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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_message color=”warning” message_box_style=”3d” style=”square” message_box_color=”warning” icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-exclamation-triangle”]Please bear in mind\u00a0that this guidance is developing quickly as we respond to additional information being made available throughout the week.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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 updated with official guidance so we have tried to point to the most relevant information available. Please stop back regularly to see the latest updates and consider this information out of date unless you are viewing it in conjunction with the (linked) official Government sources.<\/p>\n

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On Thursday 26th November, after a month of complete lockdown for most clubs in England (and in some devolved nations too) the promise of an open return to indoor training was somewhat quashed with the announcement that a new, stricter Tier system will be introduced on December 2nd.<\/h3>\n

This came as a blow to many instructors eager to try and return before Christmas to salvage what remains of 2020. Frankly, we’re all exhausted. Clubs are tired of trying to keep abreast of constantly changing guidance and even our policy experts and the team ‘behind the scenes’ at BMABA are yet again ‘head in hands’ with the latest set of revisions and conditions. As always, we’re trying to pick apart the latest guidance to understand what this means for Martial Arts clubs.<\/h4>\n

So what is the new guidance and tier system?<\/h2>\n

Let’s use the official reasoning;<\/p>\n

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Why the government is introducing tiers<\/h4>\n

It is right to apply tighter restrictions where prevalence is highest. In September and October, the virus spread rapidly in all parts of the country. The government responded with new national restrictions. These have brought transmission back under control.<\/p>\n

The government will replace them on 2 December with a regionally-differentiated approach, where different tiers of restrictions apply in different parts of the country.<\/p>\n

These tiers will be strengthened compared to the previous tiers in order to prevent a return to growing infections. We know that social contact spreads the virus. We need to impose these restrictions and it is right to target the toughest measures only in the areas where the virus is most prevalent or where we are seeing sharper increases in the rate of infection.<\/p>\n

The government is committed to ensuring the right levels of intervention in the right places to manage outbreaks, suppress the virus and keep R below 1.<\/p>\n

There are 3 tiers for local restrictions:<\/p>\n

TIER 1 – MEDIUM ALERT
\nTIER 2 – HIGH ALERT
\nTIER 3 – VERY HIGH ALERT<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Much the same as it was for many of us prior to the November lockdown in England, all areas of the UK have been split into Tiers with just a very limited number making it to Tier 1.<\/p>\n

What regions fall into which tier category?<\/h2>\n

The following is the exhaustive Government list for 26th November 2020.<\/p>\n

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Tier 1: Medium alert<\/strong><\/h2>\n

South East<\/h3>\n