Age Requirements!?

[bushido_man96]

Not many to choose from where I am. Besides, I concern myself more with my own training and progress than that of the GM or organization. I'm in it for me, for the most part.

[skullsplitter]

There was an article in our local paper today about a 6 year old student at the local ATA school who recived her black belt. She started when she was 4 and the norm for that school is 2 years for the black belt. In the article it was stated that since she is a black belt she is now eligible to teach.

Is this an ATA rule on the teaching eligibilty?

[ninjanurse]

I believe you need to be 13 to start their Instructor Certification Program so....? Any ATA people out there have any input on this?

[JiuJitsuNation]

I like the age requirements. BJJ belt system is different but we too have age limits on what rank a child can represent. After that the minimum required years handle the rest.

[ninjanurse]

You must be 16 to hold full dan ranking and to become a certified instructor in our system. The process of becoming an instructor however begins when they tie that white belt on-no matter their age.

[sensei8]

The process of becoming an instructor however begins when they tie that white belt on-no matter their age.

SOLID!

[bushido_man96]

There was an article in our local paper today about a 6 year old student at the local ATA school who recived her black belt. She started when she was 4 and the norm for that school is 2 years for the black belt. In the article it was stated that since she is a black belt she is now eligible to teach.

Is this an ATA rule on the teaching eligibilty?

I believe you need to be 13 to start their Instructor Certification Program so....? Any ATA people out there have any input on this?

At 13 in the ATA, a junior student is elegible for the junior trainee instructor rank (or they were when I was still in it). I think the age requirement for full instructor is 18, and week long attendance at the ATA instructor certification camp in Little Rock, AR. Before going to the cert camp, a trainee instructor (after reaching age 18, I think) has to accumulate 1800 hours of supervised instrcution or assisting signed off by a certified instructor, along with making a demo tape to send to ATA headquarters demonstrating the ability to implement the 10 class management skills into the training session. The trainee also has to write a thesis of at least 10 pages, I believe, on a Martial Arts related topic, and send it to ATA HQ, as well, to be read and kept on file at ATA HQ.

[Rateh]

There was an article in our local paper today about a 6 year old student at the local ATA school who recived her black belt. She started when she was 4 and the norm for that school is 2 years for the black belt. In the article it was stated that since she is a black belt she is now eligible to teach.

Is this an ATA rule on the teaching eligibilty?

I believe you need to be 13 to start their Instructor Certification Program so....? Any ATA people out there have any input on this?

At 13 in the ATA, a junior student is elegible for the junior trainee instructor rank (or they were when I was still in it). I think the age requirement for full instructor is 18, and week long attendance at the ATA instructor certification camp in Little Rock, AR. Before going to the cert camp, a trainee instructor (after reaching age 18, I think) has to accumulate 1800 hours of supervised instrcution or assisting signed off by a certified instructor, along with making a demo tape to send to ATA headquarters demonstrating the ability to implement the 10 class management skills into the training session. The trainee also has to write a thesis of at least 10 pages, I believe, on a Martial Arts related topic, and send it to ATA HQ, as well, to be read and kept on file at ATA HQ.

Wow, that's a lot different than what I had heard they are doing recently. I've never been with the ATA but I have looked into their instructor training program before. Right now I do not know what the ages are, but I do know that it is 300 hours of supervised instruction or assisting, certification camps are held all over the country and are a few hours long, no tape is sent to HQ, and no thesis is required.

That is such a huge difference, I wonder why they made the change?

[ninjanurse]

At 13 in the ATA, a junior student is elegible for the junior trainee instructor rank (or they were when I was still in it). I think the age requirement for full instructor is 18, and week long attendance at the ATA instructor certification camp in Little Rock, AR. Before going to the cert camp, a trainee instructor (after reaching age 18, I think) has to accumulate 1800 hours of supervised instrcution or assisting signed off by a certified instructor, along with making a demo tape to send to ATA headquarters demonstrating the ability to implement the 10 class management skills into the training session. The trainee also has to write a thesis of at least 10 pages, I believe, on a Martial Arts related topic, and send it to ATA HQ, as well, to be read and kept on file at ATA HQ.

THANKS!