We adhere to very high standards when licensing and certifying our Trainers. With that said we are also very understanding about Trainers needs especially those who either make a living from coaching martial arts or those who would like too. Therefore You can immediately start advertising yourself as a CMD® Trainer in Training on joining our program. During the Coach the Trainer Clinics and depending on how engaged you have been in the process over the months preceding it and your ability in your own personal game, we will look at licensing you. Further all subsequent licensing and certification take place each year at the Trainers Clinics. The next tiers of licensing and certification in the CMD® Program are Trainer, followed by Professional Trainer, Advanced Trainer, Elite Coach and Master Coach. Each tier covers various benefits that you will have as you move up. This has been done to keep a consistent high standard of the program.

Requirments to remain active either in the Trainers in Training Program or to remain licensed as a Trainers

All TinT's as well as Trainers need to meet the following requirments-

1. Attend the yearly Trainers Camp

2. Have a dedicated CMD class in your studio, should you be currently coaching.

3. Cleary advertise that CMD class and your participation in the CMD Program in your studio and on your website.

4. Actively engage in discussions both on the Free forums, the paid membership forums, as well as the Trainers forums. This must be done consistently!

5. Ensure all members of your CMD class pay the US10 Dollars to be members of the Pro-membership site. This mut be paid monthly.

6. Attend a minimum of 3 tele-classes for Trainers in every 12 month cycle. 

Tier 1- CMD® Trainer in Training Program

You may be asking yourself how can we allow you to be a CMD® Trainer in Training without ever meeting you and give you a baseline permission to teach CMD® at your gym?

Firstly there are several restrictions that you will have to adhere to. But beyond that we also know that there are many people right now both saying and advertising they teach our material without backing or permission from us- so in our view if someone is going to do this they will do so even without our permission or backing. We feel that by giving current martial arts instructors a baseline permission to teach certain aspects of the CMD® Program, and as many of these instructors have already emmersed themselves in several of our instructional DVD's available on the market- here is a way to do it the right way and get recognized for doing so. Secondly I view it as studying at a university. You don’t need to wait until you have a degree to say you are at Harvard, however you do need the ‘degree’ to say that you have a degree from that institution. So Trainer in Training can be seen as joining the CMD® University as a student wanting to become a coach. Becoming a Licensed Trainer is like gaining an Associates Degree. Professional Trainer is somewhat like a full degree, with Advanced Trainer a Master of Arts and Elite Coach a PHD.

In the end Trainers in Training are not LICENSED CMD® Program Trainers yet. They are however working towards becoming one. This is where we the CMD® Tutors & Coaching Team help each person to reach their goals and to help develop them into what we feel and believe a CMD® Trainer should be.

The time frame for becoming a licensed Trainer, is dependent on many factors- of which your engagement in the program and your physical skill are a part. In the end most people are able to complete the process in about 12 months.

The Remaining Tiers Of Licensing