About us

Built on the mat, not in a boardroom

MartialCRM has served martial arts schools since 2004. It was created by instructors and school owners who wanted software that worked the way their schools did.

Our story

Born at the front desk of a working school

MartialCRM launched in 2004 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Its founders taught martial arts and ran schools, and they were tired of business software that treated students like sales leads and needed weeks of setup before it was any use.

They built something simpler, then spent years refining it alongside front desk staff and school administrators. Each feature was kept only if it made a real school easier to run. Anything that got in the way was taken out.

That makes MartialCRM one of the oldest CRMs made for martial arts. Today it has been rebuilt from the ground up on a modern, secure platform, while keeping the simplicity schools have relied on for two decades.

A martial arts class training in a large, bright dojo

What we believe

Three ideas behind everything we build

Simple beats clever

A front desk on a busy evening has no time for complicated software. If a feature needs a manual, it needs more work.

Teaching comes first

Every hour spent on paperwork is an hour away from students. Our job is to give that time back.

Your data is yours

Schools trust us with information about families and children. We protect it, and we never sell it or use it for advertising.

  • 2004Launched in Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • 20+Years refining software for martial arts schools
  • 1Focus: martial arts schools, and nothing else

MartialCRM is a product of Silk Road Merchants LLC.

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