You need two students to start a District Commandery. One student must have Full Knowledge of The old books; the Order Confirm "The learned Brother". By the full knowledge, it only means that one have to read both books of I.33 and Fiore, in a translated version. Both books can be found here at this web pages. Both Students must be registered in Main Commandery. As District Commandery, you might use the title; DC - ( Your name ). As District Commandery, you must study and train the full program of TAMA. ( By full program, it means to train all moves, and technics with and without weapons in the two books. When the number of students pass 10, you can call it a Grand Commandery. The Grand Commandery is the “head” of the smaller District Commanderys. A Grand Commandery might be up to as many students as it wish, and they are under the Grand Commandery of Order. The last one, is only one of in each Country.
District Commandery as a Study Ring
If there are no one in your area that hold any TAMA training, you might be the first to found it. It does not matter if you have no experience at all in Martial Art, and you can start from skretch. There are no graduation for the stripes in TAMA, and only time matters. If you wish to start a brand new District Commandery, send us a e-mail about it. Let us know where you will start, how many you are, your names and adress, and times of training per week. ( The minimum amount of training is 1,5 hour per week, and that you meet on at least 80 % of all trainings). Each 6 months, you will have to report directly to us, on how many that have forfilled their training as they should. We register it all here, and after 3 years, you have all Instructor rights, and can open new Commanderys. And also remember, that if you have more then 5 years in any other Martial Art, or are a Black Belt 1. Dan or Higher, you need not the time for being an Instructor. Read more about this at our weeb. So, if you want to start a class of TAMA? Do not wait, but send us a e-mail! All are welcome. TAMA will notify you about when and where, it will be a Safety Course during the 3 years to Instructor rights. ( This must be taken by everyone wanting to be an Instructor, som or another time during the 3 years of training ) You will be listed as a contact person, here at our Main HQ weeb pages, as District Commandery- Study. When your period as Study is over, you will be listed as ordinary District Commandery.
Hierarchy:
Members and Titled Members, Officers, District and Grand Commanders. Membership & Titled Membership is open to all honourable Men and Women worldwide. Affiliate Commandery Program
Once you are formed as a Commandery you decide fees or not, to use in the work of Charity and expanding the TAMA.
Administration Staff
To run your commandery, some people have given up their fulltime employment to run their commandery; Administration Salaries are allowed when a Commandery reaches 500 in number to be able to run it smoothly. The Commander is in charge of fixing salaries and administration staff. Opening a Commandery can be a very time consuming business, but the effort put in results in premises for the members so the members of the commandery feel a belonging and have a sanctuary home from home to go to. Apply for Membership
Everyone are welcome to apply for membership, and to be a part of what we call a Global Study Ring. This way we can all learn from each other, and support each other. We also hope that this will be a meeting place, to share links, experience, updated news about tournements, champhonships and more. Please click the link About, to se the program and description of program. Every membership is for free! We have not founded the TAMA to earn money on it, but for creating good friendship all over the world, have fun in training, develope ones Martial Art further, ( Most members also train other styles of Martial Art, all from Karate, Tae Kwon Do, Ju Jitsu, MMA, Ninjutsu, Boxing and so on. We all know, that it is always a plus, to learn from other styles, and training with weapons )
Membership fees:
Ordinary Membership – Free
District Commandery – Free
Grand Commandery - Free
District Commandery - Study - Free
Diploma, Certificate and Lisence ( Note: The fees here, is to cover the costs only )
( If you do not wish to have Diploma, Certificate or Lisence, that is OK. All information is registered about you anyway, and you have all the same rights as a member, with or without papers. It`s up to each District, or Grand Commandery if they will issue papers or not. Often many choose to do, so the students have a type of reward as a Diploma, when they reach new levels )
District Commandery Certificate – 40 $
District Commandery - Study Certificate - 40 $
Grand Commandery Certificate – 40 $
Instructor License dipoma – 30 $
Rank Certificate - 30 $
Note: If you wish to order some of the certificates, please do this from the closest Grand Commandery to where you live. If the closest Grand Commandery do not have it, you might Order directly from us. Commanderys that issue papers, must sign the papers, and make certian of its registration. The Certificates must be paid in advance over Pay Pal Account. This must be done here, at our web pages. Please use the link: Diploma. ( Note: This service will be opened around 1. mars 2012 )
** To be accepted as Instructor, you have to have learned the Safety Course of HEMA or Secuirty Course of International Martial Art Federation, or any other accepted course within Martial Art, and the use of weapons. This course all Martial Art Schools have, so if you have Dan belts, or other proof of 5 years ore more, this is accepted. If not, please ask us about the Safety Course.
***All District Commanderys, and Grand Commanderys, must form their own certifications, and decide the fee themselves. All appointed Instructors must be reported in to Main HQ, for registration.