Our Wednesday and Thursday classes at Douglas Academy have now finished for the school summer holiday. Our Tuesday junior class at Milngavie Townhall runs to 24 June, with our Tuesday adult class continuing throughout the summer.

On Saturday 24 May the club held its latest Dan Grading event at Milngavie Townhall. It was a day filled with teaching sessions and an intense formal grading. Congratulations go to Barry Pender and Michael Scott who both earned 2nd Dan, Jamie Boyle who achieved 3rd Dan and Ross Walton who is now 4th Dan. All four prepared lessons for the club and then demonstrated a high level of skill, fitness and endurance in the grading, making sure that the new grades were richly deserved.

It’s grading season for our junior and adult members. Here are the planned dates for your calendar.

Adult Spring Course and Dan grading
🗓️Saturday 24 May
⏰10am-4 pm
📍Milngavie Townhall.

Adult kyu grading
🗓️Wednesday 28 May
⏰ 7:15pm
📍Douglas Academy

Junior gradings
🗓️Thursday 29 May
⏰ 7pm
📍Douglas Academy

🗓️Tuesday 3 June
⏰ 7pm
📍Milngavie Townhall

Interested in joining BMAC and curious about our martial art? Check out our video to see just what we do.

We offer a wide variety of skills training in a fun, supportive, and safe environment for fitness and self-defence.

Our junior class at Milngavie Townhall and all classes at Douglas Academy will take a break for the Easter School Holidays.

We'll be running an extended adult class on Tuesday 8 and 15 April at Milngavie Townhall from 7-9:30pm. Classes are back to normal, starting on Tuesday 22 April.

Have a great break everyone.

On Saturday 18 January, 10 BMAC members travelled to Goole in Yorkshire to train with Derwent Self Defence Club. 

DSDC was founded in 2024 by Emma Rose, who trained with BMAC for 10 years before moving south in 2022. The day included the first grading for the club, a class taken by Hugh and a second dan grading for Emma.  

It was a fantastic day with lots of high energy practise, new skills learned and great demonstrations from everyone in their gradings, followed up with a delicious meal at night.

With a successful first visit to DSDC in the books, we're already looking forward to the next one.

Every six months BMAC members vote for the recipient of the Russell Trophy. The trophy recognises members' efforts to develop the club, their skills and those of others. You can read about the criteria on our Russell Trophy page.

We are delighted to announce that the winner for July - December 2024 is Eric Walton, capping off a great year where he also achieved his 5th Dan black belt.

We're back after the Christmas holidays, with our regular classes on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays restarting from Tuesday 7 January. 

This week is our first window for new junior members to join us. We accept new juniors from age 6 and upward and new starts will be eligible for their first grading in May this year.

If you need any more information, get in touch.

On Saturday 23 November, the club held a special event to celebrate two very special grades. Eric Walton graded for his 5th Dan black belt and Hugh Russell was awarded our pinnacle grade of 10th Dan.

Eric took the club for an intense hour of practise and then completed his throug grading that tested all of his skills.

Hugh then took the club through his history in martial arts which now stretches back 50 years. His demonstration showed just how much practice has evolved eover the years.

Congratulations to both Eric and Hugh on these richly deserved grades and for their dedication both BMAC and martial arts.

The next club gradings are scheduled

Tuesday 26 November - Adults
Thursday 28 November - Juniors
Tuesday 3 December - Juniors

Good luck to everyone grading.