Instructors grapple, spar, and correct technique hands-on with young students, often one-on-one. Screen every sensei, assistant, and volunteer with an FCRA-compliant national criminal and all-50-state sex-offender check, plus identity verification, for $5.
FCRA-compliant No per-seat fees Results in minutes
On the mat
Martial arts is built on close physical contact and long-term trust — holds, sparring, and belt programs that keep the same kids with the same adults for years. These are the roles worth verifying.
Demonstrate holds and correct technique hands-on.
Full-contact drills, often one-on-one.
Belt-program mentoring across years.
Travel, weigh-ins, and warm-up areas.
Preschool and beginner children’s classes.
Under-18 helpers — screened with guardian consent.
VolunteerBadge · Martial arts
Every $5 volunteer check
Criminal records
650M+ county, state & federal court records
Sex-offender registries
All 50 states + national registry
Identity verification
Government photo ID + biometric selfie
Address history
SSN-traced — free on every check
Watchlists
FBI Most Wanted + OFAC / global
Email a link or post a QR code for instructors and assistants. They apply from their phone in minutes.
Government ID + selfie confirms the real person, then the $5 national check runs. Under-18 assistants get guardian consent automatically.
A green “verified” badge (or a flagged review) lands on your roster — with FCRA adverse-action built in.
Flip on volunteer-pays and each instructor pays for their own check at sign-up — screening stays free for the school, and you still get a verified result for everyone.
Martial arts is built on close physical contact and trust — instructors demonstrate holds, adjust stances, and spar with students, frequently one-on-one and across long belt programs that keep the same children with the same adults for years. Screening every instructor and assistant is a foundational safety step, and a $5 check makes it affordable for a single dojo or a multi-location academy.
VolunteerBadge runs a full national criminal background check across 650M+ county, state, and federal court records, sex-offender registries in all 50 states, FBI Most Wanted, and OFAC/global watchlists — with a free SSN-traced address-history check on every applicant, no per-seat fees, and no annual contract.
Because a clean name is not a verified person, VolunteerBadge also confirms each instructor with a government photo ID and a biometric selfie matched to the ID.
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It is $5 per instructor or volunteer through VolunteerBadge — a full national criminal check with a free address-history check and FCRA adverse-action workflow, and no per-seat or monthly fees on pay-as-you-go.
Yes — all 50 states plus the national registry, alongside 650M+ court records, FBI Most Wanted, and OFAC/global watchlists, on every $5 check.
Yes. VolunteerBadge screens applicants as young as 14 and collects a parent/guardian authorization for anyone under 18 before the check runs.
Yes — turn on volunteer-pays so each instructor covers their own check, keeping screening free for the school.
Most academies re-screen annually for anyone with ongoing student contact; automated reminders make it easy.
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Set up your school in a few minutes and screen your first instructor for $5 — no contract, no per-seat fees, cancel anytime.
Screen a volunteer for $5