Budo Brothers Academy review
Budo Brothers Academy publishes 678 course modules on Skool.
A review on the numbers, not an opinion: nobody here has joined Budo Brothers Academy, and nothing below is a verdict.
Budo Brothers Academy is the free Skool community of Budo Brothers, a martial arts lifestyle company co-owned by Erik Allan and Kyle Mahadeo.[1][2] The group was created in August 2025.[1]
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- Members
- 685
- Members, last 31 days
- +3
- 1 Oct 2026 to 2 Nov 2026
- Rank by members
- #2,432
- of 6,072 sellers listed here
- Size rank in niche
- #98
- of 268 sellers listed in sports and athletics, by published members
- Check the Course score
- 67
- B, above average
- Niche
- Sports and athletics
- 278 listed here
- Created
- 20 Aug 2025
- Skool publishes this date
- Readings
- 11
- since 2 Sept 2026
About Budo Brothers Academy
Members get free monthly live seminars, train-at-home martial arts content, early access to gear drops and product updates, and automatic entry into monthly giveaways.[1] The listing also mentions access to the brand's paid online courses.[1]
The Budo Brothers website sells martial arts gear made in small batches.[3] As of September 2026, its Carbon Fiber Hybrid Sticks started at $148 and its Hood-Gi cost $198.[3] The site also sells digital seminars and offers free access to a vault of the training videos the brand has released on social media.[3] The brand's YouTube channel centres on self-development and discipline through stories, philosophy and real-world training, including travel to train with masters.[4]
A podcast interview posted on a herb seller's blog says the company's first product was a hand-finished Hanbo, a martial arts weapon.[2] The interview also covers the Budo Youth Fund, which helps fund martial arts for underprivileged youth, and a magazine the owners publish featuring martial artists.[2]
Sources
- Skool listing: skool.com/budobrothers, as collected 24 Sept 2026
- Other: plumdragonherbs.com, retrieved 30 Sept 2026
- Official website: budobrothers.com, retrieved 28 Sept 2026
- YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UChVDJnxw6AVoNRpwHcAU67g, retrieved 28 Sept 2026
Compiled by Check the Course from the sources listed, to the best of our ability.
Read from the listing’s own words: what is offered, never how well.
What is inside
Counts published by Budo Brothers Academy on its own page, read on 29 Oct 2026: how much is included, never how good it is. Listed as run by kyle-mahadeo-5299.
No price is published for this community, so no ceiling is calculated. Absence of a price is not a claim that it is free.
Against the sports and athletics niche
Percentile among the other 277 sports and athletics listings here, each seller counted once for size.
Ahead of 67% of the 13,594 Skool communities we track, including ones without a page here, on the measures below, each read from a figure Budo Brothers Academy published itself.
- Size 53% of the scoreahead of 74%
- Growth 27% of the scoreahead of 40%
- Track record 20% of the scoreahead of 48%
An algorithmic position among tracked listings: not an endorsement, a guarantee or advice. How the score works.
Evidence and signals
Tracked over time
11 observations over 61 days.
Observation log
| Observed | Members | Change | Price | Ceiling / month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Nov 2026 | 685 | +2 | Not recorded | Not calculated |
| 29 Oct 2026 | 683 | 0 | Not recorded | Not calculated |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 683 | 0 | Not recorded | Not calculated |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 683 | +1 | Not recorded | Not calculated |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 682 | -1 | Not recorded | Not calculated |
| 13 Oct 2026 | 683 | 0 | Not recorded | Not calculated |
| 9 Oct 2026 | 683 | +1 | Not recorded | Not calculated |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 682 | 0 | Not recorded | Not calculated |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 682 | 0 | Not recorded | Not calculated |
| 24 Sept 2026 | 682 | +4 | Not recorded | Not calculated |
| 2 Sept 2026 | 678 | Not recorded | Not calculated | |
| Average per week, last 31 days1 Oct 2026 to 2 Nov 2026 | +1 | |||
| Average per week, since first reading2 Sept 2026 to 2 Nov 2026 | +1 | |||
Seller’s followers on other platforms
| Read, about monthly | YouTube | TikTok |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Oct 2026 | 2,130,000 | |
| 13 Sept 2026 | 2,130,000 |
Course content readings
| Observed | Posts | Modules | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Oct 2026 | 217+1 | 678+5 | 12+1 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 216+10 | 673 | 11 |
| 13 Sept 2026 | 206 | 673 | 11 |
| Added per week13 Sept 2026 to 29 Oct 2026 | +1.7 | +0.8 | +0.2 |
Common questions about Budo Brothers Academy
- What is Budo Brothers Academy?
- Budo Brothers Academy is the free Skool community of Budo Brothers, a martial arts lifestyle company co-owned by Erik Allan and Kyle Mahadeo. The group was created in August 2025.
- How much does Budo Brothers Academy cost?
- None of our readings of Budo Brothers Academy's Skool listing has found a price, so none is shown here, and it is not counted as free.
- How many members does Budo Brothers Academy have?
- Budo Brothers Academy lists 685 members, read 2 Nov 2026.
- How has Budo Brothers Academy's membership changed?
- From 678 members on 2 Sept 2026, our first reading, to 685 on 2 Nov 2026: up 7, or 1%.
- How does Budo Brothers Academy compare with other sports and athletics communities?
- The niche median is 476 members. Pricing benchmarks by niche.
- What do you get inside Budo Brothers Academy?
- Budo Brothers Academy publishes 678 course modules, 12 courses, 217 posts, 4 admins. Communities with the most course content.
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