Karate school camera system
Karate class live streaming that gets parents off the edge of the mat
Children's karate works best when the student is watching the sensei, not the doorway. CareCam is a karate school camera system built for parent viewing: parents watch their child's karate class online, live, from their phone in the lobby or at home, only during that class, with no audio and no shared passwords.
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Karate parent viewing: what changes on a Tuesday at 4:45
Most karate schools have already decided parents should not be on the floor during children's classes. The question is what you give them instead. Here is the difference a class-time camera makes:
| Today | With CareCam |
|---|---|
| Parents line the edge of the mat during Little Dragons. | Parents watch from the lobby or the car on their phone. Five-year-olds stop looking for mom every thirty seconds. |
| The 5:30 belt class starts while the 4:45 families are still packing up in a lobby built for eight. | Families who are not on the floor do not need to be in the building. Pickup happens at the door, not through the crowd. |
| A parent asks to see the tape after a sparring bump, and there is nothing to show but a hallway camera. | The parent was already watching live. Fewer follow-up conversations, and none of them start from the dark. |
| The school shares the security-camera app login with a few families, and now it is with forty. | Each family has its own login, tied to its own class time, and you can turn any one of them off. |
One mat, five classes, and every family sees only theirs
A karate school's afternoon is a sequence: Little Dragons at 4:00, juniors at 4:45, intermediate belts at 5:30, advanced at 6:15, teens and adults after that. In CareCam each class is a group with its own days and window. Parents request the class their child is enrolled in; you approve them once.
From then on the 4:45 families can watch from 4:45 to 5:30 on the days juniors runs, and nothing else. The camera on the mat is the same one all afternoon; who is allowed to see it changes with the schedule, automatically. Testing weeks, trial classes and make-up sessions are just extra approvals with an end date.
That is a materially different promise from "here is the camera app password," which is how most schools that try cameras end up letting every family watch every class, all week.
Also useful for belt tests. Grandparents two states away can be approved for the testing group for one evening, watch the promotion live, and lose access at the end of the night without anyone remembering to revoke it.
Setup for a single-mat school
- 1
One wide camera on the mat
If you already have a network camera covering the floor, it likely stays. If not, a standard PoE camera is roughly $80 to $150.
- 2
Plug in the CareCam box
A small pre-configured appliance ($349 one-time) connects to your network. We link the camera remotely; nothing is opened to the internet.
- 3
Create your classes
Add each class as a group with its days and time. Send families the sign-up link. Approve, done.
Plans start at $49/month with unlimited family accounts, month-to-month. Multi-floor schools and schools that also want the lobby covered run $99 to $199/month.
Karate school live streaming questions
Our karate classes are split by age and belt. Can each family only see their child's class?
What about parents who want to watch from the lobby?
Is there audio?
Do parents need to download an app?
We already have a camera on the mat. Will it work?
How much is it for a single-mat school?
Can we offer it only to certain programs?
Check your school's cameras
See if your karate school's camera works with CareCam
Tell us your camera or NVR brand and your class schedule. We'll confirm compatibility and send an exact monthly price. We reply by email, usually within one business day.