Two jobs, one account.
Path2Membership runs national membership, certification, and compliance for USA Karate. It also runs the day-to-day business of an individual dojo — billing, attendance, testing, retail, and the people side of it.
Use either. Use both. Clubs affiliated with USA Karate get the dojo software at a discount.
Which part do you need?
The platform does two different jobs. Most people only need one of them.
USA Karate membership
Your athlete, coach, or official card. Buy it, renew it, keep your SafeSport and background screening current, and carry the same record between clubs and events.
- Membership purchase, renewal, and pro-rated upgrades
- Coaching and officiating certifications in one place
- SafeSport and background screening tracked to the expiry date
- Club and federation rosters, with eligibility visible before you enter an event
- Feeds tournament entry directly, so nobody retypes a roster
Run your school
Everything a dojo needs to operate, whether or not you are affiliated with USA Karate. Built by people who have actually run a school, not a general-purpose gym product with karate bolted on.
- Automated recurring billing and payment recovery
- Attendance tracking, including check-in at the door
- Belt testing: eligibility, test sheets, and printed certificates
- Point of sale and inventory for uniforms, gear, and pro shop
- CRM for leads, trials, and the students who quietly stopped showing up
Already a USA Karate club? The dojo software comes at a discounted rate, and your roster is already there — no import, no duplicate records.
For athletes, coaches, and officials
One account for every card you hold, and every certificate behind it.
Athletes and parents
Buy or renew a membership, keep documents on file, and carry the same record between clubs.
Coaches
See your roster, check eligibility before a tournament, and keep your own certification current.
Officials
Referee and judge credentials, renewal dates, and the screening that has to sit behind them.
Club administrators
Manage one club end to end: add members, chase lapsed renewals, upload documents for people who need help.
Federation administrators
Everything a club admin can do, across every club in the federation — including clubs chartered next season.
Compliance officers
One screen showing who is current, who lapses within sixty days, and who never filed anything.
For the people running the school
The unglamorous parts of the business, handled.
Automated billing
Recurring tuition on the schedule you actually use — monthly, term, or paid in full. Failed cards get retried and chased without you noticing they failed.
Attendance
Check students in at the door or from the mat. See who is on track for their next test, and who has quietly missed three weeks.
Testing and certificates
Eligibility worked out from attendance and time in grade. Test sheets printed for the panel, certificates printed for the student, records kept for the school.
Point of sale and inventory
Uniforms, sparring gear, and pro shop stock. Sales tied to the student account, so a gi and a testing fee land on the same statement.
CRM and retention
Track leads, trial classes, and conversions. See who is drifting before they quit, which is the only time you can do anything about it.
The numbers
Revenue, enrollment, retention, and the size of your outstanding balance — without exporting anything to a spreadsheet first.
Why not a general gym platform?
Most club software is built for fitness studios and adapted afterwards. Karate has ranks, testing cycles, time in grade, panels, affiliation, and a national governing body with compliance requirements attached to it. Those are not add-on fields — they are the shape of the business. Path2Membership was built around them, and for USA Karate clubs it is the same system your national membership already lives in.
Access that matches how the sport is organized
A club administrator sees their club. A federation administrator sees every club underneath them — including clubs chartered after the access was granted.
Members control who sees their contact details, and can turn that sharing off at any time. Compliance status is the exception: it stays visible to the federation responsible for it, because that is the entire point of screening.
| Role | Scope | Reaches |
|---|---|---|
| Member | self | Their own record |
| Instructor | club | One club roster, read-only |
| Club Admin | club | One club, full management |
| Federation Admin | federation | Every club in the federation |
Latest news
Requirement changes, deadlines, and how-to guides.
What changed in SafeSport requirements this year
Core training now expires at twelve months for every credentialed adult.
Jan 22, 2026The 2026 membership year is open
Renewals, new charters, and the updated coach requirements all go live today.
Jan 15, 2026Ready when your season is
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