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The Professional
Unification of Martial Arts (P.U.M.A.) is an
organisation founded and run by professional,
full-time martial arts instructors. It's Chairman
is Master Ray Gayle, 7th Degree Blackbelt.
P.U.M.A. was
founded on the values of high standards & value
for money. This is not simply a vision statement,
rather it is the true feelings of the senior
P.U.M.A. instructors. They feel that there are
a number of things that all martial arts schools
should have as their core values.
These include:
Quality of
Instruction
As well as their competence as martial artists,
P.U.M.A. also believes that it's instructors
need to conduct themselves in a modern, professional
manner. All instructors are fully trained and
certified. The National Coaching Federation
(NCF) supports the training courses that instructors
must attend. All instructors have professional
liability insurance & are required to have First
Aid qualifications. In addition instructors,
assistants and helpers are all required to be
CRB checked and undertake regular child protection
training.
Quality of
Service
P.U.M.A. is dedicated to constantly improving
the quality of service provided to students.
This year, for example, there have been a number
of changes and improvements to the children's
syllabus. Changes have been made to match the
syllabus and teaching methods to the way in
which children in various age groups learn best.
Another recent addition is in groundwork for
children, that teaches self defence techniques
for potentially threatening occurrences.
Value for
Money
Being a P.U.M.A. club member entitles students
to many benefits. There are training camps,
seminars from some of the world's top martial
artists (not just from within P.U.M.A.), and
access to quality equipment at low prices. For
all this, students pay just one monthly fee,
which entitles them to train at any P.U.M.A.
club anywhere at no extra cost. If you were
particulary keen, you could train nearly every
day of the week. If you want to find out more
about P.U.M.A. go to the P.U.M.A. website at
www.puma-uk.com.
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