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VTA
e-learning Portal - A First in the
United States
In the past year,
several members of our school have been building something one of a
kind - something no other martial arts school in the United
States has.
We are very excited to announce our web based
e-learning portal.
This is a computer system that can
be accessed by any web browser, and provides
computer based instruction on our entire curriculum - up to 4th
degree black belt - for Taekwondo, Tang
Soo Do, Hapkido and Haidong Gumdo (Korean
Sword Art).
The system has over 400 individual videos, and 400
picture diagrams of all our forms, one-steps,
breaking holds, breaks, sword forms, weapons
forms, techniques, kicking drills - etc. VTA has a
school wide curriculum that comprises what would
be a full program for 4 different styles: Taekwondo, Hapdiko, Tang Soo Do, and Haidong Gumdo. To
achieve 4th Dan Blackbelt in our programs, there are:
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40 short sword
forms
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20 kicking
techniques
-
30 sword
techniques
-
30 empty hand
forms
-
67 sword forms
-
90 Hapkido
breaking holds
-
90 one-steps
defenses
-
40 weapons
defenses
-
15 board and
concrete breaks, and
-
10 sword
breaking cuts.
We pride ourselves on having one of the most
comprehensive curriculums of any martial school, but that is a lot
of material for anyone to learn. The traditional method of handing
down this material verbally, while adequate, can be time consuming
as you have to always be in the gym to learn it. To augment our
classes we have built a web based system to help you learn.
The following are the features of our e-Learning portal.
- Over 400 separate videos on our entire curriculum of kicks,
punches, blocks, forms, one-steps, breaking holds, forms,
breaks, sparring, etc up to 4th dan.
- Over 400 instructional step by step instructions with pictures on
that same curriculum
- A Korean language instruction system with audio instruction
- Kickbook - a social network similar to Facebook where all our
students can post photos, videos, and exchange posts and messages.
- See your detailed attendance by program (Olympic sparring, Haidong Gumdo,
Takewondo), and see how many classes you have yet to take before
you achieve your minimum standards for testing
- Personalized schedule based on your belt rank
- Personalized testing material based on your belt rank
- On-line belt test report cards after each test
- Operates in any browser.
Every applicable student and
parent will get their own unique user ID and
password. Parents will be able to see all the material for each of
their children for their next test, as well as monitor attendance,
send messages to instructors or other parents, and get personalize
schedules for all their kids they can even download to their
Blackberry or iPhone.
While no one has ever learned martial arts solely
over the Internet, we believe that this tool will be
invaluable for supplementing class instruction and
helping you or your child become the best martial
artist possible.
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