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Life & fun · June 15, 2026

Lotus by Open Black Belt

Built for the Mat. Built for Business.

Lotus by Open Black Belt launched on June 15, 2026 with 4 votes, #3,322 of 22,647 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.

What it does

Open Black Belt builds software for martial arts schools and fitness studios. Our suite of tools — starting with Lotus — helps dojos and gyms manage members, track belts, grow revenue, and run better businesses.

Open Black Belt makes software for martial arts schools and fitness studios. Tools that understand how you actually run a dojo — not just how a general gym operates. We're building a family of focused tools — each solving one part of the business of running a martial arts school or fitness studio. Everything you need to run your school in one place. Members, classes, attendance, belt testing, payments, email automation, and a member self-service portal. Run competitions from bracket to podium. Fight Card handles registration, bracket generation, weigh-ins, match scheduling, and results — built for martial arts tournaments of any size. Deep discussions on BJJ, Judo, MMA, Karate, Muay Thai,…from openblackbelt.com

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