From student registration to live match scoring — manage your entire karate tournament from one powerful app. Kumite scoring, kata events, auto brackets, and everything in between.
Built specifically for karate, every feature is designed around how tournaments actually work — kumite, kata, multi-tatami, and beyond.
Real-time scoring with Yuko, Waza-ari, Ippon tracking. Penalties (Chukoku, Keikoku, Hansoku) and Senshu support built in.
Manage kata rounds with judge scoring, deduction system, and automatic ranking. Supports both elimination and round formats.
Store athlete profiles with belt level, age, weight, club, and photo. Bulk import via Excel or scan any printed or handwritten roster with your camera — AI reads names, belts, weights, and teams automatically.
Scores sync instantly across all devices. Co-admins on different tatamis see live updates simultaneously. Viewers with unlocked tournaments see live scores — no refresh needed.
Viewers get instant push notifications when a match starts and when it finishes — with the winner's name and result details.
Run multiple tatamis simultaneously. Assign co-admins to specific tatamis for parallel event management.
Each co-admin is assigned to one specific tatami — they can score and conduct all matches only on that tatami. They cannot see or touch other tatamis. Admin creates the account, assigns the tatami, and retains full control including delete rights.
Export full results, brackets, and participant lists to Excel or PDF. Generate certificates ready for printing.
Score matches even without internet. Data syncs automatically when connectivity is restored — perfect for remote venues.
Available in English, Hindi, Tamil, and Malayalam. Switch languages instantly from settings without restarting.
One tap to shuffle and generate all brackets across Kata and Kumite. Smart distribution across tatamis — no manual grouping needed.
Automatically generate winner certificates for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. Print-ready PDF output with athlete name, event, and result.
Get instant, intelligent answers about every app feature — right inside the app and on this website. Ask how to import students, set up tatamis, score kata, or anything else. KarateAI knows the entire app.
Set group size (4, 8, 16 or custom) and the engine groups athletes by age, weight, and belt simultaneously. Byes are added automatically. Re-shuffle any individual group without touching the rest of the bracket.
Student Roster, Belt Assignments for Kumite, Student Match Summary, and Team Overall — four comprehensive views covering every angle of your tournament. Export any report as a print-ready PDF in one tap.
Gold, silver, and bronze are counted per club in real time as matches finish. The club leaderboard updates instantly — every admin, co-admin, and viewer sees the same live standings simultaneously.
Auto-assign chest/registration numbers to every athlete. Numbers persist across re-shuffles. Print the full participant list from Reports for your registration desk — consistent throughout the event.
Build any structure from Settings — U-8 through Senior age groups, weight divisions (30 kg, 35 kg, 40 kg, Open), and kata belt groups (Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced). Changes apply instantly to bracket generation.
Protect tournament data with fingerprint or face ID. Configure auto-lock after an idle timeout. Full account and data deletion from Settings → Security for complete privacy at any time.
Comprehensive tournament documentation at your fingertips — from individual athlete records to club medal standings. Export all as print-ready PDF in one tap.
Complete participant list — belt, age, weight, club, chest number, and event entries. Print as a check-in sheet for your registration desk.
Every kumite group with assigned athletes, weight categories, and tatami. Spot grouping errors before the first match starts.
Every match result per athlete — opponent, score, outcome, and round. A full performance record coaches and parents can review.
Club-level medal tally — gold, silver, and bronze counts with total points. Print the final standings for prize distribution and official records.
No manuals. No waiting. Just ask KarateAI anything about the app and get a clear, instant answer — whether you're setting up your first tournament or running your 50th.
Real screens from live karate tournaments — exactly what you'll see when managing your event.
Student Roster & Auto-Generate Brackets
Kata Groups — Tatami View
Kumite Live Scoring — AKA vs AO
Tatami Overview — Kata & Kumite
Match Details & Final Standings
The tournament engine groups every athlete by age, weight, and belt simultaneously — then distributes brackets fairly across all tatamis. What used to take hours now takes one tap.
Choose group size 4, 8, 16 or any custom number. The engine divides athletes into exact-size groups and fills byes automatically. Re-shuffle individual groups without touching others.
Age → weight → belt — all three applied simultaneously. Boys and girls separated automatically. Athletes outside any category are flagged with a clear error, never silently skipped.
Groups are balanced across tatamis — kumite sets go to kumite tatamis, kata sets to kata tatamis. Workload is evenly spread so no single tatami runs far ahead of the rest.
Every athlete gets an auto-assigned registration number that stays fixed across all re-shuffles. Print the roster from Reports for your desk — numbers are consistent the whole day.
Four simple steps to go from student registration to live match results.
Add athletes manually or bulk import from Excel. Assign belts, ages, weights, and clubs automatically.
Set up age categories, weight categories, belt groups, and tatamis. Configure kumite duration and kata format.
Score kumite and kata matches in real time. Co-admins handle separate tatamis simultaneously.
Download full results to Excel or PDF. Generate winner certificates and share instantly.
A complete walkthrough — from creating the event to printing chest numbers. Follow these 10 steps in order and your tournament will be ready to run. Every screen below is exactly what you'll see in the app.
This is the foundation of your event. Open the Settings menu and fill in the Tournament Details (Steps 1–7 all live here in Settings):
Tap Update Details to save.
A tatami is a competition mat. If your event runs on several mats at once, create one tatami per mat so matches can run in parallel.
In Manage Tatamis, type how many mats you have and tap Generate Tatamis. They appear as "Tatami No. 1", "Tatami No. 2", and so on. You can delete any you don't need.
Co-admins are your scoring helpers. Each one runs the matches on one mat, so you're not doing everything yourself.
In Manage Co-Admins, enter their Name, Email, and a Password, then pick which Tatami they will run, and tap Add Co-Admin. They simply log in with that email and password to score matches on their assigned mat. You can edit, reset, or remove a co-admin anytime.
Belt groups let you pool similar belts together so athletes compete fairly. Instead of separating every single belt, you can group them — for example:
Type a group name, tap the belt colours that belong in it, then tap Add Belt Group. The auto-generator (Step 9) uses these groups when it builds the brackets.
Set up how your Kata (forms) events are judged and grouped:
Now set up Kumite (sparring) the same way:
Decide how many points each placing earns. These points feed the live medal tally and club leaderboard. The defaults work well — e.g. 1st = 3, 2nd = 2, 3rd = 1, 4th = 1 — but you can change them to anything. Tap Save Points.
This is where most events are won or lost on time. Open the Student Roster. You have four ways to add athletes:
For each student you set Name, Age, Belt, Weight, Team and whether they're in Kata, Kumite, or both. Once added, your full roster looks like the table on the right, with search and filters by weight, team, belt, and gender.
This is the magic step — the app builds every group for you. Back in the Student Roster menu, open the Tournament Auto-Generation panel:
The engine instantly sorts every athlete into fair groups by age, weight, and belt group, and spreads them across your tatamis. Not happy with a draw? Tap Undo or Clear and shuffle again before the event starts.
Finally, open Tournament Tools and tap Print All Chest Nos. This generates full-size, anonymous chest numbers for every athlete to wear during matches.
That's it — your tournament is fully set up. On the day, each co-admin logs in on their phone, opens their tatami, and scores matches live. The medal tally and leaderboards update in real time, and viewers with public access can follow along. 🥋
Tip: open the app on a computer for setup. Need a hand? Visit the Help Center.
Parents, coaches, and fans can follow any tournament live — brackets, match scores, and the medal tally update in real time, from any phone. Here's how a viewer unlocks and watches an event.
Open the app and go to Available Tournaments. Browse the tabs:
Use the Country and Date filters to find the right event quickly. A tournament shows an Open button (with a lock) when its host has turned on Public Live Access. If the host kept it private, you'll see "Sharing Restricted" and it can't be viewed.
To see a tournament's live results and brackets, you unlock it with a Tournament Key. One key unlocks one tournament for lifetime access — pay once, watch forever, including after the event ends.
Check your balance in My Wallet. To buy a key, go to Recharge Wallet and tap ₹50 — each recharge adds 1 key, and you can recharge multiple times to stock up. Tapping Open on a tournament uses one key to unlock it.
Keys can be shared — perfect for a club that buys keys in bulk and hands them out to parents. In My Wallet tap Receive to show your personal QR code. A friend who has keys taps Send Key, scans your QR code, and a key transfers to you instantly — no cash, no waiting.
Once unlocked, the tournament moves to your Unlocked tab. Open it to follow everything in real time:
You can follow from anywhere — the stands, home, or another city. Access is lifetime, so the results stay available long after the event finishes.
Hosting an event? Turn on Enable Public Live Access in Step 1 of the setup guide so viewers can find it.
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