Welcome to the Institute for Chinese Martial Arts (ICMA) |
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The Institute for Chinese Martial Arts (ICMA), formally the Chinese Kuoshu Institute (UK), is a non-political, non-profit making and voluntary organisation. The ICMA was formally constituted in the United Kingdom in 1990, as an organisation to promote Chinese martial arts and culture with a particular interest in the practice of Chinese Kuoshu also known as Guoshu or Traditional Wushu and more popularly known as Kung Fu. The ICMA will assume the corporate governance responsibilities for the member schools. The CKI as a Chinese martial arts school, as opposed to the membership association, will become a member school of the ICMA under Chief Instructor Master Rob Simpson (Yuan Xiang) and under the name provided by the Grandmaster to the school: Zheng Yi Guan. During this period of transition (until October 2012) the ICMA policy, practice, rules and regulations, as published, will still apply to all member schools. The pinciple styles taught under Zheng Yi Guan are: Tien Shan Pai; Bao Ding Shuai Jiao; Chen Pan Ling Taiji Quan; and Chinese Boxing (Sparring Training for San Da, Kuoshu Lei Tai and the modern equivalent MMA). Although self-governing, the ICMA is a member of: the British Council for Chinese Martial Arts (BCCMA); the British Chinese Kuoshu Association (BCKA); the British Shuai Jiao Union (BSJU); and the United Kingdom Kuo Shu Federation (UKKSF). Through membership of the national organisation the ICMA is a member of: the European Chinese Kuoshu Federation (ECKF); the European Kuoshu Federation (TEKSF); the European Shuai Jiao Union (ESJU); the European Wushu Federation (EWuF); and, by extension, the International Chinese Kuoshu Federation (ICKF); the International Wushu Federation (IWuF); the World Kuoshu Federation (TWKSF); and the soon to be established (Shanghai, March 2013) World Shuai Jiao Union (WSJU). |
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