Martial Base Releases School Finder

One of the most comprehensive and easy-to-use databases to help find martial art schools is now being made available to the public, thanks to the work of one creative martial artist.

Martial Base began about a year ago (2006) and has blossomed into an excellent resource for martial art information. The guy behind the scenes developing and managing the whole project is Terry Doll who hails from upstate NY. Terry began his martial art career in Rochester, NY as a practicioner in 7 Star Praying Mantis Kungfu. He has trained with many notable and well-known instructors in the martial art arena including: Sifu Raymond Fogg, Lee Kam Wing, Ren Guang-Yi, and Chen Xiao Wang. However, it's not just who this man knows or what he can do that makes him unique -- it's his dedication to making the sport he loves available to all.

Experiences with other martial art instructors has been questionable with flawed credentials, inadequate training facilities to frauds posing as certified instructors. Based on these experiences, it inspired Terry to create Martial Base.

Martial Base is a resource for all martial art enthusiasts, practitioners and instructors to help inform and educate about martial arts. One of the biggest reasons that first-time martial arts students don't continue with the sport is a combination of the struggles highlighted above. The school finder aims to tear down the ambiguities associated with choosing a school.

Martial Base was started as a pet project by creating a mash ups of web technologies and the love of martial arts. These technologies include Google map, RSS feeds, and proprietary web services which comprise most of the web site. After analyzing website metrics, Terry discovered a trend with users seeking martial art schools. Based on the trend, he went with his gut feeling and analytical data which supported his decision to create the Martial Art School Finder.

The Martial Art School Finder is an online resource for individuals to locate martial art schools within their own geographic area. It enables a perspective student to find a martial art school that meets their needs as an individual. Also, it is a tool for martial art school owners to advertise and promote their martial art business online. Martial Base has tools which help facilitate communication between school owner and and perspective students which includes the Martial Art Virtual Lead Box which is a part of the Martial Art School Finder. Here is more information
about the Virtual Lead Box:

http://martialbase.com/martial-art-school-virtual-lead-box.cfm

In addition, the Martial Art School Finder enables a user to post reviews and rate a martial art school. The reviews are helpful because they provide informative real world experiences from another persons perspective. It is always helpful to have this type of information available when choosing a martial art school.

It is a lofty but very personal mission of Terry's to rate all martial art instructors based on their credentials, experience, and track record as a martial artist to ensure that students are getting qualified instruction. With his experience of over 10 years in the martial arts, he's had good and bad experiences with instructors. Martial Base will help facilitate communications, educate and inform the martial art community. We are always developing new tools and gadgets which will inform users about martial art schools, news and gossip. Check the site often because there are some new tools that will be rolled out by the end of the month.

These tools include a widget for the Martial Arts School Finder, an RSS feed gadget, and a Virtual Lead Box gadget. These tools are designed for web sites, blogs, networking communities which will tie in together with the Martial Art School Finder.

Stay tuned because Martial Base has some new and exciting things coming up!