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Sean Hollender
Director of Hollender's ATA Black Belt Academy

• Started Martial Arts In September of 1984
• School Owner Since 1989
• Licensed Arkansas Real Estate Agent with ERA Henley Real Estate of Conway, Arkansas (License # SA00070626)
• Fifth Degree Black Belt In The American Taekwondo Association, Songahm Taekwondo Federation and World Traditional Taekwondo Union
• Japanese Language Instructor, University of Central Arkansas
• 2006 American Taekwondo Association State Champion for the State of Arkansas for Sparring

  2004 American Taekwondo Association State Champion for the State of Arkansas for Weapons and Sparring
• 2003 American Taekwondo Association State Champion for the State of Arkansas for Forms, Weapons and Sparring
• Certified Instructor With The American Taekwondo Association, Songahm Taekwondo Federation and World Traditional Taekwondo Union
• Training the Trainer Certified Instructor for Songahm Taekwondo Seminars: Songahm Taekwondo, Class Management and Curriculum Management
• Chartered School #0008, #1965, #2014, #2164 With The American Taekwondo Association
• Certified Pressure Points Control Tactics Instructor with the PPCT Management Systems, Inc.
• Certified Single Bahng Mahng Ee Instructor With Protech Weapons Systems (Short Stick or Escrima Stick)
• Certified Double Bahng Mahng Ee Instructor With Protech Weapons Systems (Short Stick or Escrima Stick)
• Certified Single Ssahng Jeol Bong Instructor With Protech Weapons Systems (Single Nunchaku)
• Certified Double Ssahng Jeol Bong Instructor With Protech Weapons Systems (Double Nunchaku)
• Certified Sam Dan Bong Instructor With Protech Weapons Systems (Three Section Staff)
• Certified Jee Pahng Ee Instructor With Protech Weapons Systems (Korean Hook Cane)
• Certified Midrange Jahng Bong Instructor With Protech Weapons Systems (Long Staff)
• Certified Long Range Jahng Bong Instructor With Protech Weapons Systems (Long Staff)
• Certified "Dragon Wind" Staff Instructor With Protech Weapons Systems
• Certified Ssahng Nat Instructor With Protech Weapons Systems (Double Kama)
• Certified Pressure Point Control Tactics (PPCT) Disruptive/Violent Student Management Instructor
• 2000, 2001, 2004, 2008  Songahm Taekwondo International Judge for the Tournament of Champions for World Titles
• Region 101 Certification Camp Staff Member -- 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
• Songahm Taekwondo High Rank Leadership Camp Graduate -- 2001, 2003
• Level Three American Taekwondo Association Tournament Judge
• Four Star Certified Weapons Judge of the American Taekwondo Association, Songahm Taekwondo Federation and World Traditional Taekwondo Union
• Japanese Language Instructor, University of Central Arkansas
• Yon-dan In Aikido (Registered Fourth Degree Aikido Black Belt with the Aikikai - International Aikido Federation) -- Iwama Style
• Iwama Aiki-shinshin-shurenkai Uchideshi (Live in student in Japan with Hitohiro Saito Sensei)
• Proud Member of the International Takemusu Aikido Association
• Student of Master Level Instructor (shihan) Hidaka Hiroshi Sensei, Seventh Degree Aikikai Black Belt (7th Dan) [Hidaka Sensei was a student of Morihei Ueshiba, The Founder of Aikido, during his five years of university study at Ibaraki Prefecture University]
• Aikido Sempai: Jonathan Lane, Long Time Iwama Dojo Uchi-deshi/Soto-deshi
• Home Aikido Dojo: Iwate Prefecture Miyako City Dojo & Iwate Prefecture Budokan JAPAN
• Coordinator of Japanese Instruction For The AEGIS Program's Foreign Language by Internet, Computer and Satellite (FLICS) --- 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 (Arkansas Education for the Gifted In The Summer)
• Lived In Japan From 1994-1997 Working As An Employee of the Iwate Prefecture Government Serving in the Capacity of Teaching English at the Junior and Senior High School Levels for the Japan Exchange for Teaching (JET) Program in Miyako, Japan
• Second Level (2-kyu) Certificate in Proficiency in Japanese from the Association of International Education, Japan and The Japan Federation
• Japanese Correspondence Course For JET Participants Certificate of Completion From the Council of Local Authorities For International Relations, Japan
• Seminar for Teaching Japanese as A Foreign Language Completed For the Council of Local Authorities For International Relations, Japan
• Bachelor Of Arts with Distinction From Hendrix College, Major in History
• Awarded the Richard E. Yates Prize for History from Hendrix College -- May 22, 1991
• Graduate of St. Joseph High School, Conway, Arkansas
• CPR Certified
• Youth Protection Program Certified
• Born September 11, 1972 in Fresno, California