Belts, Billing, and the Kids Who Stop Coming

CRM, calls, email, documents and AI, white-labeled to your studio. Belt progression, attendance tracking and class scheduling go through feature requests.

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How martial arts studios operate

Martial arts studios run on member retention and belt/rank progression. Most use Zen Planner, MyStudio, or ChampionsWay for scheduling and attendance.

Common challenges we see

  • Students missing 2-3 weeks often don't return
  • Belt progression tracking lives in instructor memory
  • Family pricing (multiple students per family) needs special billing
  • Tournament team coordination lives outside the member record
  • Kids' program parent communication is a part-time job

How KamoCRM applies to Martial Arts Studios

KamoCRM provides a unified member CRM with family relationships via custom fields. Calls via RingCentral, email, and KamoMeet video all thread to the member record. Stripe handles recurring dues. AI assistant answers parent and student FAQs from your studio's knowledge base.

What's included in every KamoCRM deployment

Every industry gets the same platform. This is what is actually built today.

CRM & Sales

The relationship core, adaptable to your deal flow.

  • Leads, contacts, and account management
  • Customizable pipelines (Orders, Agreements, Applications, Bookings, Subscriptions, Service Requests, Procurements, Engagements, Commitments, Signups, Allotments)
  • Imports, exports, and de-duplication
  • Sales analytics and lead reporting

Communications

Calls, video, messaging, email β€” unified on customer records.

  • RingCentral integration for business phone and SMS
  • Native HD video conferencing (Janus WebRTC) with recording, screen share, breakout rooms, E2E encryption β€” KamoMeet
  • Email integration with Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Zoho Mail, Exchange, IceWarp, and custom IMAP/SMTP
  • Real-time team messaging with presence
  • Calendar sync via CalDAV

Email Marketing

Campaigns and drips that read straight from your CRM, unlimited on Business and Enterprise.

  • Broadcast campaigns to leads, accounts, applications or an uploaded list, with merge fields and scheduling
  • Automated drips with 14 triggers, send windows in each contact's time zone, and open and click conditions
  • Sending domain setup with live DNS checks, DKIM signing and a 14-day warm-up
  • Bounce, complaint and unsubscribe handling, with one-click unsubscribe on every email

Documents & Knowledge

Work together on documents, capture institutional knowledge, and put AI on top.

  • Real-time collaborative document editing
  • Secure file storage (MinIO) and media library
  • Knowledge base with approval workflows
  • Version control and history

AI

An assistant grounded in your knowledge base, not a generic chatbot.

  • AI chat assistant
  • RAG-powered semantic search across your knowledge base and data
  • Predictive insights and recommendations

Admin, White-Label & Security

Multi-tenant from day one, with your brand on every surface.

  • Multi-tenant organizations with department and team management
  • Role-based access control (RBAC)
  • Single sign-on: Google, Microsoft, Apple
  • Full white-label branding (logo, colors, domains, email)
  • Per-organization feature toggles
  • End-to-end encryption on video and data at rest
  • SOC 2 and GDPR aligned; 99.9% uptime SLA
  • Kubernetes-native (RKE2) on YugabyteDB

Billing & Commerce

Billing for customers who resell or charge through the platform.

  • Stripe billing integration
  • Subscription and one-time charge handling
  • Commerce and market pipelines

Follow-Up That Runs Itself

Welcome new leads, follow up after a click and send birthday notes automatically. Email campaigns and drips are unlimited on Business and Enterprise.

  • Unlimited contacts
  • Unlimited sends
  • Drips with 14 triggers
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Requestable

Industry-specific features for martial arts studios, available by request

None of these are built today. You can vote on them, sponsor the work, or have one built for your deployment alone.

  • Belt/rank progression tracking with readiness indicators
  • Attendance-based retention alerts (student missing classes)
  • Class scheduling with capacity and instructor assignment
  • Recurring dues with family discount handling
  • Tournament entries and competition team records
  • Zen Planner / MyStudio migration tooling
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Questions about KamoCRM for martial arts studios

Does KamoCRM replace Zen Planner?
For the core member CRM, communications, and AI layer, yes. Martial-arts-specific features (belt progression, attendance retention, class scheduling) are requestable modules.
How are belts tracked today?
Custom fields capture current belt and progression criteria. Dedicated belt progression tracking with readiness indicators is a top feature request.
Can we handle family memberships?
Yes via family relationships in custom fields. Dedicated family billing with primary-account aggregation is requestable.
What about attendance tracking?
Custom fields record attendance today. Automated attendance-pattern alerts for at-risk students are requestable.
What's included vs requestable?
Included: CRM, RingCentral, KamoMeet, email, documents, KB + AI, Stripe, white-label. Requestable: belt progression, attendance alerts, class scheduling, tournament tracking.

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Integrations martial arts studios rely on

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