Introducing Generation 2 CPD: every course, rebuilt for 2026

Hi there,

This is the single biggest upgrade to BMABA CPD we have ever made.

Every course in our catalogue has been completely rewritten, from the ground up. Nothing is as it was. Everything is fully up to date as of June 2026, and much of it now incorporates the latest laws, legislation, frameworks and sector best practice. If you trained with us before, you'll find the same trusted qualifications reimagined as something far sharper, more current, and more genuinely useful in your dojo or club.

You can explore all of it now at mybmaba.org.uk/cpd.

New names, clearer pathways

A few of your favourite qualifications have evolved, with clearer structure and proper progression built in:

Our SENCO award has become SEND in Martial Arts, now split into a Level 1 Practitioner course and a Level 2 Coordinator course, so you can take it as far as your role requires.

Trauma-Informed Coaching has been separated into Level 1 (Foundations) and Level 2 (Practice), letting you build from core understanding through to applied, day-to-day coaching practice.

Our coaching pathway now has a clear three-tier structure: Foundation Coach (Level 1), Qualified Coach (Level 2), and a brand new Senior Coach (Level 3) for experienced coaches ready to go further.

Brand new courses

Generation 2 also brings a whole set of courses we've never offered before:

• Club Management Award, at both Level 1 and Level 2
• Event Ready, our event management CPD
• NROA, our refereeing and national officiating award
• CHIMA Second Edition, a fully revised concussion and head injury management award built on our concussion protocols, which have been approved by Professor Mike Loosemore MBE
• Coaching Neurodiversity, a new award dedicated to inclusive, neurodiversity-aware coaching
• Cadet Coaching Award, designed specifically for coaches under 18

And we're not finished. We have a further three courses already in development, and we'll release each one the moment it is ready, never before.

Built by experts, supported by world-class technology

Every Generation 2 course is delivered through a new, cutting-edge, BMABA-exclusive proprietary AI integration. We want to be completely clear about what that does and does not mean.

None of our courses are written by AI. Every word is produced in-house by our expert team, drawing on trusted sources and our external partners, and everything is checked by our own subject-matter experts, specialists and academics before release.

What the technology does is enhance how you learn. AI is woven in to power your interactive tutor (BMABA Ivy), to support live-feedback style essays and resources, and to make each lesson feel like a guided, interactive experience. Most courses now include a page-by-page knowledge transfer resource, so instead of facing a wall of text, you move through clear, digestible stages at your own pace.

Mapped to professional standards

Where appropriate, every course has been mapped to CIMSPA professional standards as part of its development. We are now beginning the process of submitting our CPD to CIMSPA one course at a time for formal endorsement, and we'll make it explicit on any course that achieves it.

In the meantime, please treat courses as CIMSPA-mapped rather than formally endorsed unless the course itself clearly states otherwise.

Nothing you've earned is lost

Generation 2 is an addition to our existing provision, not a reset.

Launching these new courses does not wipe your progress on courses you've already started, and it does not remove or change anything held in your verified records. Your existing qualifications, your National Records verification, your Regulation Ready status and your Club Colours all stay exactly as they are. Think of this as an opportunity to refresh older qualifications with the very latest material, alongside genuinely new CPD to explore.

Explore it now

Head to mybmaba.org.uk/cpd to see everything available to you, pick up where you left off, and start something new.

To high places by narrow roads.