ATA EUROPEAN CAMP
The ATA EUROPEAN CAMP is Europe’s largest Songahm Taekwondo event. It celebrates the continuous growth of ATA in Europe! This event includes a Class A Tournament, exciting martial art seminars for children and adults of all ranks, a Black Belt testing, Instructor Certifications and workouts with 9th degree black belt Presiding Grand Master M.K. Lee!

Choose one day or two and improve your martial arts skills under the leadership of some of the ATA’s most senior master instructors.

Compete in Europe’s only Class A tournament and earn European Championship titles

First through sixth degree black belts are invited to rank test or midterm in front of Grand Master M.K. Lee, Chief Master Schreiber and other ATA masters

Earn your next Legacy Program collar or renew your instructor certification. ATA’s master instructors will help you improve your teaching skills and prepare for your test.
Event Schedule
Select a Day:
CAMP DAY 1 | |
9.00am | International Black Belt Testing |
10:30am | Registration |
11.00am | Bow-In and Warmup with Grand Master MK Lee |
11.30am | Training Session 1 • Kids: Double Ssahng Jeol Bong Warmups and Offensive Drills (with Sr. Master Josh Segal) • Adults: Double Ssahng Jeol Bong Warmups and Offensive Drills (with Filipe Freire & Liliana Rocha) • 1st Degrees: Shim Jun (with Chief Master Nominee Ademar Andrade & Sr. Master Gonzalo Cabrera) |
12.15pm | Water Break |
12.30pm | Training Session 2 • Colour Belts: Sparring (with Chief Master Nominee Andrade & Sr. Master Cabrera) • Black Belts: Grand Master Workout (with Grand Master MK Lee) |
1.15pm | Lunch |
2:15pm | Training Session 3 • Parents/Spectators: Fun Fitness Session (with Master Nominee Jose Pedro Reyes) • Kids: Double SJB Conditioning and Defensive Drills (with Carolina Oliveira & Camila Vargas) • Adults: Double SJB Conditioning and Defensive Drills (with Sr. Master Segal) • 2nd Degrees: Jung Yul (with Chief Master Jordan Schreiber) |
3.00pm | Water Break |
3.15pm | Training Session 4 • Colour Belts: Grand Master Workout (with Grand Master MK Lee) • Black Belts: Sparring (with Chief Master Nominee Andrade & Sr. Master Cabrera) |
4.00pm | Water Break |
4.15pm | Training Session 5 • Kids: Double SJB Colour Belt Form (with Sr. Master Segal) • Adults: Double SJB Colour Belt Form (with Camila Peretta & Jaime Freeman) |
5.00pm | Bow-Out |
7.30pm | School Owner Dinner Coal Cascais Restaurant, R. Afonso Sanches 54, 2750-281 Cascais **This event is full** |
European Championship Class A Tournament | |
8.00am | Registration |
8.00am | Black Belt Meeting |
8.30am | Bow-In & Opening Ceremony |
9.00am | Competition Begins |
5.00pm | Bow-Out & Dismissal |
Evening | |
6.00pm | Mastership Ceremony Parc Marechal Carmona, Praceta Domingos D’Avilez Av. da República |
7.00pm – 9.00 pm | Party! Amuse-bouche, drinks and music. At Centro Cultural de Cascais, Av. Rei Humberto II de Itália, 2750-642 Cascais **This event is full** |
Camp Day 2 | |
8.15am | Registration |
9.00am | Bow-In and Warmup with Presiding Grand Master M.K. Lee |
9.30am | Training Session 1 • Kids: Single Bahng Mahng Ee Warmups and Offensive Drills (with Nuno Patricio) • Adults: Single Bahng Mahng Ee Warmups and Offensive Drills (with Sr. Master Josh Segal) • 3rd Degrees: Chung San (with Chief Master Nominee Ademar Andrade & Sr. Master Gonzalo Cabrera) |
10.15am | Water Break |
10.30am | Training Session 2 • Colour Belts: Sparring (with Chief Master Nominee Andrade & Sr. Master Cabrera) • Black Belts: Combat Weapons Sparring (with Marcelo Azevedo & Carolina Santos) • 5th Degrees: Chung Hae (with Chief Master Jordan Schreiber) |
11.15am | Water Break |
11.30am | Training Session 3 • Kids: Single BME Conditioning and Defensive Drills (with Sr. Master Segal) • Adults: Single BME Conditioning and Defensive Drills (with Martijn Ooms) • 4th Degrees: Sok Bong (with Chief Master Schreiber) |
12.15pm | Lunch |
1.15pm | Training Session 4 • Colour Belts: Combat Weapons Sparring (with Pedro Vermelhudo) • Black Belts: Sparring (with Chief Master Nominee Andrade & Sr. Master Cabrera) • 6th Degrees: Jahngsoo (with Grand Master MK Lee & Chief Master Schreiber) |
2.00pm | Water Break |
2.15pm | Training Session 5 • Kids: Single BME Colour Belt Form (with Hugo Casimiro) • Adults: Single BME Colour Belt Form (with Sr. Master Segal) • School Owners/Operators: Grand Master Workout (with Grand Master MK Lee) |
3.00pm | Water Break |
3.15pm | Legacy Certification Testing |
5.15pm | Bow-Out and Dismissal |
Guest Leaders

9th Degree Black Belt. ATA Presiding Grand Master. ATA Founders’ Council member. Arkansas, USA

8th Degree Black Belt. Director of ATA Europe. ATA Legal Counsel. Owner of schools and clubs in USA and England for 30 years. Oxfordshire, England

8th Degree Black Belt. President of Latin American Masters’ Council. Owner of 5 ATA schools. Master Licensee for Brazil. Brazilian National Team Coach. Curitiba, Brazil.

6th Degree Black Belt. European Champion. Senior Rank in Portugal and Director of Shim Jun School. Lisbon, Portugal

6th Degree Black Belt. President of the Portuguese Songahm Federation. Director of STAT Martial Arts, the largest chain of schools in Europe. Lisbon, Portugal

6th Degree Black Belt. Founder of STAT Cascais. European Regional Tournament Team Leader. Cascais, Portugal

6th Degree Black Belt. World Champion. Founder of STAT Cascais. Responsible for the creation of the Portuguese tournament circuit. Cascais, Portugal.

6th Degree Black Belt. Founder of Songahm Taekwondo in Portugal. Director of STAReyes Academy. Cascais, Portugal

5th Degree Black Belt. Director of Invicta Martial Arts, Oporto, Portugal.

5th Degree Black Belt. Director of Ace Martial Arts. Leader of Songahm Taekwondo in the Netherlands.

5ht Degree Black Belt. Director of Vermelhudo Martial Arts.

4th Degree Black Belt. Director of Martial Arts Academy, Prague, Czech Republic.

4th Degree Black Belt. Director of STAT Restelo. Chief of Instruction at STAT, Portugal.

4th Degree Black Belt

4th Degree Black Belt. Director of McCulloch’s Martial Art Center.

4th Degree Black Belt. Director of STAT Italy. World Champion in XMA.

4th Degree Black Belt

5th Degree Black Belt, Director of SMAA and head of Instruction for the Portuguese Songahm Federation


4th Degree Black Belt

3rd Degree Black Belt

3rd Degree Black Belt

3rd Degree Black Belt. Director of Victory Valencia

3rd Degree Black Belt. Director of We Rock Martial Arts in Portugal. First female school owner in Portugal.