CH'AN DAO MARTIAL ARTS ASSOCIATION (禅道武术协会)
  • About
    • Hakka Gongfu Defined
    • Membership
    • Traditional Levels of Attainment
    • CDMAA Badge
    • Aims & Objectives
    • Blog (釋大道)
  • Introduction
    • Hakka Martial History
    • Ven. Heng Lin (1865-1923)
    • Ven. Miao Xing (1891-1927)
    • Ven. Shi De Chan (1907-1993)
    • Rare Photographs of the Shaolin Temple before it was Destroyed in 1928
    • Why the Shaolin Temple was Burned in 1928
    • Documentation of Secret and Authentic Shaolin Martial Arts
    • Iron Groin Training
    • Some Traditional Hakka Gongfu Attitudes and Ideas
    • Li Hakka Style Martial Arts
    • Islamic Shaolin
    • Hui Islamic Yongjian Martial Arts
    • Uncertainty as Sunyata (Buddhist Emptiness)
    • Yang Zheng Ji’s Signed Taijiquan Book
    • Hakka Triple Unity Fist (三合拳 – San He Quan)
    • Hakka Gongfu: Iron Ox Cultivates Land (鉄牛耕地)
    • Hakka Internal Kicking is a Practical Science
    • Published Articles
  • Grand Master Chan Tin Sang
    • Training Hall Code
    • Statement of Martial Equality in Training
    • Ch'an Dao Bag Work
    • Taijiquan Horse Stance Training
    • Gongfu Horse Stance Training
    • Taijiquan: Snake Creeps Down
    • Master Xu Yun & Martial Arts
    • Master Du Xinwu (1869-1953)
    • Master Xu Shiyou (1905-1985)
    • Ho Chi Minh & Taijiquan
    • The Democratisation (and Praxis) of Martial Arts in New China
    • Banana Village (香蕉村)
    • The Greek Boxer at Rest
    • Translations
  • Members' Area
    • Syllabus
    • Index of Members
  • Forum
  • Contact
CDMAA is a member of:

- RHACS
- ICBI
- QD-UK

Contact Us

CDMAA Membership

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CDMAA Membership is open to anyone who shares its philosophy, aims and objectives. 

Membership is free and is defined as follows:

1) Application for Membership of the CDMAA requires the following:

a) A photograph.
b) A short biography
c) An email address.
d) A website address (if any)

Email To: chandao_admin@elitemail.org 

2) Any Individual or Institute may apply for Membership of the CDMAA. There are three levels of Membership:

a) Training Hall - local to Sutton (subject to regulation)
b) National - UK outside Sutton (subject to limitation)
c) International - outside the UK (subject to limitation)

3) Any dedicated participant in a CDMAA class may be considered a Training Hall Member.

4) Any established CDMAA student my continue their studies through email and video link (and apply for National and International Membership) status when moving outside of London or the UK.  

5) All comfirmed Training Hall Members must possess a CDMAA badge and signed Certificate. Certificates are printed and posted free of charge to each Member.   Each certificate contains a water-mark of the Ch'an Dao badge (pictured above) and this serves as the required CDMAA 'badge' for National and International Members.

6) 
Honorary National and Honorary International Membership is open to practitioners from other styles subject to the following limitations:

DISCLAIMER: Limitation of Membership (unless otherwise stated):

Please be advised that the Ch’an Dao Martial Arts Association (CDMAA):

a) Does not possess the legal (or moral) right to endorse, recognise, or authorise any other individual or group to teach martial arts, or to use the Ch’an Dao logo, or any other copyrighted CDMAA martial arts material for said activity. 

b) Does not recognise a modern, coloured belt (or similar) grading system, and does not possess the legal (or moral) right to endorse the bona fide status of any other individual or group training outside of the CDMAA.

c) CDMAA Honorary National and Honorary International Membership does not imply, or otherwise confer CDMAA recognition of any other individual or group.  Honorary International Membership is premised entirely upon a ‘voluntary’ association through the pursuit of traditional Chinese martial arts excellence.

d) Use of the Ch’an Dao logo and copyrighted martial arts material is strictly prohibited and subject to the relevant permissions.

e) The CDMAA does participate in any commercial activities, is not a business, and does not endorse any other individual or group that is established as a commercial enterprise.   

(Updated 14.3.2016)


 

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