Our All in One Service

Direct Debit Fee Collection for Martial Arts Schools

Our modern Direct Debit & SEPA billing systems are built seemlessly into your EFC Aquila software package and take care of the time consuming tasks of membership fee collection and administration so you don’t have to, leaving you stress free and able to run and grow your business safe in the knowledge that your membership payments are secure and ongoing:

• Easy to use
• Professional
• Headache free solution
• BACS Approved
• Paperless
• Automated income
• Steady cash flow
• Fully managed & supported by a team you can trust

Set up membership payments via our BACS & SEPA systems, or use our professionally designed and printed membership forms which can be either electronically processed, or sent to EFC to do the rest. You can create and set up new membership payments ready for collection within a matter of minutes with the member or remotely.

   Stress free   Fully Managed          Steady Cash Flow  Safe & Secure

Software for Martial Arts Schools

You will gain access to Aquila from day one, with all available features included in your EFC package.

Accessible through a web browser or as a download, Aquila will be with you everywhere you go allowing you and your team to manage your business and complete tasks quickly.

Manage all aspects of your business including:

• User management
• Direct Debit payments
• Classes
• Bookings
• Attendance
• Registers
• Self check in kiosk
• Grading
• Assessment 
• Point of sale
• Task automations
• Mailbox & communication
• Two way SMS Messaging
• Templates manager
• Lead capture & management
• Events registration & sales
• Form builder - ie waivers
• Report builder
• Staff management
• Performance tracking and lots more!

The EFC support team, our online tutorials or onsite visits will help you to seamlessly implement the system into your business.

Run & Manage Multiple Locations Securely and Seamlessly!

The EFC Software also provides easy management of multi locations and franchises, including the ability to easily control your intellectual property and access to your curriculum across multiple locations.

The "plug and play" option means you can create and share the following:

• Curriculum including programs, grades, skills & members app media content
• Email and sms templates
• Electronic forms, including T&C's & waivers
• Program sign up packages
• Student awards & recognition system
• Automations

"EFC Aquila is an awesome school management system. I used another system for over 15 years and raved about it until EFC developed Aquila. This is on a different level and just keeps getting better. Great job EFC"

Vince Cassar, Cassar Academy of CKD

Members App - Your business online & virtual...

Allow a whole new way of learning and training in Martial Arts for your members!

Online and virtually through thier own members app:

• View full video curriculum by video, image, PDF and skills
• Receive real time training feedback and progress updates through "observations"
• See personal training tasks and goals through "next steps"
• Receive important messages through the portal notice board
• View my progress to the next grading visually with personal progress bar
• Journal the training experience and keep notes on classes
• Book for class through the class reservation module
• Check into class via QR code
• View and register for upcoming events
• View membership payment status
• Refer a friend
• And lots more!

Want to make Aquila your own? Brand your member app with a splash of colour and your business logo.

Automate Your Business = Win Back Your Time

Focus on the bigger picture and ask our automation platforms to take care of the regular time consuming tasks. Automate your workflows, and ensure that important but mundane tasks are completed on time, every time.

Set up single or multi action automations, and call upon the EFC support team to assist with implementation so that it is done correctly from the get go.

Dedicated Account Manager & Support Team

EFC manage the whole collection process from start to finish, from submitting the fee for collection right through to the fee being confirmed as paid and transferred to you. Unfortunately from time to time a membership fee may fail and become outstanding, and EFC are here to handle all of that for you too.

” Not just collection of the fee, full service management of the collection process”

Our systems are fully prepared and ready to deal with any unpaid membership payments that may arise.  Our in house follow up procedures ensure that missed payments are followed up quickly. Both your Aquila software & your dedicated Account Manager will keep in contact with you throughout the process to update you on any progress.

“On average 96% of collections successfully collected first time”

As we are Direct Debit originators and approved with Auddis facilities there are no third parties in between us and the bank, we talk directly to the banking systems which allows for extremely fast reporting. We find out almost immediately which payment collections have been successful and which ones have not, so that we can deal with the situation in a timely manner.

Unlike some other providers we do not charge any fees for failed collections, and will only charge commission when the fee has been successfully collected for you.

“Immediate and timely reports on collection status”

Our dedicated, ethical and professional approach to dealing with late membership payments sets us apart from the rest and makes us a vital part of your business operation. Our highly trained Account Manager staff are equipped with the experience and expertise in order to help maximise your collection totals, but in an ethical way tailor made to the customer service industry.

We essentially work for you, so we will handle your membership base in the way in which you want us too.

Business Growth Solution

Business Training Programmes

EFC’s business growth education journey will take you through recommended systems, principles, practices and procedures to help you recruit more members, retain more members, and grow your Martial Arts business! The pathway has helped thousands of Martial Arts businesses across the world, and allows you to implement improvements at your own pace.

While you learn, you also earn! As you progress through the coaching program and your business grows you will earn business growth awards to keep you motivated and striving for the next goal, the awards are presented to you in front of your peers at our annual UK & Ireland client conference.

A major part of business growth is accountability, so we will assist you with setting reachable targets and longer term goals, and help keep you accountable.

“Our encouraging, guidance approach lets you grow your business at your own pace”

The EFC Academy Client Portal

The EFC Academy is your self learning platform for everything EFC and business growth. Accessible directly from within your EFC Aquila software and including access to:

Helpful articles

Video interviews

Masterclass coaching session recordings

Fully customisable marketing templates

Online courses

EFC podcast

Aquila CRM training resources

EFC news feed including upcoming events, software release notes and more

EFC Podcast

Listen in to the EFC Podcast through your EFC Academy portal as we take a deep dive into the processes, procedures, principles, and more of growing and operating a successful martial arts school

EFC Masterclass Series

Our regular, online Masterclass coaching sessions are available to EFC clients to help them with thier business growth and personal development. Sessions run once per month with our executive coaches and cover topics from marketing, instructor development, mindset, retention and more

Annual UK Conference & Workshop Events

Attend our annual UK client conference and immerse yourself in a weekend of learning & networking with Martial Arts business leaders from across the UK & Ireland. Choose from multiple sessions on the agenda that suit you best and come away with a plan, renewed motivation and the knowledge to take your business to the next level.

Our yearly "Business Bootcamp" event is also held at a venue around the UK.

EFC Aquila Software "Sessions"

Our support is continuous and ongoing to help you with the successful implementation of your EFC Aquila software systems whether that be through Zoom training sessions one to one, online group sessions with your team, or through our once per month "Aquila Software Sessions" online. Plenty of opportunities to learn more about the EFC software system and how to utilise it within your business operations.

EFC Library

Over a period of 56 years EFC have created a library of information on the running of a successful business. Your Account Manager will be able to provide you with any information that you desire. Whether it be telephone scripts, internal business documents or guidelines and SOP’s on how to run a great internal event, EFC can help you.

“Whatever it is that you need help with, we have the resources and experience available”

EFC Connect

One of the great benefits of becoming an EFC client is the worldwide network of Martial Arts Schools at your disposal, through our global EFC Connect system we are able to source any information for you that you might require, from Martial Arts schools in operation around the world.

EFC Community

Our EFC Facebook Community group is an exclusive platform for EFC clients to share new ideas, share challenges, ask questions and network with each other, all in the aid of helping you to grow and manage your business.  EFC also use this group to share news, information of new releases, service updates, advice, ideas and more.

EFC Management Guides 

Access the EFC Management Guide Levels 1, 2 & 3, and the EFC Marketing Guide digitally via the EFC Academy Client Portal – EFC’s written guides to the basic principles and procedures to produce a professional, high performing Martial Arts Academy – built by the late EFC chairman Nicholas Cokinos, who pioneered the modern management systems that you will still find in place today in countless schools worldwide.