AAU Individual Membership
All contestants, coaches, and officials are required to obtain AAU Individual Membership prior to participating in any AAU Sanctioned event during the competition year (9/1 - 8/31). Click the 'Join AAU' logo on this page.

Coaches' Certification Fee 
All coaches must complete the AAU Taekwondo Coaches' Online Certification Course in order to Coach at any AAU Taekwondo Event during the competition year. The fee for the mandatory Online Coach's Certification Course is $50.  This validates the Coach’s classification until the end of the current AAU competition year regardless of when they took the online course during that competition year.

Coaches' Credential Fee  
Applicable Coaches' credential fees will be outlined in each individual tournament package (tournament director's discretion).

Coaches' Certification Cards 
Upon successfully completing the online course, certification cards can be immediately printed or can later be printed from an email attachment sent directly to the e-mail address supplied when registering to take the Online Coaches Certification Course.  This card may be requested, along with a photo ID, at all sanctioned AAU Taekwondo events as proof that the Certification Course was completed. Cards can be reprinted by clicking the "Reprint your Coaches Certification Card" tab which can be found by logging back into the Online Course using your user name and password created when registering for the course.

All officials, coaches and contestants participating in a sanctioned tournament are required to observe the decorum of the AAU and the rules of the tournament.  A thorough reading of the current year's Rule Book is recommended.  Click the 'Competition Rules' tab.

Coaches' Corner
Coaching at an AAU tournament offers invaluable assistance to your athletes. Coaching is not just for instructors. In the AAU Taekwondo Program you do not have to be a martial artist to coach, provided you know the rules and have been properly certified. Coaching provides an excellent way for moms or dads to be involved with their children's competition. To best serve your athlete you need to be able to keep track of the time and score during their match, and be able to help the athlete with problems that may occur with their equipment or rules violations. Here is a list of items that are essentials for every coach to maximize their effectiveness.

• Pad of Paper and Pencil - To keep score and to write down any protest.
• Water Bottle - To refresh your athlete between rounds, or rinse off a mouth guard.
• Towel - To wipe sweat off your athlete between rounds or to wipe any loose moisture off the floor.
• White Athletic Tape - For hands, feet. Wrist, ankles. Olympic style sparring allows two wrappings of tape under sparring gear.
• Spare Mouth Guard - In the event that your athlete can not find their mouth piece or drops it on the floor during the match.
• Stopwatch - To keep time during the match. If the timekeeper makes a timing error, and your athlete lost because of points scored after the round should have ended, then your stopwatch would help you dispute the match.  Keep in mind official and injury timeouts.
• Fingernail Clippers - For fingers and toes, and to trim mouth pieces.
• Coach's Clinic Participation Card - To prove you are currently eligible to coach.
• Coach's Pass - To prove you are authorized to coach at National Events.
• $25 - "I wish to formally protest this match". AAU Taekwondo matches cannot be protested unless you are prepared to immediately put up $25 on the spot with your protest. This is designed to keep frivolous protests from tying up the tournament.
• AAU Taekwondo Handbook - For confirming athlete requirements or rules violations. The handbook is essential for making sure that your athlete is doing the approved pattern for their belt level.  Available for download.  Click Rules and Regulations on this site.

As a coach you are an essential part of helping your athletes to have a positive, enjoyable tournament experience, and you are an asset to the entire AAU Taekwondo program!

• Take the 2012 AAU Taekwondo Online Certification Course Click Here

• List of those that have successfully completed the 2012 AAU Taekwondo Online Certification  Click Here