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If you want to succeed offering Special Needs Martial Arts Classes, this membership is a must!

For the past 20 years we have been working with individuals with various disabilities…compiling various data and videos… testing and applying best methodologies…. creating curriculum… and building the World’s Largest Content Library of all aspects of Therapeutic (Special Needs, Adaptive, Para) Martial Arts!

We are fully committed to seeing you succeed!

For Only $79/month

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You will receive unlimited access to our Online Educational Platform!

What is included in your Membership to TMAI

  • Introduction to Therapeutic Martial Arts (TMA)
  • Why Martial Arts for people with disabilities
  • Removing the ‘Dis’ and promoting the Abilities
  • How will martial arts aide an individual with a disability on the physical, emotional and mental planes
  • Who can train in TMA – types of disabilities
  • TMA Instructor Qualities
  • TMA as a Sport
  • TMA as Therapy
  • TMA for developing Life Skills
  • Overcoming Prejudices
  • Types of Disabilities within Therapeutic Martial Arts
    • (Physical, Intellectual, Sensory, Neurological, Developmental)
  • Medical/Safety Issues
  • Communicating with people with disabilities (All Disability Groups)
  • Types of Learning
  • Starting a TMA Program
  • Marketing & Promotion
  • TMA Instructor Development
  • Program Development
  • Promoting an Inclusive Environment in your Martial Arts School
  • Creating Strategic Partnerships & Alliances
  • Assessing New Students
  • Methodologies – How will it work
  • How to work with people with Autism, Visual Impairment, Mobility Disabilities, Deaf, Cerebral Palsy, Acquired Brain Injury, Amputations, Global Delay, Anxiety Disorders, Developmental Coordination Disorders…
  • Implementation of a Life Skills Program specifically for the special needs child
  • Offering Special Needs Private Lessons so you have a waiting list
  • Creating an Adaptive Curriculum and Rank Test Procedures
  • Adaptive Self-Defense for individuals with mobility disabilities (wheelchair users)
  • Adaptive Self-Defense for people with visual impairment
  • Class Management Skills
  • Creating specialty programs within your TMA
  • Hundreds of hours of video content of various classes, special events and instructor development
  • Opportunity to visit and learn at our Martial Arts Schools in Vancouver, Canada. We would love to see you join us on the mat and experience the work that we do and how we do it
  • How to be viewed on par with other therapists (occupational therapists, physiotherapists, behavior interventionists, physical therapists)
  • Financial Success – How to double your income with the TMA Program
  • Proven Marketing techniques to generate new students before you even start the class
  • How to receive free and healthy publicity
  • Opportunities for to earn International Instructor Certification and enter the school Licensee Program
  • Access to our member only TMAI Facebook Group for networking opportunities
  • How to become an expert in your city …… everyone teaches martial arts, but you will be the One teaching people with special abilities

We know that the knowledge acquired, and the opportunities offered via the Online Education Platform will make you a great therapeutic martial arts instructor!