Online learning

Advantages and disadvantages

There is a question in regards to the relationship between martial arts online tutorials and to the traditional classroom learning environment. The question is do these tutorials seek to replace or complement the classroom environment? The answer to this is found in understanding the value and purpose of tutorials: These serve the purpose of furthering the student’s training. These tutorials are not meant as a replacement to the traditional classroom, but rather as a supplement to it.

Martial arts instructional videos have been around for over 25 years and while their popularity has had its peaks and valleys new releases come out year after year. If a novice student were to pick up a martial arts magazine for the first time, the student would probably be taken aback by the sheer volume of instructional DVDs available in the marketplace. If student might even undergo a cathartic experience of sorts as the secret history of martial arts styles such a Wing Chun, Tae Kwon Do, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Okinawan karate styles have been recorded for posterity. Imagine the possibility of learning all these styles without having to attend class.Well, let’s not go that far. The instructional online tutorials have their value only within their proper use.