Government address urgent safeguarding challenges highlighted by recent tragedies within combat sports.
For our members and the wider martial arts community, this recognition underlines BMABA’s credibility as a leading voice for independent martial arts in the UK. It demonstrates that our grassroots-driven mission, to promote safe, inclusive, and properly governed martial arts for all, is influencing national policy and gaining ministerial support. Being referenced in Parliament and commended in writing by the Minister for Sport reinforces that BMABA is not just a governing body, but a sector-shaping organisation working to protect participants and secure the future of martial arts.
“I appreciate your ongoing efforts to make martial arts safer for children.”
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Giles H Exemplary OrganisationA huge resource of helpful information and support for those setting up or running a martial arts club. Well put together coaching courses and great safeguarding advice and policies. Really pleased to have access to this exemplary organisation to help me with my new kickboxing club.
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VORTEX Martial Arts & Fitness More Than Just A Governing BodySimply amazing. BMABA are more than just a governing body for martial arts, they are a team of incredible people, always willing to go the extra mile to make sure you feel supported. Incredible customer service, amazing response time, and an honour to be governed by.
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Lena S Professional And High QualityPreviously searched for similar organisations but after speaking to Giovanni over the phone I knew that BMABA was the right one for me. He was very informative, patient and had a lot of time to answer any questions. Extremely reassuring and helpful. Their website and documentation are also very professional and high quality.
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Luke T Far More Helpful Than Any Other AssociationHaving been a part of BMABA for a short while, I can say that already they have been far more helpful than any other association I have been involved in. After 10 years of martial arts, I hope to continue instructing under BMABA for many years.
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Matt J Can't Rate Them Highly EnoughHaving left my previous association in November, and being very daunted by the prospect of being responsible for all my own compliance and everything else I can honestly say BMABA have made the whole thing possible and even pleasant. The training resources are great, it's been fantastic for me to be able to quickly up skill my team, the insurance is really easy to sort out, the team are super friendly and helpful, the perks on Gold membership are also fantastic.
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John Tomsett Outstanding Club Association and Insurance ProviderI have been a customer of BMABA for two years now, and I am extremely impressed with their services. First and foremost, the customer service provided by BMABA is exceptional. Their team is responsive, professional, and genuinely dedicated to ensuring that our needs are met. Whenever we had a query or require assistance, they responded rapidly and effectively.
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Georgina E Really impressive, 21st century MA organisation. 10/10Found these guys in Martial Arts Illustrated doing a piece on professionalism in martial arts and thought, as an instructor, they might be worth looking at further. Really impressed from the moment I hit their website through to now, 3 months on as a member. Great staff, Giovanni is rediculously knowledgable and our club is now growing under the banner of what has got to be the best martial arts org in the UK.
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Jonathan D BMABA – the Martial Arts Association you NEEDI joined the BMABA right in its infancy (I believe I was their second member!). Giovanni is the most helpful, respectful and genuine person who has turned the possibility of a non-political, highly respected and supportive Martial Arts Association into a reality. I could bang on for hours about the BMABA but don't take my word for it – go and visit the BMABA website and see for yourself.
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One drawer in a very large toolbox.
Everything below arrives on the same membership, at the same price of nothing. Most clubs join for one of these and end up using six.
None of this is a loss leader.
BMABA CIC is a not-for-profit Community Interest Company and the independent martial arts governing body for around 1,500 clubs and more than 6,500 instructors across 200+ disciplines. We hold ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 27001:2022 under UKAS accreditation, we are regulated by the CIC Regulator with a legal asset lock, and we have been named in the House of Commons by the Minister for Sport.
The software is free because the asset lock means there is no margin to protect and no shareholder to pay. Membership income funds the next tool, the next course and the next member service, which is exactly why the qualifications, the insurance and the safeguarding support sit alongside the technology rather than being sold separately.
Your syllabus, properly built, in an evening.
Join free, log in to MyBMABA, and open Dojo Manager. Import a starting library or build from scratch. It is yours either way.
- Kanban syllabus builder, grade by grade
- Global technique library and drill bank
- Belt progression map and pedagogy canvas
- AI dojo assistant built for martial arts
- Live collaboration with co-instructors
- 416 techniques and 75 drills ready to import
