The Rolliance Blog

Reduce Student Churn From Cross-Training and Competing Sports

When students pick up jiu jitsu, boxing, or a school sport, your retention takes a hit. Here is how to keep them on your mat without forcing a choice.

Jun 03, 2026

Run a Martial Arts Studio With a Full-Time Job

You can grow a martial arts studio without quitting your day job. Here is how to build systems, automate admin, and protect your time so both careers thrive.

May 31, 2026

Rolliance vs MindBody for Small Martial Arts Studios

A practical comparison of Rolliance and MindBody for small martial arts schools, covering rank tracking, billing, daily check in, and what you actually pay for.

May 29, 2026

What Belt Anxiety Reveals About How You Run Your Martial Arts School

Belt systems are not just curriculum -- they are the most visible product your school sells. How you design, communicate, and defend your ranking system shapes your retention, your reputation, and the kind of students who stick around for the long haul. Here's what every studio owner should be thinking about.

May 16, 2026

25 Tips for BJJ Studio Owners: A Practical Guide for New Academy Owners

Opening a BJJ academy is the easy part — keeping it open, growing it, and not burning out in year two is where most owners get stuck. Here are 25 field-tested tips covering schedule, retention, marketing, finances, and culture. Most owners only need to fix four or five to see real change.

May 15, 2026

How to Actually Track Belts and Stripes (Without a Clipboard or a Spreadsheet)

Every gym has them. The three-stripe purple belt who has been three-stripe for two years. The kid whose mom is wondering, politely, why he has not been promoted in nine months. The blue belt who got their last stripe right around the time you switched scheduling apps and now nobody can quite remember when. These are not discipline problems. They are tracking problems.

May 13, 2026

The Best Part of My Studio Isn't the Training

walked into a martial arts gym for exercise, self-defense, and discipline. What kept me there was something I never signed up for, and it's the reason most martial arts studio software gets it wrong.

May 09, 2026