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Kihon
What Kihon is
Kihon is management software for martial arts schools, covering members, billing, scheduling, attendance, and rank tracking. Its lead pipeline follows prospects through leads, trial sessions, Decision Day, and enrollment. Schools can define belt ladders, use attendance for promotion eligibility, promote students in bulk, and organize testing events with registration. Household accounts provide one registration flow and payment method, with children’s ranks, attendance, and schedules shown together; split payments are supported. Kihon validates drawn signatures on contracts and stores evidence records that can be bundled into PDFs for charge disputes. Built-in two-way texting and in-app chat are available, with texts billed at published prices. Schools remain the merchant of record, and Kihon says it does not hold their funds. Founding schools are listed a 0.5% Kihon Payments fee in addition to processor fees. Member, agreement, billing, and attendance data can be exported without an exit fee. Kihon runs on iOS and the web. The monthly plan is $1.00 per month, with a $79 floor and $249 cap for founding schools.
Who it suits
Kihon is intended for martial arts schools such as BJJ, karate, taekwondo, and kickboxing. It also fits schools managing families, ranks, attendance, billing, and prospects.
What it does well
- Combines member, billing, scheduling, and attendance management
- Supports household accounts and split payments
- Provides belt ladders and attendance-based promotion eligibility
- Exports data without an exit fee
- Available on iOS and the web
What to know first
- No free plan or free trial
- Text messages are billed separately
- Kihon Payments adds a 0.5% fee for founding schools
- Yoga studios and gyms are planned later
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Kihon | Monthly; $79 floor · $249 cap for founding schools · All features included · trials, prospects, and frozen members are free · month to month | $1 a month |
| Kihon Pilot | One-time; credited toward the enrollment fee if you join · Full platform · up to 3 real contacts · non-refundable · no subscription or auto-renewal | $49, paid once |
As kihonhq.com lists them, read 4 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Verdict
Kihon brings school administration, rank progression, contracts, family accounts, and billing into one service. Review the founding-school payment terms and monthly price floor before enrolling.
Facts from Kihon's own pages
- Contracts
- Kihon validates drawn signatures and stores an evidence record with each contract, which can be bundled into a PDF for charge disputes. · kihonhq.com, 4 Oct 2026
- Data export
- Schools can export member, agreement, billing, and attendance data at any time with no exit fee. · kihonhq.com, 4 Oct 2026
- Families
- Households can use one registration flow and payment method, with children’s ranks, attendance, and schedules in one view and split payments supported. · kihonhq.com, 4 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Austin, Texas, United States · kihonhq.com, 28 Sept 2026
- Intended users
- Kihon is built for martial arts schools including BJJ, karate, taekwondo, and kickboxing; the site says yoga studios and gyms are planned for later. · kihonhq.com, 4 Oct 2026
- Lead management
- Its lead pipeline covers leads, trials, Decision Day, and enrollment. · kihonhq.com, 4 Oct 2026
- Messaging
- The FAQ says two-way texting and in-app chat are built in; texts are billed at published prices. · kihonhq.com, 4 Oct 2026
- Payments
- The school remains the merchant of record and Kihon says it does not hold the school’s funds; the site lists a 0.5% Kihon Payments fee for founding schools, in addition to processor fees. · kihonhq.com, 4 Oct 2026
- Platforms
- The product runs in a web browser, and Kihon Staff is available for iPhone and iPad on the App Store. · kihonhq.com, 4 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- Kihon says it does not sell personal information and identifies Cloudflare, Stripe, Resend, and Supabase as service providers. · kihonhq.com, 4 Oct 2026
- Product
- Kihon is management software for martial arts schools covering members, billing, scheduling, attendance, and rank tracking. · kihonhq.com, 4 Oct 2026
- Ranks and grading
- Schools can define belt ladders and use attendance-based promotion eligibility, bulk promotions, and testing events with registration. · kihonhq.com, 4 Oct 2026
- Security
- The privacy policy says Kihon uses technical and organizational measures to protect information but does not guarantee absolute security. · kihonhq.com, 4 Oct 2026
- Support
- The site says support is answered by the founder, and the apps page says a human answers support email within a business day. · kihonhq.com, 4 Oct 2026
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