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- Promotion within your "own style of karate or martial
art" with "NO POLITICS"
- Kyu and Dan Ranks!
- Membership
in a World Wide network of Martial Arts School and Organizations.
- Dojo or Association Charters.
- International,
National, Regional, and State Training Seminars.
- International Rank Certification in "ALL STYLES"
of Karate, Kempo, Kung Fu, Tae Kwon Do, Jujitsu, Aikido, etc
- Teachers Licenses
in Karate & Kobudo (Renshi, Shihan, Kyoshi).
- Standardized Instruction throughout the world.
- Video training
(DVD) and Testing available for both Karate & Kobudo (Shorin Ryu).
- Rape Prevention and Awareness Course and Certification.
- Women's
Self Defense Course and Certification.
- UMAA Quarterly Newsletter.
Joining
UMAA
The UNIVERSAL MARTIAL ARTS ASSOCIATION
is a multi-style organization. Practitioners of other styles of martial
arts are also invited to participate in the Shorin Ryu Transition Program
or the Shorin Ryu Kobudo Program.
- For a Dojo to be eligible to receive a UMAA Dojo
Charter, a minimum of ten (10) members are required
- For an Organization to become affiliated a minimum
of twelve (12) members are required.
- All Individual non-Dojo membership applications are
accepted upon direct approval of the UMAA President.
Dojo Head Instructors or Organizational Heads interested
in becoming a member or affiliated to the UMAA, are required to submit
a set of completed applications (dojo/organization registration & individual
memberships) along with appropriate fees. For Dojo/Organization Heads,
please include a brief resume with your applications along with a copy
of your latest Yudansha Certificate.
All UMAA memberships (for all divisions and membership types) are on
an Annual Basis (calendar year).
Each Dojo or Affiliated Organization within the UMAA is required to
be registered with the Association.
All Dojo or Affiliated Organization registrations will be issued a Registration
Certificate (Charter) from UMAA. Each UMAA Dojo or Affiliated Organization
must be supported by a State or Regional UMAA representative. In this
manner the Dojo or Affiliated Organization is guaranteed to have a specific
individual responsible for supporting their program. New Members/Dojo/Organizations
may request to become the UMAA representative for their state if none
exist. In this case, the Regional representative will assume responsibility
of assisting the new State representative dojo/organization.
All members of a UMAA Registered Karate / or
Karate-Kobudo Dojo should be active individual members of the Association.
In the case of those Dojos/Affiliated Organizations only involved in
the UMAA Shorin Ryu Kobudo Division, all individuals
of the member body training in UMAA Shorin Ryu Kobudo are expected to
be active individual members of the UMAA. Active UMAA Individual
Membership will be required for any such individual to receive rank
certification in Shorin Ryu Kobudo from UMAA.
HOW
DO I JOIN?
The UNIVERSAL MARTIAL ARTS ASSOCIATION is a multi-style organization.
Practitioners of other styles of martial arts are also invited to participate
in the Shorin Ryu Transition Program or the Shorin
Ryu Kobudo Program.
For a Dojo to be eligible to receive a UMAA Dojo Charter, a minimum
of ten (10) members are required.
For an Organization to become affiliated, a minimum of twelve (12) members
are required.
All Individual non-Dojo membership applications are accepted upon direct
approval of the UMAA President.
Dojo Head Instructors or Organizational Heads interested in becoming
a member of or affiliated with the UMAA, are required to submit a set
of completed applications (dojo/organization registration & individual
memberships) along with appropriate fees. For Dojo/Organization Heads,
please include a brief resume with your applications along with a copy
of your latest Yudansha Certificate.
For martial artists interested in becoming part of the
UMAA's Karate, Karate-Kobudo, or Kobudo only programs please
check out "SHORIN
RYU KARATE & KOBUDO TRANSITION"
If you would prefer pre-printed or additional information on the UMAA
please write or email UMAA Hombu. Please include your mailing address
with your info request. |
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