Today we launched two new features to the Martial Arts Centers website, Blogs and Forums. The idea is to create a fun online community where our students can share interests and interact with one another off the training floor.

Blogs typically provide commentary or news on a particular subject or function as more personal online diary. Students can upload pictures to blog posts or add links to other websites of interest. Subject matter can be pretty much anything. Other students can add comments to blog posts that interest them.

We do ask students to avoid overtly controversial or "family inappropriate" subjects. If you really want to rail against a government body or post hot celebrity photos take it somewhere else. There are plenty of other websites that are much more appropriate for that sort of thing.

Forums are for more interactive discussions. Again, the subject matter is wide open and the same guidelines for appropriateness apply. I have started a couple of forum topics to get things going.

So go ahead, create an account, and start blogging. Enjoy.

-KL