BudopassTrust is built from the bottom up
No central authority blessing everything from above. You start straight away with your own story, and what an organisation signs becomes ratified or validated. The value of the budopass grows one stamp at a time.
Declared, then ratified
It applies to three things: grades, qualifications — instructor, referee… — and seminars. In your budopass they sit together in “Your story” →
You bring your story
You declare the grades, qualifications and seminars you already have — even from a photo of your old paper booklet. They're yours at once, marked “Declared”: honest about what's still to be confirmed.
declaredAn organisation signs it
You ask whoever issued it for ratification, even if you're no longer a member: the entry becomes “Ratified”. You ask an organisation you belong to for validation — usually your dojo, which has seen the proof: it becomes “Validated”. If they decline, you can read the reason and tap “Request again”.
ratified validatedIt grows with you
New exams, seminars, attendance: the budopass fills up by itself. And it stays yours whichever dojo you choose, today and tomorrow.
- Issued
- Awarded by the organisation that gave it to you, with the teacher who examined you and their stamp: there's nothing to request.
- Ratified
- You declared it yourself, and the organisation that issued it has confirmed it.
- Validated
- You declared it yourself, and another organisation, usually your dojo, has confirmed it: it saw the proof, but it didn't issue it.
- Declared
- You say so yourself: it's in your budopass, waiting for someone to sign it.
Who signs what
Budopass has no central authority blessing grades. Trust comes from whoever signs: that's why it matters who's on board.
- A grade you earned elsewhere
- You declare it, stating who issued it. If that organisation is on Budopass, you ask it for ratification. If not, you ask an organisation you belong to — usually your dojo — for validation: the teacher vouches that they saw the proof, with their name and their stamp, and where the grade comes from stays on record.
- What's missing until the organisation that issued it is on board
- Ratification by whoever actually examined you. That's the one we want to make possible: the more organisations join Budopass, the more grades can be ratified at the source.
- And it's not only the stamp
- You can also follow the news of any organisation on Budopass, without being a member: News and notifications → And in the calendar you'll find its seminars: Events & seminars →
- What you can do
- Tell whoever gave you the grade: your federation, your association, your teacher's school. A dojo can sign up on its own; for an association or a federation write to us at info@budopass.app and we'll talk it through.
Start anyway, even if your dojo isn't on board
Budopass is yours: you start straight away, declaring your grades, your qualifications and your seminars. But let's be honest — some things only come alive if your dojo is on Budopass.
On your own, straight away
Without waiting for anyone
- You declare grades, qualifications and seminars — marked “Declared”
- You add past seminars and exams, with dates
- You build your story and take it with you, for ever
- Then you ask an organisation to sign: ratification or validation, as described above
Your dojo must be active
The dojo where you practise, on Budopass
- The lesson calendar
- The dojo's news and notices
- Attendance by QR at check-in
- The ratification of grades, qualifications and seminars, and the teachers' stamps
No “manager account”
You always sign up as a practitioner. Running a dojo isn't a different type of account: it's a role you earn through approval, and it only applies in that dojo.
You sign up
One account, like everyone else's: you must be at least 16. You start as a student — the door is the same for everyone.
You join an organisation
A dojo or an organisation accepts your affiliation: there you're a student, with affiliation and grades.
You open your dojo
You apply to open one — for now, it has to be a dojo. The platform approves it, and in that dojo, and only there, you're a manager.
So the same person practises where they train and manages where they lead — two independent approvals, one Budopass.
In your pocket and at your desk
Not two products for two people: the same Budopass on the phone and on the web. Each surface is complete — from both you practise and manage. Pick whichever fits the moment.
In your pocket, in the dojo
The surface that lives on the tatami. The QR at the entrance, your budopass ready in the changing room, your reply to the lesson in a single tap.
- Your affiliations and your grades, by discipline and by dojo
- “Check-in”: you scan the dojo's QR and you're marked present, nothing to type
- “I'll be there” or “I won't be there” for the lesson, in a tap
- And if you manage: the dojo is here in your pocket too — members, courses, attendance, grades
At your desk, on the big screen
The surface that loves space. The month, the register to verify, the list of members: the things that need room to breathe on a laptop.
- Dashboard with tonight's lesson, to-dos (with names) and trends
- Register check: who stamped in, who's missing, who was marked by hand
- Events and seminars: you create them step by step and open the desk; practitioners register from the app Coming soon
- Month calendar, members, courses, grades to ratify
- And if you practise: your grades, stamps and exams are here too
You can already try it on the web, on Android (Google Play, open testing) and on iOS (TestFlight). Phone and web, both complete.
See it from the inside, without an account
The demo is a made-up dojo with years of history. You can look at everything, nothing is saved and there's nothing to install: any preferences you change last until you exit.
Try the demo →- Choose a country
- Choose who to be
- Choose what to seeYour budopass, or a dojo or an organisation to manage.
On the web you'll find it under “Sign in”, as “Try with sample data”. The same demo is in the app too, under “Sign in”, right after you download it. And that's where you can see events today, ahead of a future version.
Good questions, clear answers
- Who owns my budopass?
- Yours. It stays yours even if you change dojo, city or discipline.
- How can I trust a stamp?
- Because it's traceable: it carries the examiner's name, and every ratification, validation, correction or cancellation leaves a trace in the history. And what's only declared says so openly — nothing is inflated.