COVID-19 IMPACT YOU?

The whole world now facing a new normal regarding the COVID 19 virus. Many businesses have to adapt very quickly to this very real and sinister threat or close down. Especially if one is in the hospitality or service industry.

In terms of the Martial Arts (MA) it is estimated that as many as 30% of all schools (dojangs, dojos, kwans, etc) have had to close permanently. The remainder will have to extensively adapt their environment, methods, approaches, etc. in order to maintain a high level of safety for their students and to remain open.

At the time of this writing (July 2020) there have been only 2 or 3 known avenues for Instructors to be empowered, assessed and recognized of their knowledge and thus ability to prepare a safe environment and to utilize best teaching methods to operate safely in the midst of this dangerous virus which will not go away anytime soon.

In order to assist the 3 main groups of all MA schools (Instructors; Students; Parents) the KukMuWon (National Governing Body for Korean Martial Arts) and the World Cultural Exchange Foundation (based in Seoul, ROK) have collaborated with LifeCraft Asia to come out with a comprehensive yet simple Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for teaching Martial Arts classes during these trying times. To our knowledge, this is the only initiative of its type so far by any Korean authority to date.

We hope that this initiative will assist all Martial Arts schools (not only Korean based) in continuing to teach safely moving forward. It strives to give useful, practical and updated information on the impact of the virus re safe MA training. Special recognition and allowance has been given to not only the Instructors, but also to the Students and Parents. Readiness and help to control and manage this virus is a joint community effort, and cannot be unfairly attributed to the teachers only.

We thank you for your interest, and invite you to refresh your knowledge and be recognized for your initiative, knowledge and preparedness.