AI & Business Consulting for Martial Arts Gyms

Most gyms struggle. Yours doesn't have to.

We partner with martial arts gym owners to build the systems, automation, and teams that turn good gyms into great businesses. We've done it across dozens of successful academies. We can do it for yours.

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AI Gym Health Score™
Live analysis — benchmarked against 500+ gyms
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No lead follow-up automation detectedHigh
Retention system missingHigh
Inconsistent social presenceMed
Curriculum structure opportunityLow

Your AI Gym Health Score™ tells you exactly where you're losing money.

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JFIVE
AI Practice Management

Every Forge partner runs on JFIVE.

JFIVE is our proprietary AI practice management system, built specifically for martial arts academies. It handles the busywork that eats up your day — lead follow-up, member communication, scheduling, retention alerts, and reporting — so your team can focus on coaching.

It's not a bolt-on tool. It's the operating system for how your gym runs, learns, and grows — built by people who've actually run a gym, not repurposed enterprise software.

  • Automated lead follow-up in under 5 minutes
  • Retention risk alerts before students drift away
  • Billing, scheduling, and reporting in one dashboard
JFIVE DashboardLive
New lead — contacted in 3 min✓
At-risk member flaggedAction needed
Weekly retention reportReady
Billing recovery run92% collected
67%
of gyms fail by year 3
80%
of churn is preventable
9x
lead conversion with fast follow-up
10hrs
lost weekly to admin tasks
Why gyms stay stuck

The problems aren't about passion. They're about systems.

01

No lead follow-up

Most gyms respond to inquiries in 24+ hours. Leads contacted within 5 minutes convert 9x better. That's revenue you're leaving behind every week.

02

No retention system

Students don't quit because they stopped liking BJJ. They quit because nobody noticed they were drifting. A 90-day onboarding system changes that.

03

No instructor development

Your culture walks out the door with every instructor who leaves. Gyms that scale past 200 members have structured team development — not just good coaches.

What we do

Every service, built for martial arts gyms.

AI & Automation

Lead follow-up, billing recovery, review generation — automated and running 24/7 without adding staff, powered by JFIVE.

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Member Retention

First-90-days systems, attendance monitoring, and win-back campaigns that stop the bleed before it starts.

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Growth Strategy

Pricing, marketing, referral programs, and geographic expansion — built around your specific market and goals.

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BJJ Consulting

Deep-dive operations consulting for BJJ academies — from curriculum structure to belt promotion standards.

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Team Development

Curriculum architecture, instructor coaching, and career path frameworks that let your gym scale without you in every room.

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Operational Systems

SOPs, scheduling, billing infrastructure, and staff management frameworks that eliminate admin chaos.

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"The gyms that break through 200 members consistently have one thing the others don't — a system their team can run without the owner in every room."

Forge Growth Partners · Built from experience across dozens of successful academies

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