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Best LMS for Martial Arts Instructors

Start selling martial arts courses from your own site for free.

Masteriyo is the all-in-one LMS plugin built for martial arts instructors who’d rather drill technique than wrestle with checkout pages, plugin stacks, and platform fees.

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Beginner Martial Arts Foundations
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Stance & Posture 1/3
Stance & posture
Basic strikes & blocks
Drill chart (PDF)
Footwork & Stances 0/5
Basic Strikes & Blocks 0/6
Forms & Combinations 0/5
Final Test & Certificate 0/2
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Basic strikes & blocks

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Why martial arts instructors move to WordPress

Stop building your martial arts dojo on someone else’s platform.

Hosted course platforms work fine when you’re testing the idea. But once your martial arts teaching practice is real, WordPress gives you ownership, lower fees, and room to grow at your own pace.

Stop sharing every sale with Teachable.

Hosted platforms keep raising fees as your audience grows. Masteriyo runs checkout natively on your WordPress site — no marketplace cuts, no transaction fees.

Own your student relationships.

Your audience, email list, enrollments, and student progress stay connected to your brand — not locked behind a platform’s login screen.

One plugin, not five.

Lessons, quizzes, certificates, payments, drip content, and student tracking — all handled inside one WordPress LMS. No fragile chain of add-ons.

Sample course structure

Your first martial arts course, live this afternoon.

Structure your curriculum the way students actually learn: short technique and drill demonstrations, guided practice, downloadable drill charts, and progress checkpoints. Drop in your own videos, customize the modules, and you’re enrolling students.

Video lessons for technique and drill demonstrations
PDF lessons for drill charts and forms breakdowns
Quizzes for technique names, footwork, and combinations
Certificates when students finish your program

COURSE PREVIEW

Beginner Martial Arts Foundations

5 modules · 28 lessons · 4 quizzes · Certificate

MODULE 01

Stance & Posture

5 video lessons
Stance guide

MODULE 02

Footwork & Stances

6 video lessons
Footwork quiz

MODULE 03

Basic Strikes & Blocks

6 video lessons
Drill chart

MODULE 04

Forms & Combinations

6 video lessons
Forms quiz

MODULE 05

Final Test & Certificate

Final test
Certificate of completion

What you can do

A real martial arts course business needs more than a video uploader.

Sell, teach, manage, and grow your martial arts dojo from one WordPress LMS plugin.

Build your martial arts curriculum.

Drag-and-drop modules, lessons, videos, downloadable drill charts, and quizzes from a single dashboard. No code, no theme fights.

Accept payments natively.

Sell with Stripe, PayPal, Razorpay, Mollie, or WooCommerce. Multi-currency built in so students from any country pay in their local money.

Quiz students on technique and footwork.

Nine question types. Auto-grade technique recognition, footwork patterns, and form sequencing — without manual checking.

Issue certificates on completion.

Branded, downloadable certificates students can share when they finish your martial arts program. Add your logo, your wording, your style.

Drip lessons week by week.

Release modules on a schedule for multi-week martial arts programs. Builds anticipation, paces practice, and reduces refunds.

See exactly who’s practicing.

Lesson completion, quiz attempts, training time logged — every student’s progress tracked so you know who’s stuck on a form and who’s ready to test for the next belt.

Start With a Template

Get your website launched in no time with our professionally designed website template for your online course. Powered by . Ready to launch with a 1-click import.

Start using this template today by installing the FREE theme.

Plus dozens more starter sites to choose from.

Pricing fit

Start free. Upgrade when your martial arts dojo starts growing.

Most martial arts instructors launch with the free plugin, then upgrade to Pro when they need certificates, drip content, advanced quizzes, or course bundles.

Free

Always free

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Free forever · WordPress.org

Perfect for publishing your first martial arts course and testing the student experience.

Unlimited courses and students
Drag & drop course builder
Built-in order system
Stripe, PayPal & WooCommerce
AI course creation
Certificate builder
Download free plugin

Basic

Normally $199/yr

$99/yr

For solo creators

For selling paid martial arts courses with stronger checkout, certificates, and assignments.

Everything in Free
Course Attachments
Course Preview
Webhooks
Premium updates
Premium support
Get Basic
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Pro

Normally $299/yr

$149/yr

For growing schools

For multi-course dojos using drip content, bundles, gradebook, and advanced quizzes.

Everything in Basic
Smart Coupons
Multiple instructors
Advanced quizzes & gradebook
More payment gateways
Marketing Tools
Get Pro

Special introductory pricing. All renewals at full price.

14-day money-back guarantee
No transaction fees
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Creator voices

Creators chose Masteriyo — and didn’t look back.

130+ five-star reviews across WordPress.org and G2.

“Masteriyo will set the standard for not only how course builders should be built, but plugins in general. The ease, simplicity, beauty, and speed are unmatched.”

— @ej2008

WordPress.org review

“Masteriyo is a true dark horse — lesser known than TutorLMS, LearnDash, or LifterLMS, but just as powerful, if not more so.”

— @bradtech

WordPress.org review

“Very easy to use and intuitive. I was impressed by everything it can do at such a reasonable cost.”

— Beverley D.

G2 review

FAQ

The questions martial arts instructors ask.

Can I sell martial arts courses online directly from WordPress?

Yes. Masteriyo gives you a complete LMS — course builder, lessons, quizzes, payments, and student management — all on your own WordPress site. No hosted platform, no per-sale cuts.

Can I include drill charts, technique videos, and form breakdowns?

Yes. Add downloadable lesson materials alongside your videos, quizzes, and text lessons. Students get everything they need in one place.

Do I need WooCommerce or a separate payment plugin?

No. Masteriyo includes native payments via Stripe, PayPal, Razorpay, and Mollie out of the box. WooCommerce is optional if you already use it.

Can I release lessons week by week?

Yes. Content drip lets you schedule modules for multi-week martial arts programs — useful for keeping students paced and reducing refunds.

Do I need technical skills to set up my course site?

No. Masteriyo is built for creators, not developers. The setup wizard creates every page you need in under a minute — checkout, dashboard, course pages, all auto-configured. If you can run a WordPress site, you can run Masteriyo.

Build your martial arts course business on your own terms.

Join 4,000+ creators running paid courses on their own WordPress sites. No platform fees. No middleman. Just your teaching, your students, your revenue.

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