Leadership Club.

Your acceptance in to the Leadership Club will provide you with the ultimate challenge to becoming a superior martial artist and a leader in your community.

In the Leadership Club we will prepare you to leave a legacy to pass on to others: Structure, Emotion, and Knowledge. Membership in the Leadership Program is by instructor invitation only. This group of Juniors and Adults have been chosen as role models for the Students at the ATA Black Belt Academy. As a Junior, the student is eligible to wear the Red/White/Blue Junior Leader collar, and will be assigned responsibilities such as assisting at Belt Graduations, assisting with Tiny Tiger and Junior Classes. As an Adult, the Leadership Team member begins as a Trainee Instructor or "Red Collar". As the trainee progresses, and as written and practical assignments, seminars, student teaching and testing are successfully completed, the trainee instructor will progress from "trainee" to "certified trainer" to "specialty certified".

Once the specialty certified or "Black/Red/Black" collar is achieved, and after all other stringent physical, knowledge and training requirements are met (including 300 hours of teaching as a supervised trainee instructor), the Leadership Team member attends a 3 day intensive camp in preparation for final examination by the Masters of Songahm Taekwondo. Successful completion of this examination results in the Leadership Team member being promoted to "Certified Instructor" and being awarded the "Black Collar". Leadership instructs students how to use teaching methods, interpersonal interaction, physical skills and a wide range of other leadership material.