The whole world has been affected by the Covid-19 Pandemic, all of us have been forced to change and adapt to a new way of living, as well as new ways of being connected when being at least six feet apart at the minimum is the new norm. Many Martial Arts schools around the world have done their best to continue to support their communities and students during this time through Zoom Classroom, Facebook Live, YouTube and many other video streaming mediums, which is really quite an amazing feat of modern technology, but is online connection enough for all students? Martial arts by their nature are rather hands-on and do require a lot of self-discipline as students learn to master their bodies. For some students online mediums have integrated well into their already pretty digitally-driven lives, but for those students that require more hands-on learning, it has been a challenge. Many schools and their students have struggled to transition into any form of online training, for many schools this just simply isn’t practical or accessible.
As some Countries and States throughout the United States begin to reopen select businesses to the public, many at half capacity, some are wondering what they can do to safely bring students back onto the mat. This is a question we at Taekwondo Times have been seriously contemplating ourselves, many of our employees being Martial Arts school owners themselves. We have been in close contact with a handful of local Doctors and other martial arts school owners around the world throughout this process and so far, these are some of the potential safety precautions we have considered implementing for our students.
- Disinfecting the dojo every 2 weeks using electrostatic spray gun oxivir hospital grade material disinfectant.
- Routing cleaning and disinfecting done daily throughout the dojo.
- No students or instructors permitted in the dojo if they are sick.
- Temperatures are taken for each student that enters the dojo.
- Masks are required before, during and after training.
- Hands must be washed before and after classes.
- Sanitizer is provided throughout the dojo.
- Non-students must remain outside on in their cars during training.
- Students must maintain 6 feet from other students and instructors at all times.
We at the Black Belt Center of Tamarac will do our best to stay up to date and to share any suggestions as we all adapt to life during this pandemic time period moving forward. We are all in this together.
