The aim of this pack is to provide you with all the information you will need about the All Styles Martial Arts Academy. Contained within the pack you will find information on:
ASMAA/BBA
BNMA
Grading Structure
Licences
Training Competitions/Courses
How joining will benefit you
Also included within the pack you will find a current cost sheet which gives full details of our prices. A membership form which when completed and returned with your membership fee will confirm you as a lifetime member of the ASMAA/BBA, a licence application form is also included - details on the benefits of a licence can be found in Section 4 - Licences.
We hope you will find everything you need within this pack, if however you have any unanswered questions please speak with one of our instructors who will help you as much as they can.
The All Styles Martial Arts Academy/Black Belt Academy (ASMAA/BBA) is a chain of clubs dedicated to providing the very best in Martial Arts training. It was formed by experienced Black Belt instructors who felt the need to leave a large commercially run club in order to give their students a better service.
Since our formation the club has gone ftom strength to strength seeing an increase in student numbers and experiencing very positive feedback ftom our members.
Our team of instructors are dedicated to helping each member reach their maximum potential, we aim for everybody to achieve the level of Black Belt.
We believe this is possible through the teaching of a modem structured syllabus based around. the Freestyle system of Karate and the more traditional Wado Ryu system. Children's progress and ability can be rapidly improved by taking part in our merit badge scheme, the awarding of small sew on patches for displaying technical ability. Through training with us, following our syllabus and taking part in our gradings we will try our very best to help you realise your potential. It is our goal to make you a Black Belt!
Once you reach a certain standard within the ASMAA/BBA you have the option of joining the Black Belt Academy where you will receive more advanced and varied training, studying techniques from many other Martial Arts which can only benefit you and improve your skills. Our instructors aim to always be students of the Martial Arts and are continually learning new methods,' techniques and ideas often from their research into other arts. All of these are passed on to our members enabling them to learn and study techniques not normally taught in Karate.
If you would eventually like to progress to becoming an Instructor yourself we have our Instructor training programme designed to take you from Trainee Instructor to Assistant Instructor and eventually to become a full instructor with the ASMAA/BBA at which point you will be invited to open your own club under the umbrella of the All Styles Martial Arts Academy.
We use a system of 10 coloured belts (kyu grades) before reaching Black Belt (Dan grades). For your reference our belt order is:
10th Kyu - White/Yellow
9th Kyu - Red
8th Kyu - Yellow
7th Kyu - Orange
6th Kyu - Green
5th Kyu - Blue
4th Kyu - Purple
3rd Kyu - Brown
2nd KyU - Brown/White
1 st Kyu - Brown/Black
1 st Dan - Black
2nd Dan - Black
3rd Dan - Black etc.
All students of Martial Arts require a Licence. This provides you with insurance cover against injury to yourself or a fellow student. Licences are also your passport to grade without an upto date licence you will not be allowed to grade. Your licence will need to be renewed each year, your instructor will remind you of this and supply you with renewal forms. When you apply for your first licence you will be issued with a quality hard back licence book containing space for your licence and sections for your grading results to be recorded. The current cost of a licence is shown on our cost sheet, contained in this pack.
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When you join the ASMAA/BBA you are assured of receiving high quality tuition under Black Belt Instructors. You may train at any ASMAA/BBA club as all employ a common syllabus, so your training will not be affected by training in more than one class. If during your training you find that you need extra help with a technique then our instructors will ensure that you receive the coaching necessary for you to develop that technique. You will not he shown techniques and left to do them until you understand them. Our instructors are there to help you progress!
6 - Competitions/Courses
As a club we have available to us the by other members of BNMA under enter open tournaments fought to the optional.
option of attending competitions held Freestyle semi-contact rules. We also same rules. Competitions are entirely
We also have available through BNMA many excellent courses on topics including kata, sparring, weaponry and self defence. As with the competitions these courses are entirely optional.
Your club Instructor will advise you in class of the dates and locations of competitions and courses should you be interested
