About CMA
CMA is a registered trademark owned by the SwissAAA company based in Zurich, Switzerland. The new dynamic shooting sport has been founded on June 10, 2023 in Burgdorf, Switzerland by a group of enthusiastic founding members. In the meantime, there have been many very exciting matches in both handgun and two-gun disciplines and a lot more will follow. The time is right to join our efforts and become a part of the future of CMA.
The CMA Founders Team (left to right):
Björn Thomann, Urs Maritz, Michael Heinzl, Raphael Vögtli, Thomas Herzog, Bruno Wyss, Andy Pfenninger
Membership
We welcome both individual as well as institutional members. The individual membership will allow you to get a CMA ID, to become licensed by completing the CMA Intro course and the CMA skills test and to participate in competitions worldwide. The institutional or club membership will allow you to organize competitions and use the CMA brand to for advertisement and promotion. So, don't hesitate: signup, get on board and, above all, start with CMA sport shooting!
The Founders Badge
Outlook
CMA is a young sport. The underlying concept has been proven in many competitions. Of course, there are still many improvement points to be done. Some of the points in discussion are mentioned below.
Organization
We have a goal to found a sports association based in Switzerland and transfer ownership of CMA from the SwissAAA company to the new association. This will be a considerable effort to get it right. More concrete steps will be planned in the mid-term future. We don't want to be entangled in administrative taskstoo much but rather go shooting!
International
CMA is intended to be used internationally and the objective is to offer events and matches in many countries and locations to our members. Currently, CMA is present in Switzerland, Thailand, Slovakia, Finland, Kenya, Czech Republic, Hungary and other countries, The list is growing fast. If you are interested to introduce the sport in your country or your region, take contact to discuss how to get started!
Education
CMA is based on a thorough firearms education concept. It is the foundation of our certification system for shooters, safety officers, match directors, trainers and instructors. Most of the corresponding courses and tests have been put into practice, some more will be defined and introduced in the near future. Our objectives include to offer courses, tests and certifications that
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raise the average skill level of CMA competitors and officials
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allow challenging competitions to test shooting skills and mental and physical fitness
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are accepted and serve as a reference beyond the CMA community
Membership
Memberships for individual shooters are based on a well thought-through membership concept. The modest membership fee is used to support both the central activities as well as local organizations and competitions.
Additional membership types, for example for clubs, will follow in due course.
Rules
The rules and regulations of the sport will be optimized periodically. We are always collecting improvement suggestions. The founders team will review them at least once a year and take a decision whether the rules will be adapted accordingly.
Website
The website will be constantly enhanced with more contents and functionalities. Here are some of the planned functionalities:
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Extend the shop with further CMA merchandise
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Automate SO, MD and Instr renewals
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Provide match result upload and match history
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Build a registration and scoring app for matches and skills test with direct uploads (major effort)
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Automated competitor license renewal through match participation (needs decision by founders team and upload capability) or skills test (current solution)
Gear & Apparel
We plan to create gear and apparel such as for example holsters, trousers, t-shirts, caps and other useful stuff. It will be both functional and priced reasonably.
Check out the CMA shop for available products.