Use case · Belt grading day · Quick Match mode

Run grading-day sparring on Quick Match for £39.

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.

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Why grading day deserves real scoring.

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.

From candidate one to the last grading match.

Open Quick Match

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.

Add candidates

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.

Push the match

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.

Move on

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.

What grading day looks like with this in the room.

Examiner is fully present

Not splitting attention between scorekeeping and observation. Notes are about technique, not point tallies. The grade decision rests on what they actually saw.

Candidates feel the moment

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.

Parents see what's happening

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.

Day finishes on time

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.

For the senior instructor running the grading.

Why use a competition tool at a grading? +
Most gradings include a sparring component, especially at red and black belt levels. Doing it on a clipboard is slow and stressful for the examiner. With Quick Match mode, you push instant head-to-head matchups onto the mat, score live, and the audience and parents watching see the score on the venue's TV. The grading panel can focus on observing technique rather than tracking points. Examiner stress drops, fighter stress drops, the day flows.
What's the smallest grading this is worth using for? +
Quick Match (£39) is built for events with up to 16 fighters on a single ring — exactly the size of a typical grading sparring component. Even gradings with just 4–8 candidates benefit from the live scoreboard production: the candidates feel the moment, and parents in the audience see the score.
Do we need separate brackets or categories? +
Quick Match mode skips brackets and categories entirely. You just queue up matches one at a time — examiner picks who fights who, you push the match live, score it, move on. It's the simplest mode in the system, designed for ad-hoc sparring exactly like grading day.
Can we issue certificates from the same system? +
Standard tier (£349) includes print-ready certificates for each candidate, branded with your dojo or federation logo. Quick Match alone doesn't include certificates — but if you're already running occasional Standard-tier events for club championships, you can use the certificate engine for grading-day participation certificates too.
What about a scoring-cum-grading hybrid where points feed into the grading mark? +
You can export results as CSV after the day and use them to inform the grading panel's marks. The system doesn't try to replace the grading panel's authority — they make the call; we just give them better data to make it with.

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