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Child protection in Polish sports clubs — duties, deadlines and sources (2026)
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Child protection in Polish sports clubs — duties, deadlines and sources (2026)

Child protection standards, staff checks and official Polish legal sources. Implementation deadlines, reviews of standards and penalties for specific breaches are separate issues.

#Polish child protection law#Child protection#Compliance
·Michał Szymanowski·3 min
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Martial arts ranks and exams: records, decisions and results
Guides

Martial arts ranks and exams: records, decisions and results

Separate the rank programme, attendance records, instructor decisions and exam results. A practical workflow without promises of automatic technique or federation checks.

#Martial arts#karate#BJJ
·Michał Szymanowski·4 min
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Your club's first ten participants: an offer, recruitment and action plan
Guides

Your club's first ten participants: an offer, recruitment and action plan

A practical plan for your first participants: an offer, trial classes, local partnerships, referrals and an advertising test. Measure enquiries, attendance and paid enrolments separately.

#Opening a club#First customers#Club marketing
·Michał Szymanowski·5 min
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Participant retention: seven practices for a martial arts school
Guides

Participant retention: seven practices for a martial arts school

Welcoming new participants, making progress visible, discussing absences and enabling a return. Seven practices and a way to measure your own outcome without promised percentage gains.

#Retention#Loyalty#Churn
·Michał Szymanowski·5 min
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Club finances: fees, payments, invoicing and instructor earnings
Guides

Club finances: fees, payments, invoicing and instructor earnings

Organise charges, online payments, bank imports, invoices and instructor earnings. Understand setup conditions and the limits of Polish KSeF, fiscal devices and automation.

#Finance#KSeF#Online payments
·Michał Szymanowski·4 min
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Moving to Klubownik from another system — import scope and first steps
Guides

Moving to Klubownik from another system — import scope and first steps

What you can import from Excel or CSV, what is not transferred, and how to prepare your club and families for Klubownik.

#Migration#Comparisons#Competitors
·Michał Szymanowski·3 min
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Choosing club management software: seven questions before buying
Comparisons

Choosing club management software: seven questions before buying

Review cost, payments, staff workflows, family access and migration scope. Seven questions and a sample-data evaluation plan without promised outcomes.

#Club management software#Comparisons#Choosing software
·Zespół Klubownik·3 min
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Club membership pricing: costs, family discounts and price changes
Guides

Club membership pricing: costs, family discounts and price changes

Calculate your own membership fee, check family discounts and explain a price change clearly. Worked examples with explicit assumptions, rather than unsupported market rates.

#Pricing#Membership fees#Pricing
·Michał Szymanowski·5 min
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Five ways to improve administration in a martial arts school
Club management

Five ways to improve administration in a martial arts school

Review attendance, grades, family information, payments and seasonal breaks. Choose one process to improve and assess the result in your own school.

#Martial arts#karate#BJJ
·Zespół Klubownik·3 min
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Club automation: ten workflows to configure and review
Automation

Club automation: ten workflows to configure and review

Reminders, recruitment, attendance, invoicing and documents: what configured software can support, where the club still reviews and how to assess the result.

#Automation#Saving time#Club management
·Zespół Klubownik·3 min
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A parent portal for your club: attendance, fees and communication
Features

A parent portal for your club: attendance, fees and communication

Bring classes, fees, documents and messages into one family account. What parents can handle themselves, what the club sets up and how to introduce the portal.

#Parent portal#Parent communication#Club management
·Zespół Klubownik·3 min
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Klubownik: features, activity modules and setup conditions
Updates

Klubownik: features, activity modules and setup conditions

Participants, families, schedules, payments, documents and sport modules. A current overview separating configuration, separately granted access and planned functionality.

#Club management#Martial arts school software#Club management software
·Michał Szymanowski·14 min
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