Because I do this blog about my journey in karate and share via Facebook, I had a person enquire whether I could teach them online by sharing videos of what I had learnt. I explained that as I beginner, I wasn't in any way qualified, and that they would be better served by finding a Dojo in their area. The response I got was that there weren't any actually near to where they lived.
This set me to thinking what merit there is in online training. I have used videos shared with me online to help me improve my Kata, but only in conjunction with working on them in the Dojo. I have also worked on ideas shared by my mentor online for Cardio-Vascular exercise . So one one of the Facebook groups I am a member of, I posed that question. I suppose I shouldn't have been surprised that, since I was using an online forum, only one response out of 20 was totally negative.
A few thought it would be of limited use for more advanced students to learn some new techniques, or as an aide-memoire, and would need to be accompanied by Dojo time. Another variant of this was it could be used to a degree for distance learning by sharing videos of what needed to be done, then the pupil sending videos back to be critiqued.
A more dynamic version of working online at distance was the use of videos and instructions, then accompanied by one-to-one Skype of other Video media sessions to reinforce the training material.
The most positive responses emphasised that the internet is a treasure trove of material and communication tools, whose use is limited only by the imagination of the user. This of course comes with a very big caveat that there is a lot of dross as well as gems out there, which might be difficult for the beginner to distinguish between.
I think the majority opinion though is that face to face is best, but there is also good support for, that if nothing else is available it should be possible to do something online with the right help 😊
A more dynamic version of working online at distance was the use of videos and instructions, then accompanied by one-to-one Skype of other Video media sessions to reinforce the training material.
The most positive responses emphasised that the internet is a treasure trove of material and communication tools, whose use is limited only by the imagination of the user. This of course comes with a very big caveat that there is a lot of dross as well as gems out there, which might be difficult for the beginner to distinguish between.
I think the majority opinion though is that face to face is best, but there is also good support for, that if nothing else is available it should be possible to do something online with the right help 😊
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