CCMA prides itself on not only having a very unique approach to training, but is also in alignment with the practices of some of the best and most respected realistic self-protection systems in existance.
In order to keep CCMA a totally open and realistic method we continually experiment, investigate and test the latest and most revered close-quarter combat systems available. We then test CCMA, as a whole, by having an independent, experienced and highly respected member of the self-defence community preside over our gradings to give their official stamp of approval. Therefore a student who passes a CCMA grade will have a certificate and record that proves they have proven their competance not only in front of the association’s teachers and founder but also in front of one of the martial arts/self-defence community’s most highly acclaimed instructors.
To further validate CCMA’s constant striving for indisputable validation, once a student enters intemediate grades they begin coursework that are in line with National Vocational Qualification standards. Students also have an option to complete an NVQ government recognised qualification.
CCMA’s first official grading
Date: 15/05/2005
Guest Examiner: Dave Fenton – MYS Wing Chun (practical Wing Chun)
Grading Award: Eamon Bowen
CCMA’s second official grading
Date: 23/10/2005
Guest Examiner: Anthony Somers – Intelligent Self-Protection http://www.intelligentselfprotection.co.uk/
Grading Award: Charlie Wall
CCMA’s third official grading
Date: 18/03/2006
Guest Examiner: Mick Coup – C2: Core Combatives http://www.corecombatives.com/
Grading Award: Jack Wall
CCMA’s fourth official grading
Date: 26/08/2006
Guest Examiner: Mo Teague – World Combat Arts/Functional Jeet Kune Do http://www.worldcombatarts.co.uk/
Grading Award: Denver Jones
CCMA’s fifth official grading
Date: 18/02/2007
Guest Examiner: Iain Abernethy – Bunkai-Jutsu (practical Karate application) http://www.iainabernethy.com/
Grading Award: Hollie Barnes
CCMA’s sixth official grading
Date: 21/10/07
Guest Examiner: Richard Barnes – Geoff Thompson’s Real Combat Method
Grading Award: Greg Ball
CCMA’s seventh official grading
Date: 24/02/08
Guest Examiner: Alan Peasland – Geoff Thompson’s Real Combat Method
Grading Award: David Shine
CCMA’s eighth official grading
Date: 20/09/08
Guest Examiner: Richard Barnes – Geoff Thompson’s Real Combat Method
Special Guest overseeing: Robert Higgs – author of “What Have I Ever Done to You” and “The Boy in the Photograph”
Grading Award: Samuel Shirley
CCMA’s Ninth Official Grading
Jamie Clubb and some of those who passed CCMA's ninth official grading
Date: 20/06/09
Guest Examiner: Tony Somers, 5th Dan British Combat Association/Geoff Thompson’s Real Combat Method- Founder of Intelligent Self-Protection http://www.intelligentselfprotection.co.uk/
Grading Award: Alexander Shirley
CCMA’s Tenth Official Grading
Date: 05/12/09
Grading Award: William “Billy” Covington
CCMA’s Eleventh Official Grading
Date: 27.03.10
