Beautiful websites.
Built with you.
For free.
One-to-one time with our in-house development team, by ticket, email or chat. From nothing to fully live, often in a day or two.
Good Clubs Live And Die By Their Digital Presence
We’ve watched brilliant grassroots clubs thrive, and others quietly fade, off the back of nothing more than their digital presence and capability. And the bar keeps rising. A basic brochure website doesn’t cut it any more: parents expect to see records, invoices and receipts. Students want to pay online. The website itself now needs to be secure, responsive on every device, and genuinely useful, with interactive elements like live timetables, booking and contact that actually works.
We know that’s beyond the reach of most clubs, and more importantly, we know it’s not why you started one. You want to teach and train, not wrestle hosting, plugins and payment gateways. That’s exactly why we build clever packaged platforms like Flo by BMABA, and it’s why every membership includes free, one-to-one developer support from our expert in-house team, reachable by ticket, email or chat, whenever your club needs it.
Get Free Developer Support- Real Humans, In-HouseOur own expert development team, not an outsourced help desk, working with you one to one.
- Ticket, Email Or ChatRaise it however suits you, and work through it step by step with the same team every time.
- Genuinely FreeIncluded with membership. No hourly rates, no quotes, no surprise invoices for help.
- Modern By DefaultSecure, responsive, interactive builds with timetables, payments and parent-facing records in mind.
Come To Us With Nothing. Launch With Everything.
Clubs regularly come to us with no website, no domain, no email, nothing at all, and we get them fully set up, often in less than one to two days.
Tell Us About Your Club
A short conversation by ticket or chat: your club, your style, your classes, and what you want people to see.
We Build It With You
A full club website, a domain name, professional email addresses and the connections between them, all handled by our team.
Live In Days, Not Months
Most clubs starting from zero are fully live, website, email and domain, in one to two days. Then we stay on hand as it grows.
Out Of Date, Under-Loved, Or Just Not Quite Right? We’ll Take It From Here.
If your club already has a website, perhaps a little dated, perhaps overdue an update, we start with a full initial assessment of what you have. Then the choice is entirely yours: we’ll either recreate it like for like, an identical copy of your content and design on our hosting, or we’ll upgrade it, keeping your existing content while refreshing the visuals into something modern and fast.
Either way, we’ll help you migrate step by step from your existing hosting provider, without downtime, so your club never disappears from the web while the move happens.
- Full initial assessment of your current site
- Like-for-like copy, or a refreshed redesign
- Step-by-step migration with no downtime
However You’d Rather Do It, We’ve Built For It
Do It Yourself, Beautifully
Flo by BMABA is our code-free website and link-in-bio builder, designed so any instructor can create something genuinely professional without touching a line of code.
Do It Together
Free one-to-one developer support by ticket, email or chat, whether that’s an hour of help with Flo or our team building the whole thing alongside you.
Have It Done For You
Hand it over entirely. Website, domain, professional email and setup, delivered by our in-house team, usually inside a couple of days.
Whatever The Job, It’s Covered
This isn’t just websites. It’s the whole digital stack behind a modern club, handled by one team.
If It Sounds Too Good To Be True, Here’s Exactly How It’s True.
We’re a not-for-profit, and our mission is simple: help grassroots clubs reach more people, engage more students, and do it better and more safely. We know technology is one of the biggest barriers clubs face, and we happen to have a huge amount of technical capability behind our own systems. So we dedicate our developers to the community. With 100,000+ members and a 6,500+ strong workforce behind us, the economics work: a service that would be impossible for a small organisation becomes affordable at our scale, spread across a national membership.
And we’ll be honest: it works for us too. If we build you a fantastic website and host it well, you’re more likely to renew your membership, and we’d rather earn that renewal through good work than ever trap you into it. There’s no lock-in here, and never has been; your site and your content stay yours, and you’re free to leave at any time. One more thing worth saying: many clubs currently pay large overseas hosting companies, and that money leaves the UK economy entirely. We’re a UK Community Interest Company, so the same spend lands in the UK, inside a locked not-for-profit mission, and gets reinvested straight back into martial arts.
Enterprise-Ready For NGBs & NGOs
The same in-house team delivers full enterprise-grade digital solutions for national governing bodies and non-profits: multi-site platforms, membership systems, compliance tooling and secure infrastructure, engineered to the dual-ISO certified standards that protect everything we run.
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ISO 9001:2015 Certified
The world's most recognised quality management standard. Our processes, governance and conduct are independently audited every year under UKAS accreditation, the same benchmark used for hospitals, universities, and major corporations.
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ISO 27001:2022 Certified
The international standard for information security, held alongside ISO 9001 as a UK martial arts first. Your club's data, your members' details and our digital infrastructure sit inside an independently audited security management system.
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Regulated Community Interest Company
We're overseen by the Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies, with a legal asset lock that means our income must serve our community purpose forever. Not-for-profit as a legal structure, not a slogan.
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Safeguarding Code in Martial Arts
The Sport England-approved national safeguarding standard. We hold organisational certification and are the only independent martial arts body authorised to issue SCiMA certification to clubs in-house, through our free Club Colours programme.
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CIMSPA Training Provider Partner
Recognised by the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity. Our CPD and qualifications are developed to CIMSPA's national professional standards, with programmes submitted for formal endorsement, confirmed course by course.
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Cyber Essentials Certified
A UK Government-backed scheme confirming we hold essential security controls to protect our systems, data, and users from common cyber threats. A key mark of trust when handling sensitive safeguarding and membership data.
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Certified Social Enterprise
Independently certified by Social Enterprise UK as a genuine business for good. Our income is reinvested into grassroots martial arts, youth projects, and instructor support, not shareholders or private interests.
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UK Register of Learning Providers
A recognised organisation on the UK Government's official Register of Learning Providers under UKPRN 10098149, affirming our legitimacy as an education and training provider able to work credibly with funding bodies, employers, and public agencies.
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Registered With The ICO
Legally registered under UK data protection law, meeting our obligations under the Data Protection Act and UK GDPR. Together with ISO 27001, it protects the personal data of every member, club, and partner we work with.
Multi-Award Winning & Nationally Recognised
What Do Our Members Say?
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D Hurt 10 Out Of 10Well I was with another organisation for 4 years and came across these guys. They have great vetting, were really helpful at every stage of my application, the actual app is amazing with training opportunities for members, also student membership. All round 10 out of 10.
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Peter R They Go Above And BeyondBeen a member for a number of years and they go above and beyond to support their members. Everything from safeguarding and legalities to certified courses, websites, club manager software, just to name a few of the benefits.
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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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Chris J Great People To Work WithGreat people to work with.
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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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Michael Willington Definately recommended. Unbelievable Association.The BMABA are unlike any other org I've come across in this industry. Their honest, professional, politics free and most importantly, they know what they're doing. Website is leaps and bounds ahead of the rest, insurance is comprehensive and their overall customer service is just unlike anything else I've had in 25 years of martial arts. Amazing through and through. Would definitely recommend.
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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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Fabian Burdett This Team Deserves A MedalAs we all know 2020 has been the year from hell for martial arts. One thing that has come out of that is BMABA have done everything in their power to keep clubs like mine up to date with what's happening and tried to push the government to notice us. Couldn't wish for a better association to be a part of. Once again big THANK YOU to you guys for all the help. 💙🐺👊
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Matthew Robert Cooling-Stones These guys are the real dealAs i'm heading into the brave world of starting up my own small self defence club in our village, i can say with complete honesty and satisfaction that BMABA have been the most supportive and upfront association i have come across. i have seen and had first hand experience with the Mcdojo's offering you the greatest adventures of a life time. but these guys are the real deal… i hold my head high, and say with great pride "i am a BMABA member"
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Anna Martensson Highly IMPRESSED by the BMABAAs someone with 22 years of experience in martial arts, who saw enough big egos and leaders who only look after their own benefits… I am highly IMPRESSED by the BMABA. I wanted to make sure they don't just promise the world but actually deliver. They support us all the way and constantly look for new ways of making our whole industry better for ALL of us. THANK YOU!!
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Adrian Jackson Always quick to respond and thoughtfulAlways quick to respond and thoughtful. Great service delivered at a very reasonable price and very supportive of the community. Been a member for a couple of years now and recommend highly
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Daniel Leaver Simply the best organisation I have ever worked withSimply the best organisation I have ever worked with. Everything is so stress free and I am definitely sticking with them for the rest of my career.
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