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Junior classes, adult classes, grades: every group has its slot and its capacity, and the mat never takes more than it can hold.

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The challenges facing martial arts clubs

  • Juniors, teenagers, adults, graded students

    Four groups, four classes, and a sign-up that has to route people without you reading every name.

  • The mat has a surface

    Thirty people on a mat laid out for twenty is a dangerous class and an instructor who can no longer correct anyone.

  • Gradings

    A date, a panel, a call-up, and sign-ups to collect in two weeks.

  • Parents signing their child up

    It is not the student who books: the reminder has to go to the right number.

How Kagenda helps

  • The problem

    Juniors, teenagers, adults, graded students

    With Kagenda

    Ask your questions at booking time: reason, history, expectations.

    Custom fields

  • The problem

    The mat has a surface

    With Kagenda

    Every session in one place, by day, week or month.

    One central calendar

  • The problem

    Gradings

    With Kagenda

    Clients book from your page, even while you are with someone else or closed.

    24/7 online booking

  • The problem

    Parents signing their child up

    With Kagenda

    Texts and emails go out before every appointment, with nothing to remember.

    Automatic reminders

The features that matter to you

  • 24/7 online booking

    Clients book from your page, even while you are with someone else or closed.

  • One central calendar

    Every session in one place, by day, week or month.

  • Custom fields

    Ask your questions at booking time: reason, history, expectations.

  • Recurring appointments

    Book a whole course of sessions at once, one after another.

  • Client records

    History, preferences and follow-up notes gathered on one record per client.

  • Automatic reminders

    Texts and emails go out before every appointment, with nothing to remember.

  • Hours per service

    Each service gets its own slots: some in the morning, others late in the day.

  • Email notifications

    Confirmed, moved or cancelled — both you and the client are told.

Practical guide: Martial arts clubs

  1. One class per group and per grade, with its capacity. The routing does itself.
  2. A "grade and year of birth" field at sign-up: the sorting is done before the class.
  3. The grading declared as an event with limited places, with its date and capacity.
  4. Put the parent's number on the record: that is who gets the reminders.
  5. Set the timetable on recurrence and close the school holidays in one operation.

Frequently asked questions

Can I cap the number of students per class?

Yes, with a capacity per class.

How do I handle junior sign-ups?

With the parent's contact on the child's record, and a field for grade and year of birth.

Can I organise a grading?

Yes, as an event with a date and limited places.

Can I manage several instructors?

Yes, each with their own diary and classes.

What does a UK martial arts club have to have in place?

Martial arts are not regulated by statute: no licence, no protected title, and no qualification required by law. Three things nonetheless decide whether you can operate. Insurance, which normally comes through affiliation to a recognised national governing body and requires an assessed instructor qualification. Safeguarding, which is not optional if you teach children: enhanced DBS checks with the children's barred list, a welfare officer, a written policy and a reporting route — the Safeguarding Code in Martial Arts, backed by Sport England, is the standard local authorities and leisure centres ask for before letting you hire a hall. And weapons: replica and training weapons are generally lawful to own but carrying them in public is an offence without good reason, so transport them cased.

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