Continuous Professional Development (CPD) courses/Introductory courses

The institute of Martial Arts and Sciences offer a wide variety of short, intensive courses especially for the busy martial arts instructor. These courses cover the following skills:

• Health and safety
• Child Protection/Safeguarding
• Equality and Diversity
• Anatomy and Physiology
• First Aid (martial arts specific)
• Methods of Instruction
• Personal Safety
• Control and Restraint

These short courses may also be studied via distance learning with lessons, assignments and assessments being carried out electronically. Upon completion, all students will receive a IMAS certificate of completion

Further Education and Training:

Other qualifications are available at the certificate and diploma level in various aspects of the martial arts and related fields:

• Origins, history and traditions
• Religious and philosophical influences
• Psychology of conflict
• IMAS Teaching Certificate
• Performance Coaching

Duration of these courses range from a few weeks to a year, depending upon the level of learning/subject(s) covered. IMAS is an approved centre for training and education and also maintains membership of Skills Active, the official skill sector council for sport and recreation