You used to have. I still have my MAC coach award around somewhere. I taught night school as an introductory course for sword arts as a fourth dan. When I left I recommended someone else. But as he had no coach award it closed down.
Possibly The Martial Arts Agency? ***It is a Pay to Play site***. A number of links do not work.
This is very much in line with how things are done in the States. The DBS and police check is called a 'background check' here and is part of getting liability insurance. First aid & CPR training is required for now but there is definitely a movement of assessing liability so this will likely go away.In the UK it's common for all sports clubs now to also list first aid qualifications, perhaps reassuring to potential martial arts students.(we batter you but can put you back together)
The other thing that is practically compulsory if you take students under 18, is a DBS, a police check.
Many martial arts instructors here do have coaching and refereeing qualifications. The organisations they belong to, not necessarily style ones, hold courses including child safety, health and safety, first aid etc. We also do these type of courses in Guiding, many leaders and I imagine martial arts instructors can find them useful for their CVs for work as well as reassuring potential students. Coaching qualifications can also impress potential bosses even though it has nothing to do with the work, however it shows other qualities.
I think this is the crux of the miscommunication. Hyoho seems to be talking about teaching for a school district. I can see there being more mandatory hoops to jump through in those circumstances.
In the UK it would be practically impossible for martial arts to be taught as a school subject, it can be taught as an after hours club activity in a school though but rarely is.
That's an association that runs martial arts schools not a commission. We've never had a commission or governing body.
Way too many of these are advertisements for 'pre-fab' schools where the owner/"instructor" has little to no experience. They are cropping up at an alarming trend.
I know there is an option at our middle schools and high schools to have martial arts as the P.E. elective. I assume the people teaching are either part of the school system or have to go through certain training and have credentials.
A website is also a competitive tool.
I get what you are saying but if all three schools were opened at the same time, I don't think it (rank) would automatically mean as much as the product being delivered and how well it is marketed.
Perhaps some are hiding a lack of lineage and ‘bonafide‘ grades (whatever that means!). If you have a teacher’s name, the Internet provides a pretty effective means of checking credentials and claims.
Ooo what does American wording look like? Lots of ‘sure’ and ‘I guess’ rather than the British, ‘nah wha’ ah mean’ and ‘innit’?
Ah yes!
American spellings, 'z' instead of 's', talking about classes for kindergarten classes which is a different age thing in UK. Saying it's for children grade 6/7 etc, as well as enthusiastic comments extolling the virtues of patriotism, faith, discipline etc. It's the enthusiasm, it's exhausting for Brits lol. As is the high (too high) energy shouting in American accents 'good job', loud instructors make for loud children. A 'not bad ' is sufficient.
I personally think ‘not bad’ is too much praise for British children..it will only spoil them. ‘Satisfactory‘ should be the highest praise unless the child is aristocracy in which case a almost imperceptible nod of the head and walking off sharply should be lavished upon them.
The Martial Arts Commission was a private company not a government body as can be seen from your link. It was a very crafty name though, leading people to believe it was official.
Crikey! I thought it was ‘official’ until just now!
