HILTARO Early access
Reactive strike training

Strike the light.
Time every hit.

Glowing targets stand around you. One lights up, you move and strike, and the target clocks your reaction to the millisecond. Every session adds to a record of how your reflexes change over months and years.

See the system
Multi-target arenaMillisecond timingLong-term tracking
Arena · standby 4 targets · randomised
Press start, then hit the blue target
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Click, tap, or press keys 1–4. This browser version adds screen and input lag; real Hiltaro targets time the strike on board.

  • 1 → 10+targets per arena, auto-discovered at power-on
  • <10 mswireless link from target to controller
  • 3light zones per target for precision drills
  • 360°glow you can see from anywhere on the floor
  • Anystrike: bare hands, gloves, pads or the saber
  • 500 msconnection heartbeat to every target
The system

Five parts. One closed training loop.

The system sends a cue, you strike, the target registers the hit and times it, and the result is stored. Only the targets and controller are required. Add the saber, wearables and room lighting when you want more data or more atmosphere.

01 SHELL impact-absorbing 02 GLOW full-body light 03 TIMING on board 04 HIT SENSING feels every strike
TARGET UNIT. Built to take full-power strikes, glow evenly from every side and time each hit itself.
  1. TGT

    Target units

    Freestanding light columns that take real strikes and time each one themselves. They glow blue when it is time to strike and flash red when a hit lands. Power one on and the system finds it.

  2. MCU

    Master controller

    Chooses which target fires and when, keeps a 500 ms heartbeat on every unit, and stores each session. If a target drops out mid-session, it leaves the rotation and rejoins when it reconnects. Your session never stops.

  3. APP

    App and voice coach

    Counts you in, calls out milestones and reads your summary when the session ends. Start, stop and switch modes by voice without leaving the floor.

  4. SBR

    Instrumented saber Optional

    A light-up training blade that measures swing speed, acceleration and impact on every strike.

  5. AMB

    Ambient lighting Optional

    Wall and ceiling light units that react to the session in real time: countdowns, hits, misses and new personal bests.

Why the numbers hold up

The clock lives inside the target.

Most light-up trainers time you from a central box, so radio delay gets added to every reaction. That delay changes from strike to strike, which makes long-term comparisons unreliable.

Hiltaro targets start the clock when they light up and stop it when they feel the hit, on their own processor. The radio only carries the finished number. A 280 ms reaction this year means the same thing as a 280 ms reaction next year.

One strike, two ways to time it · illustrative
Hiltaro
reaction 286 msradio
Central timer
reaction 286 ms + radio± jitter
Timed on the target Sent after, not counted Delay that pollutes the result
Training modes

Same hardware. New drills by software.

Each mode is a mix of cue, timing, scoring and hit detection. New modes arrive as updates, so the targets you buy today keep getting new drills.

RANDOMISED

One target lights at a random moment. Strike it and the next one fires. This is the benchmark mode for your reaction time.

Scores · reaction ms

PRECISION

Only one of the three light zones glows. Hit that exact zone. Trains accuracy and speed together.

Scores · zone accuracy

AUDIO-ONLY

No light at all. Find the active target by its sound and strike. Builds spatial hearing and awareness.

Scores · reaction ms

ADAPTIVE

The gap between cues shrinks as you speed up and widens when you fade. A strong warm-up for your nervous system.

Scores · pace held

POWER

Speed takes a back seat. Every strike's impact is measured and ranked, so you can track striking power on its own.

Scores · impact force

CUSTOM

Set duration, number of targets, light or sound cues, hit threshold, delay and scoring. Build the drill your coach wants.

Scores · your choice

In development: endurance, sequence memory, multi-target and head-to-head modes.

Long-term tracking

Your reflexes, charted over years.

Light-up pads tell you how one session went. Hiltaro keeps every strike from every session, so you can see whether you are getting sharper and notice early when you start to slow down.

Average reaction time · weekly · 4-target randomised

Example data
ALERTYour 3-week rolling average is 9% slower than your baseline. Time to look at recovery and load.

  • Fair comparisons only

    Every session saves its setup: how many targets, the layout, the mode and difficulty. Trends only compare sessions with the same setup.

  • Three independent metrics

    Reaction time, strike force and swing speed each get their own long-term trend line.

  • Early-warning alerts

    When your rolling average drifts above your own baseline and stays there, you get told.

  • Heart-rate sync

    Pair a heart-rate or HRV sensor and see how your body's state lines up with your speed, down to the millisecond.

  • Profiles and leaderboards

    Each athlete has their own history. Standard modes feed a leaderboard. Age-normalised benchmarks show where you stand.

Optional implement

The saber measures what your hands do.

Train bare-handed, gloved, or with any stick and the system works the same. Pick up the Hiltaro saber and every strike also records swing speed, acceleration and impact.

Swing speed

Peak speed on every strike, tracked over time as its own metric.

Impact

Measures how hard the blade stops on contact, independent of the target's sensor.

Live light

Colour sweeps, fire effects and pulses that react to motion, plus hit and miss flashes.

Untethered

Rechargeable battery, onboard speaker and wireless link. No cables on the floor.

Who it's for

From a home corner to a full arena.

One target works. Three or four is the standard setup. Ten or more turns a hall into an arena.

3–4 targets

Combat athletes

Fighters, fencers and martial artists who need faster reactions and proof they are improving.

4–6 targets

Gyms and academies

A drill station that tracks every member separately, with leaderboards that keep people coming back.

10+ targets

Arenas and venues

Room lighting, voice calls and many targets together for experience centres and events.

1–3 targets

Everyday fitness

Reaction time is a marker of physical readiness. Watch yours over the years and act early if it slips.

Build log

From one LED strip to a company.

Hiltaro started on a workbench with one glowing target. These entries come from the founder's own lab notes.

  1. First hit registered

    One target, lit blue at random. A strike turned it red. That day's lab note ended like this:

    "It works!!!!"

  2. Targets go wireless

    Targets start talking to a central controller without cables, each with its own light zones and hit sound.

  3. Hiltaro Technologies Private Limited

    The company is incorporated in Karnataka to design and build sports technology and reactive training systems.

  4. Production targets and first floors

    Moving from prototypes to production units and the first training spaces.

Early access

Bring the first arena to your floor.

We are lining up the first gyms, academies, venues and athletes to train on Hiltaro. Write to us to get on the list or to talk partnerships.

hello@hiltaro.com