Kata is the studio management platform martial arts instructors have been waiting for — with AI-powered enrollment, video coaching, parent engagement, and belt progression tools built in from day one.
We are opening to 12 founding studios, onboarded by hand by the people who built it.
Kata adapts to how your dojo is structured — not the other way around.
Track stripe progression within each belt, gi and no-gi class separation, competition teams, and lineage-specific promotion requirements. Built for how BJJ academies actually work.
Multi-program management for kids, adults, and competition classes with full kata curriculum checklists per belt level, testing events with automated fee collection, and promotion ceremonies.
Manage multiple disciplines under one roof — striking, grappling, and conditioning — with separate class tracks, flexible membership structures, and open mat scheduling.
Configurable rank systems that match your federation's requirements. Poom belt tracking for juniors. Testing cycles aligned to your tournament and exam calendar.
Dan/kyu rank systems, family billing for siblings who train together, and the parent communication tools to keep families engaged across years of training.
Armband and prajioud rank tracking, drop-in and monthly membership support, pad work session tracking, and fight team management for fighters preparing for events.
Kata handles the business so your instructors can focus on the mat. No add-ons. No surprises. One price.
A parent discovers you at 9pm. By 9:02, they've booked a trial class with just a name and phone number. No account creation. No password. Confirmed by SMS.
AI-poweredTap record, annotate the clip, and send. AI writes the parent-facing summary. Every clip is archived to the student profile permanently — months of visible progress.
AI-poweredEvery Friday, parents receive an auto-generated report: attendance streaks, techniques covered, days to next belt test eligibility. Zero effort for you.
AutomatedRecord a promotion and Kata generates a shareable digital certificate. Parents post it to Instagram. Your studio's name in every caption — free word-of-mouth.
Viral growthPredictive attendance, automated waitlists, and makeup class offers within 2 hours of a missed class. No staff time required. Students appreciate the proactive follow-up.
Predictive AIEvery Monday, a list of students showing early churn signals — missed classes, no communication response, billing issues. Know who to call before they cancel.
Revenue protectionAutomated recurring billing, family invoicing, failed payment recovery, and one dashboard for what was billed, what cleared and what failed. No surprises.
Member app for schedules, attendance history, belt progress, and video clips. Instructor app for class roster, attendance taking, and technique recording. Every plan.
Pre-class briefing: roster, attendance streaks, parent notes, students near their next stripe. Post-class: log techniques covered in 90 seconds. It feeds the parent report automatically.
Most studios lose 60–70% of warm leads between first contact and a scheduled trial class. Phone tags, contact forms, 2-day response windows — the excitement fades before anyone picks up.
Kata closes that window. A parent who finds you at 9pm has a confirmed trial class slot by 9:02, with no staff involvement until the day they walk in.
Google listing, Instagram bio, website. Opens a mobile-first page — no app download.
Child's name, age, parent phone. See available times, pick one, done.
What to wear, where to park, a welcome video from the instructor.
Reply-based routing: loved it → enrollment link. Still thinking → flagged to you. Questions → call alert.
Belt promotion is one of the most emotional moments in a student's martial arts journey. Currently it happens with a paper certificate and a handshake — and then it disappears.
Kata digitizes it. When you record a promotion, a shareable certificate is instantly generated. Parents post it. Your studio's name is in every caption. Every promotion becomes marketing.
Studio logo, student name, belt achieved, date, instructor signature.
Pre-formatted for Instagram Stories and feed. Caption includes your handle.
Visual map of every rank achieved and ranks remaining. Keeps students motivated.
See exactly which students have met the attendance and stripe requirements for their next test.
Parents paying $200/month for martial arts get a report card at school every quarter — but nothing from the dojo. This creates anxiety and silent churn when kids hit a plateau.
Every Friday, Kata sends parents a 60-second progress report. AI-generated, data-driven, zero effort for you. It's the most reliable retention tool in the platform.
This week vs. their rolling average. Streak milestones celebrated automatically.
Pulled from your class plan. Parents know what their child is working on.
Transparent progress toward testing. Reduces "when does my kid test?" questions.
2 minutes of your time personalizes hundreds of reports. Or let AI handle it entirely.
Here's how Aiden's week went at Dragon's Gate BJJ.
"Aiden had a great week — strong attendance and real improvement on his guard passing. Coach Rafael noted his hip escapes are coming along well. Keep it up!"
Every plan includes all features. Pay month-to-month. Cancel anytime.
Founding studios lock this rate for life · Cancel anytime · No setup fees · No annual contract
Migrating from any gym management platform to Kata is handled by a dedicated human specialist — not a help doc. Your member data, belt history, attendance records, and payment methods move with you in 4 weeks or less.
Free migration is included with Studio and Pro plans. We've built dedicated migration guides for the most common platforms below.
Private beta. 12 founding studios. Full features, and free migration for Studio and Pro.