Joining the IBF/BCSA is a bargain

IBF/BCSA Summer Newsletter 2009
Times are hard and it is always the luxuries which have to suffer and I am sorry to Martial Arts is a luxury. So to get people to join us we have to tell them what we have to offer and why it pays to join us.
1) Every member has PA insurance cover included in their membership a very important factor in today’s compensation culture.
2) For one license you have a multitude of different Martial Arts in GB we offer Judo, Sambo, CombatSombo, Kurash, Belt Wrestling, Submission Wrestling, Karate and Jiu Jitsu just imagine if you had to pay for each Art.
3) Competitions home and abroad although a lot of people no longer want to compete we still organised the British Sombo Open, Scottish Open Judo and Sombo, members have competed in Germany and Holland already by the end of the year they will be competitions in Greece and Lithuania. Either the end of November beginning of December we will have an IBF Open Judo Tournament in Sittingbourne with the new mat layout and we will need your support for this. Plus the IBF Multi Nation Judo Championships will be in Hastings in 2010 and we will need officials for this. Just a note Miles Brown is attending a Judo Referees Course in July to get updated with the new IJF Rules, he in turn will run a course in September which will be free to all IBF Members.
4) All junior gradings and Senior till 1st Kyu can be done in the club, so no travelling from one end of the country to the other for a grading and the examiner keeps the grading fees which can go into club funds.
5) PI Insurance for Instructors and Coaches, the IBFBCSA are unique in the fact we recognise the fact that to be a good instructor you do not need to academically gifted, so we arranged practical examinations on the Job qualification. Plus do not forget Club PL Insurance.
6) Courses can be offered all over the country all you do is ask. Our Annual Summer camp is world famous already many took the advantage of paying before the end of April and getting £50 discount of the price of £250
7) Most importantly all clubs get a £5 discount on licenses which help to fund the club.

So not everything is doom and gloom IBF/BCSA still offers excellent value money.

Martin Clarke 8th Dan
IBF UK President