Regulation Ready. The Benchmark for Martial Arts Governance
Setting the gold standard in safeguarding, compliance, and trust for UK martial arts clubs.
What Is RegulationReady, and Why We Formed It
Regulation Ready is BMABA CIC’s flagship governance framework — the most advanced, transparent, and robust compliance model in martial arts today. Built on our ISO 9001:2015 quality assurance and rooted in national safeguarding expectations, it provides clubs with the tools and accountability they need to thrive in a regulated, modern sporting environment.
Unlike other systems, Regulation Ready isn’t a tick-box exercise. It’s a dynamic, living framework that continuously verifies qualifications, safeguarding checks, policies, and compliance across every role within a club. This ensures that when you are awarded Regulation Ready status, it reflects a real-time, accurate measure of your club’s governance and safeguarding, not just a one-off audit.
The programme has been developed over years of research and consultation, and was further enhanced in 2025 to integrate seamlessly with the Safeguarding Code in Martial Arts (SCiMA). This means your work towards Regulation Ready doesn’t just strengthen your internal governance — it also helps you gain national recognition through SCiMA, placing your club alongside those run by major NGBs.
Key Features of Regulation Ready
Ready to Get Regulation Ready?
Regulation Ready isn’t an optional extra — it’s included free with every BMABA membership, from full instructor members to affiliate clubs. We built it in-house, without a penny of external funding, because we believe every club deserves access to world-class governance, not just those with deep pockets or big-name backing.
By enrolling, your club gains immediate access to the most advanced compliance suite in martial arts — real-time verification, transparent audit trails, and national recognition through the Safeguarding Code in Martial Arts. Whether you’re a grassroots club or a multi-site academy, Regulation Ready levels the playing field and helps you prove to parents, partners, and stakeholders that your standards are second to none.
Joining is simple, free, and open to every style and club size. All it takes is your BMABA membership.
Approved by the Safeguarding Code. Commended by Government.
Our Club Colours standard, built upon the Regulation Ready framework, is formally approved by the Safeguarding Code in Martial Arts (SCiMA). By direct extension, this places BMABA on Sport England’s own safeguarding pages, which publicly reference our Club Colours programme as meeting the Code’s requirements.
This recognition affirms that BMABA clubs adhering to Club Colours are operating at the highest safeguarding standards expected across the martial arts sector. Further to this, we’ve also received acknowledgment from Government.
In August 2025, the Minister for Sport, Media, Civil Society and Youth, Stephanie Peacock MP, wrote directly to BMABA to commend the “hard work that is taking place” to ensure safeguarding standards and procedures are met across the independent martial arts sector. She described BMABA’s role in “ensuring strong standards are met” as “extremely useful” to DCMS as they consider improvements across martial arts safety.
Together, these public and parliamentary endorsements demonstrate not only that our safeguarding frameworks meet national standards, but that BMABA is actively helping to shape the future of safe practice across the wider sector. BMABA are also ISO9001:2015 UKAS accredited via the British Assessment Bureau and audited, and our CC Framework is a core part of the Quality Management Standard.
Multi-Award Winning & Nationally Recognised
Revolutionising Governance in Martial Arts
Our Regulation Ready framework sets the gold standard for compliance, safeguarding, and governance across the martial arts sector. Built in-house by BMABA CIC, without a penny of external funding, it’s the only system that gives clubs of all sizes the same access to cutting-edge compliance tools once reserved for national governing bodies.
BMABA EXCLUSIVE
Real-Time Certification & Recognition
Because Regulation Ready is a living, breathing system, the moment your club achieves Bronze, Silver, or Gold, you can instantly download your digital passmark and certification. At the same time, your status is added to our public register, making it simple to prove compliance to parents, local authorities, and partners — in real time, without delays or paperwork.
👉 Always current. Always visible. Always trusted.
What Does Regulation Ready Involve?
Follow our structured governance framework — from safeguarding and compliance through to leadership and policy management — ensuring every club meets the highest standards with precision and transparency.
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Compliance & Verification
Every DBS, insurance certificate, safeguarding qualification and identity check is logged, verified, and tracked — ensuring your club is always audit-ready.
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Leadership Register
We track and verify your key leadership roles — including DSL, SENCO, Compliance Officer, and Pedagogy Lead — so responsibilities are clear and accountable.
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Policy Management
Seventeen essential safeguarding and operational policies are managed and verified through our system. Expiries, updates, and new requirements are built in seamlessly.
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Continuous Governance
Unlike a static award, Regulation Ready evolves with time — introducing new safeguarding standards and governance requirements as they emerge, so your club stays ahead of expectations.
Ministerial Commendation and Parliamentary Recognition
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 ensuring 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 explicitly appreciated our 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 regulated 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.
BMABA is the only organisation able to issue the Sport England funded Safeguarding Code in Martial Arts Award directly from our member’s area on receipt of our Club Colours Award. Our Colour’s award is free.
From a £20 Start-Up to a Nationally Recognised Powerhouse — Built From Scratch, Driven By Purpose, that's BMABA CIC.
We’re not here because of government grants, NGB status, or Sport England funding — we’re here because thousands of instructors and clubs believed in a better way. BMABA CIC is entirely independent, self-funded, and not-for-profit. We’ve never taken shortcuts or silver spoons — but we’ve earned recognition at the highest levels of UK sport, including Sport England, DCMS, and national media, purely on merit. Every pound we generate — more than £2,100,000 to date — is reinvested directly into the UK martial arts community.
No gimmicks. No politics. No hidden shareholders.
We’ve built one of the UK’s most trusted martial arts ecosystems from the ground up. That means a comprehensive, style-agnostic governance system. Sector-leading vetting, safeguarding and compliance. Affordable insurance. Free club management software. Dozens of tools, licences, guidance and expert support — all included, all in one place.
We didn’t inherit a legacy. We forged one.
Whether you’re stepping out for the first time or have always been proudly independent, this is your home. To high places by narrow roads isn’t just a slogan — it’s how we got here.
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