Verified training record

Verified training record

Most martial arts have no real way to verify someone's claims. Belts are issued by individual instructors with no central registry. Walk into a new gym and say "I'm a purple belt" and the new gym just has to trust you.

CombatScore's verified training record fixes that. Every promotion, ceremony, and significant event you receive is signed by the issuing gym and locked into your record. New gyms can verify your history in one click. You stay in control of who sees it.

What goes in the record

Event type	Source	Signed by
Belt / stripe promotion	A ceremony or quick promotion	Issuing gym + coach
Notable session (competition, seminar)	Tagged in session metadata	Issuing gym
Coach attestation	A coach writes a formal recommendation	The coach + issuing gym
Drop-in visit	A visit at another gym in the network	Visiting gym

Each entry is append-only. You can't delete or revise once it's recorded. A correction generates a new entry with a link to the original ("Corrected from previous record on 2026-04-15"). Gyms can't quietly rewrite history.

What's NOT in the record

• Sessions you logged solo (only gym-witnessed events count).
• Promotions from outside CombatScore (you can list them in your bio, but they're unverified).
• Anything you'd consider sensitive (no medical, no financial).

How verification works for a new gym

When you join a new gym, the new gym sees your verified training record (with your permission). They can:

• Verify your current rank without having to call your old gym.
• See your training history at a high level (gyms attended, years, disciplines).
• Trust the data because it's signed cryptographically.

You control sharing. By default, the new gym sees nothing. When you join, you opt-in to share the record with them. You can revoke later if you leave.

Portability across gyms

Your verified record follows you. Switch gyms, move to a new city, take a year off — the record stays intact and verifiable. This is one of the platform's most important guarantees.

Drop-ins

If you train at a CombatScore gym you don't belong to (visiting another city, etc.), the gym can log your drop-in. That entry becomes part of your record — showing you've trained at multiple places — without a full membership.

See Joining a gym for the drop-in flow.

What if a gym shuts down?

Your record persists. The shutdown gym becomes a "former gym" in your record; the signatures and entries are still cryptographically valid.

What if I want my record private?

Settings → Privacy → Verified record visibility lets you toggle. Default: only your current gym(s) see it. You can make it fully private (only you see it) or fully public (anyone with the URL).

Why this matters

For athletes, it makes your training history actually portable and verifiable. For gyms, it cuts the risk of fraudulent claims. For the platform, it's the durable thing — sessions and streaks come and go, but the record is permanent, signed, and yours.