What's New

What's set and live in Black Belt Legacy (BBLApp v4.4), what's in beta, and what's coming next — we build continuously.

Milestone · MVP — LiveBBLApp v4.4 · launched June 19, 2026

✅ Live — set and in production

  • Lineage network (timeline-tree)Live

    The signature feature: a chronological tree of who promoted whom, with provable provenance — “Promoted by X · date,” year-stamped connectors, ordered by time.

  • Public lineage viewerLive

    Browse trees with a node drawer, search, and selected-path highlighting; responsive on mobile.

  • Member & practitioner profilesLive

    Each person has a profile with rank history and trust signals.

  • Public directoryLive

    Searchable directory of people and schools.

  • One-click profile claimsLive

    Claim your profile with a magic link (no passwords) or social sign-in; claims bind to your email and reconcile on every sign-in.

  • Admin claim reviewLive

    Approve / deny / needs-info on claims, with a full audit trail and a notification email to the claimant on every decision.

  • Rank history & awardsLive

    Belt and rank record per practitioner, surfaced on profiles and the timeline.

  • Paid membershipsLive

    Premium and Elite via Stripe checkout → signed webhook → entitlements, with a billing portal.

  • Comp & gift membershipsLive

    Audited complimentary and gifted grants (e.g. for claim approvals and testers).

  • Lifecycle emailsLive

    Welcome, claim approved/denied, and payment receipts.

  • Schools & organizationsLive

    Membership, invites, roles, settings, and per-org theming.

🧪 In beta — built, hardening toward GA

  • Video libraryBetaClosest to GA

    A library of training and reference video.

  • Technique graphBeta

    A connected map of techniques.

  • CurriculumBeta

    Structured rank and program curriculum.

  • CertificatesBeta

    Issuable certificates with public verification codes.

  • Merch / gearBeta

    Storefront with Printful fulfillment.

🛠️ Planned

  • Deeper lineagePlanned

    Secondary cross-lineage links and focal choreography.

  • Member media galleriesPlanned

    Richer per-profile media.

Recent highlights

June 2026 — MVP launch

  • Black Belt Legacy launched at blackbeltlegacy.com (June 19): public lineage network, one-click magic-link claims, and live paid Premium/Elite memberships, end to end.
  • Lifecycle emails went live — including a claimant notification on every claim decision (approve and deny).
  • Full member roster, member photos, and the Dirty Dozen lineage migrated to production.
  • Social sign-in now binds and reconciles profile claims the same as magic-link.

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