Randori Dojo

02/08/2026

Randori Dojo are looking forward to tomorrow, Monday 3rd August with the introduction of extended opening times for thedojogym and our new addition Cafe Randori.

We are also welcoming Hudsonslittleadventure who will be providing stay and play sessions for little ones.

Please feel free to pop along and support local!

25/07/2026

22/07/2026

FROM MONDAY 3rd of AUGUST!

22/07/2026

BMABA has signed the Armed Forces Covenant.

We're incredibly proud to share that BMABA is now a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant: our public pledge that those who serve, and those who have served, are treated fairly and supported properly in everything we do.

Martial arts has always had a special relationship with the Forces community, and we already support a huge number of serving personnel and veterans across our membership, including discounted membership and insurance for current Armed Forces members and all veterans.

Signing the Covenant is about going further. Serving personnel will soon benefit from a free deployment pause on their membership, meaning anyone deployed in service of their country can step away, serve, and come home to an active membership that hasn't lost them a single day, even beyond the usual twelve-month term. Behind the scenes, we're building a veteran-trained, veteran-ready team so that support for the Forces community runs through everything we do.

And this September we launch Reboot, our new community programme helping martial arts clubs become a welcoming sanctuary for veterans and those returning from service, with trauma-informed coaching embedded in how they work.

We'll also shortly begin working towards the Armed Forces Covenant's Employer Recognition Scheme, because this commitment applies to our own team too.

To those who serve, and those who have served: thank you. We're proud to stand with you. 🥋

22/07/2026

🏆 A UK first for martial arts.

BMABA is the first, and to the best of our knowledge the only, UK martial arts and combat sports association to hold both ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 27001:2022 certification under UKAS accreditation. Our ISO 27001 award was confirmed this month by the British Assessment Bureau, achieved with zero non-conformities.

So what do they actually do?

ISO 9001, which we've held since May last year, certifies the quality of how we run the association: consistent, professional, properly managed services for every instructor, club and member we support.

ISO 27001 certifies how we protect information: the systems we run and the data you trust us with as a club, from your member records and licensing through to safeguarding information.

And that matters more than ever with what's coming. As our roadmap has trailed, the big 4.0.0 update to our club management platform will introduce GoCardless direct debit collection for clubs, alongside a new leads module in the club CRM, our AI-powered lesson planner and plenty more. Everything behind them now sits on an independently certified foundation.

Six months from a standing start in February, alongside the day job. We could not be prouder of our team.

And the development work we held back while the audit completed? Unlocked. Watch this space 👀

Full story: https://mybmaba.org.uk/bmaba-awarded-iso-270012022-certification-for-information-security-management/

To high places by narrow roads 🥋

15/07/2026

This is great news particularly for our -18 young leaders, the age and stage BMABA CIC Instructor & Cadet Training Pathway will recognize, record and promote their development.

🥋 IT'S HERE. The Instructor (& Cadet) Training Pathway (ITP) is now live.

One of the most requested things we've ever built.

For years, martial arts has had no consistent, structured route from assistant to instructor. Talented assistants and young leaders were developed on goodwill and instinct, with nothing recorded and no recognised standard at the end of it.

The ITP changes that. 👇
✅ A defensible national standard, indexed and quality-assured
✅ Staged progression with a full evidence trail behind every completion
✅ Integrated CPD, from safeguarding to coaching young people
✅ A safeguarding-first cadet route for young leaders

And the bit we're proudest of: it's club-driven. We set the minimum standard. You build on it. Raise the bar with tougher in-house requirements, add your own CPD, competitions, events and milestones, and track it all in one professional, indexed system.

A national standard. Your club's programme. Driven by you, not by us. The next generation of instructors is already in your room. The ITP gives them the road. 🛣️

Read the full launch article 👉 https://intercom.news/bmaba/150636-introducing-the-instructor-cadet-training-pathway-itp

Clubs and lead instructors can get started today at mybmaba.org.uk/portal/itp

09/07/2026

Check out the thedojogym page, please LIKE, SHARE and FOLLOW! 🥋 ☕️

The dojo gym at the Randori Dojo in Midlothian has been used by our members and families of Randori Dojo since 2021 and we are pleased to announce we will be opening the gym to the Public from August with extended opening hours!

If you are looking for support to train then has you covered, our very own Personal Trainer can provide bespoke health, fitness and nutritional advice.

Opening times will be posted soon, please LIKE, FOLLOW and SHARE our page! 🥋 ☕️

28/06/2026

Fostering Fitness just had to get in on the act ……….
Sunrise early fitness
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