Sash progression, tracked automatically
Software with respect for the lineage.
Sash ranks, forms testing, and demonstrations — NextKick tracks every student's journey through your curriculum while it runs the business side of the kwoon.
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Everything a kwoon runs on
Testing days that run themselves
Set eligibility, record forms tested, and notify families the moment a student earns their next sash.
Student & family accounts
Attendance, rank history, and billing status for every student, grouped by family so nothing slips.
Tuition & fees on autopilot
Recurring tuition, testing and uniform charges, and automatic reminders — no chasing payments.
Forms & applications scheduling
Run beginner, intermediate, and advanced forms classes separately, with app check-in and live attendance.
From white to black sash
Every student is on the path. NextKick tracks exactly where.
White–Green
Foundations
Stances, basics, and the first empty-hand forms take shape.
Blue–Purple
Intermediate
Longer forms, applications, and the beginnings of weapons work.
Brown
Advanced
Refined forms, sparring application, and teaching juniors.
Black Sash
Mastery Track
Lineage forms, leadership, and demonstration teams.
Built for the kwoon
What NextKick does for kung fu schools
Sash & rank tracking
Configure your kwoon's exact sash order and track each student's rank with promotion dates and form-testing results.
Forms testing records
Log which forms a student has tested and passed, so progress is measured by curriculum, not just time.
Demonstration & event tools
Organize demos and special events with registration, communication, and participation tracking in one place.
Family billing on autopilot
Recurring tuition, testing and uniform fees, and sibling discounts — all automated under one family account.
Kung fu kwoon questions
Can NextKick match my kwoon's sash order?
Yes. Northern, Southern, Wing Chun, Shaolin, and wushu programs all rank differently, and plenty of kwoons use their own order. You configure the exact sash sequence once and NextKick tracks every student against your structure, not a generic belt ladder.
Does it track which forms a student has tested?
It does. Log each form a student has learned and passed — empty-hand sets, weapons forms, and two-person sets — so progress is measured by curriculum completed rather than months enrolled.
How do I run demonstration teams and events?
Set up demos, lion dance performances, and tournaments as events with their own registration, fees, and participant lists, separate from your regular class schedule. Payment is collected at sign-up.
Can I bill families with more than one student?
Yes. Siblings link under one family account with a single invoice, one login, and automatic family discounts. Recurring tuition, testing fees, and uniform charges all run on autopilot.
Do students and parents get their own app?
They do. The branded student and parent app shows the class schedule, current sash, upcoming testing dates, and payment history, so families can see where a student stands without asking at the front desk.
Does NextKick work for a kwoon with multiple locations?
Yes. Multi-location schools get shared student profiles, per-location and rolled-up reporting, and centralized billing from a single dashboard.
In short
NextKick is kung fu school software. It holds your sash or level order exactly, tracks forms individually, runs demonstrations and lion dance as events, and combines family billing with one-time fees.
What to look for in kung fu school software
Kung fu covers an enormous range — Northern and Southern systems, Wing Chun, Shaolin lineages, modern wushu — and almost every kwoon ranks differently. Some use sashes, some use levels, some track forms rather than grades at all. Software that ships a fixed belt ladder is useless before you start.
Key takeaways
- Your sash or level order, exactly
- Forms tracked individually
- Demonstrations and lion dance as events
- Family billing with one-time fees
Your sash or level order, exactly
Set the sequence your kwoon actually uses, including any intermediate levels, and track each student against it with promotion dates and testing results held permanently.
Forms tracked individually
Progress in kung fu is usually measured by forms completed — empty-hand sets, weapons forms, two-person sets — rather than by months enrolled. Logging which forms a student has learned and tested is what makes promotion decisions consistent.
Demonstrations and lion dance as events
Demo teams, lion dance performances, and tournaments have their own rosters, rehearsal schedules, and sometimes fees. Running them inside the same system keeps participation history with the student.
Family billing with one-time fees
Recurring tuition plus testing, uniform, and weapons fees on one family account, with sibling discounts applied automatically rather than remembered by whoever is at the desk.
The outcome is a kwoon where a sifu can see which forms a student has tested, when they last graded, and whether their tuition is current, from a single record rather than three separate places.
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