How to Run Competitions with Smoothcomp Connect: A Live Q&A with Smoothcomp
Competition season shouldn't run on a group chat, a notebook, and a dozen texts asking, "When's the next tournament?" Smoothcomp Connect brings competition into the same place you already run your gym, and in this free live Q&A, you'll hear straight from the people who built it.
Alex Cuevas from Gymdesk sits down with Martin Janson and Ricard Carneborn from Smoothcomp to walk through the new tools—the Competitions tab in Gymdesk, the free Coach Companion app, and Smoothrecorder—and how they fit together, from finding an event to bringing the results home.
They'll start with the questions gym owners ask most, then open the floor to yours. Whether your team competes every month or you're thinking about your first tournament, you'll leave knowing exactly how to set it up for your gym.
Meet the Experts
Learn from experienced industry professionals who bring practical insights, real-world examples, and proven strategies to help gym owners run better businesses.
Alex Cuevas
Alex leads Gymdesk, the software built for martial arts and combat-sports gyms, and travels the world talking to gym owners about the realities of running a gym as an owner-operator.
Ricard Carneborn
Ricard has trained martial arts since 1986 and competed for 10 years on elite level. He is head instructor for his academy Nacka Dojo, CEO of Ctrl Sports and co-founder of Smoothcomp. He is the organizer of some of the biggest tournaments in Scandinavia called Nordic Open - tournaments for both BJJ and JJIF Fighting established in 2000. He loves his work and the motto: "Working hard for something we do not care about is called stress - working hard for something we love is called passion".
Martin Janson
Martin has been involved in martial arts since 1996, fighting ”light MMA” or ”Shootfighting” in the early -00´s. Since 2005 he has dedicated himself to grappling and BJJ. He runs a BJJ academy in his hometown Stenungsund. The academy started up organizing a small tournament back in 2005 that over time became Swedish Open BJJ - one of Northern Europe's largest BJJ tournaments. Martin loves great organization as much as he dislikes unnecessary work; ”everything should run smooth”.
If your students compete, this live Q&A shows you the newest tools for running competition season, with answers straight from the Smoothcomp team.
- Competition lives where your gym already does. No more tracking tournaments through group chats and notebooks.
- Registration without the retyping. Names, birth dates, and belt ranks come straight from Gymdesk, with your academy locked in so nobody registers under the wrong gym.
- Every athlete has a coach in their corner. See your whole team’s day on one screen and catch uncovered matches before they’re called.
- Results come home on their own. Podiums and match results land on each student’s record—including the years before you connected.
- It’s already in your plan. Competition management is included in every Gymdesk plan, and Coach Companion is free with a Smoothcomp account.
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