Taekwondo Competition Manager
A grading day with a sparring component is exactly the kind of "ad-hoc, no brackets needed, just push matches and score live" event that Quick Match was built for. Live scoreboard on the venue's TV, audience watching, examiners freed up to observe technique rather than track points on a clipboard. £39 per grading, no subscription, all you need is internet and a browser.
Most red and black belt gradings in the UK include a sparring round. The candidate has to demonstrate they can perform under fight pressure — kicking, blocking, scoring, breathing properly when adrenaline hits.
For decades that's been done with the examiner watching from the side, scribbling notes on a clipboard, calling rounds with a stopwatch app. It works, but it's a lot of cognitive load on the examiner — they're trying to assess technique and track score and manage the clock and be present in the moment with the candidate. Something usually slips.
Quick Match mode hands the timer, score and display to the system, so the examiner is free to do the one thing only they can do: judge technique under pressure. The candidate gets the production of a real competition — name on the screen, scoreboard updating, parents watching live — which is exactly the pressure environment grading day is meant to simulate.
Operator (a senior member or yourself) opens Quick Match on a laptop. Plug into the venue TV via HDMI. Done — the audience now has a scoreboard.
Type each candidate's name into the candidate list. No belt grades, no categories — Quick Match doesn't need them. The list takes about three minutes for a typical grading group.
Examiner picks the pairing. Operator pushes the match live; the venue TV shows both names and a 0–0 scoreboard. Round timer starts. Score with the keyboard or a paired phone.
Match ends. Push the next pairing. Repeat. The whole sparring component of a 12-candidate grading runs in about 45 minutes with proper production throughout.
Not splitting attention between scorekeeping and observation. Notes are about technique, not point tallies. The grade decision rests on what they actually saw.
Their name on the big screen, scoreboard updating, parents watching live. That's grading-day pressure in the best sense — the moment that simulates the real-world test.
Instead of squinting at a clipboard from the back of the hall, they read live scores from the TV. They know when their child is up, what's happening, who won.
Live scoring is faster than clipboard scoring. A grading that used to run 4 hours with a sparring backlog finishes in 3, with happier candidates and less burned-out examiners.
£39 Quick Match. Live scoreboard on the venue TV. Try the live demo.
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