| 16/06/2008 What a great weekend. Saturday saw a long trip up north to Carlisle, the 14 families that came up looked to be having a great time together, as we took over the premier inn on Warwick Road. They were all up until kickout time in the bar Saturday night, singing and having a laugh, as the graders relaxed and stayed calm. Some even went around in the night getting photos by knocking on doors and snapping away as people answered the door in their nightwear, which got even funnier when they knocked on a wrong door. On the Sunday we made our way to ther Dojang at 12:00 noon, and nerves started to set in a bit, we met up with the Sunday travellers, and did the 100's of photos that will be on the site soon. It was good to see Coventry photographers APIX there too, so don't forget to look on their website for photos. Fraser Cruickshank had the organisation down to a tea, and things ran very smoothly using a walkie talkie to get groups in from the warm up room, and run the whole event back to back. Master Ferguson and Mr Tizick marked the grading, and to me the standard seemed very good. The grading drew to a close at 7:30pm and Master Ferguson retired to the office to add up all results. On his return the students gathered around as he read out all successful students scores to loud cheers from all. All our students passed the grading with Taro Koka getting best in grading. I had a fantastic time, and to talk to people at the end was so emotional, students crying and hugging with joy and relief, it seemed everybody was pleased with the outcome, I was so proud of them all, my first students from White to black belt ever, and I couldn't have asked for a better performance Well done once again to all who graded, and all parents and partners who travelled to watch, thanks also to Yvonne Wilkins and Kevin Eaves, for keeping TST running in our absence. The students were: Steve Wilcox 3rd Dan John Naughton 3rd Dan Mathew Kavenagh 2nd Dan Taro Koka 2nd Dan Ryan Kelsey 2nd Dan Paul Brown 1st Dan Lauren Morrison 1st Dan Amelia Barrett 1st Dan Kellie Barrett 1st Dan Jessica Keating 1st Dan Samual Keating 1st Dan Kyle Ell-Lawrence 1st Dan Ella Powell 1st Dan Hannah Pryal 1st Dan Daniel Peckett 1st Dan Luke Cassity 1st Dan Best in grading Taro with 78% in a 60% pass rate grading This take us up to 23 black belts at TST still regually training. Weldone to the students who used the 3rd tenet of Taekwon-Do, perseverance, and that came back stronger after being unsuccessful in the past. 10/06/2008 A.P.T.I national squad training will take place on Saturday 21st June at the address below. 10:00am until 1:00pm under Master Ferguson and Mr Honey This is selection for PUMA fight night "Battle of Britian" Wainbody Wood School Address: Stonleigh Road Coventry Post Code: CV4 7AB 10/06/2008 Good luck to all black belt candidates who grade on Sunday in Carlisle. They are: Steve Wilcox John Naughton Mathew Kavenagh Taro Koka Ryan Kelsey Paul Brown Lauren Morrison Amelia Barrett Kellie Barrett Jessica Keating Samual Keating Kyle Ell-Lawrence Ella Powell Hannah Pryal Daniel Peckett Luke Cassity 10/06/2008 Please be reminded, summer tops both TST short sleeved doboks and TST T-Shirts are on sale now, at reduced prices of £10 juniors £12 adults. We are clearing all stock, also ITF dobok stock is limited, this is making way for our new range of APTI Doboks of both long and short sleeve's 06/06/2008 Saturday 28th June Coombe Abby, Coventry APTI will be having a family BBQ and sports day. It is just a turn up bring your own BBQ (or disposible one) and food/Drink. On the main field, and we will play games like football, cricket, etc what ever people want to play. Neil Fisher has organised this event, please just let him know if you are planning on attending so we get an idea of interest, either at training or via forum or email me. This is a family event so all your friends and family are welcome. 06/06/2008 Coloured belt grading tonight 6:00pm start, be there in plenty of time to warm yourself up, only a small grading of 15 students so shouldn't be too late Black belt training next week for grading on 15th is as follows: Sunday Coundon 3:15pm FREE Monday Allesley 7:15pm FREE Tuesday Allesley usuall class times and prices Thursday Allesley usuall class times and prices Friday Carlisle training FREE Saturday Carlisle 5:00pm till 6:00pm 1 step FREE 6:00pm till 7:00pm Weapons FREE 7:00pm till 8:00pm patterns FREE 8:00pm till 9:00pm patterns Black belts FREE With so many FREE lessons on offer please try and support as many as you can. 02/06/2008 Well just got back from a long weekend in the Isle of Wight doing seminars with Master Ferguson. Just like to say thank you to Mr Trevor Barnes and his members, for great hospitality and a friendly welcome and stay. We loved every minute of the trip, and we never realized what a beautiful place it was. The seminar on the Saturday was ran like a circuit where Myself and Master Ferguson split the class and rotated between Patterns, one step, and breaking. I hope the members I had for patterns all learnt a thing or two, and enjoyed themselves as I certainly enjoyed teaching them. The Sunday was sparring preparation for competition and a chance to see some of the Isle of Wight's students wishing to represent the APTI in fight night. I have added my photos of the trip to the gallery, Master Ferguson has some more which I will put up when I get hold of them. Thanks again to Mr Barnes and congratulations on your recent promotion. Thanks to the IOW students And thanks to Andrew Wilcox who kept the club in Coventry running while we were away. 27/05/2008 Training this week is in the infant hall at St Christophers. Please also note that the Allesley Old Road is closed for 2 weeks, so access will be slightly limited I am not sure how this will effect entry to the school car parks. 27/05/2008 Today is the last day for black belt grading forms and money to be paid. 16/05/2008 Next coloured belt grading 6th June, at St Christophers. By invitation only. 16/05/2008 No training on sunday 18th May. 16/05/2008 Mr Tizick will at the APTI Isle of Wight clubs from 30th May for 3 days doing patterns seminars. 14/05/2008 Please note black belt graders, you should be training regually now at least twice a week, building up for the grading. We will need your payment and grading forms back in asap, as well as you dobok size (Most people have now tried on the black ones to see which they want). Also hotels should now be booked if you plan on staying, and we should be aware of the free sessions you have chosen if any to partake in. If you have not yet done these, please try to next week, before end of month dead line, as I am in the Isle of White the last week. 07/05/2008 This is a link to Coventry APTI in the Coventry Telegraph. 06/05/2008 A Note From Master Ferguson To all my fantastic APTI instructors... Here are the details for the fight night, which is being held at the Olympiad leisure centre in chippenham on the 5th July approximately 6pm start. all team members ideally should be blackbelt but if we have any "outstanding" fighters they will be considered, so start deciding who ya gonna put forward, and it would be nice if we could organize a few training sessions conducted by myself and David honey co-ordinating with you guys with a view to selection and to educate the students as to the best training methods to prepare for the event. Ticket prices should be approximately £15 - £20 but I think there will be discounts for multiple sales (don't quote me on that though) We will be using a 3 2 1 point system... as in freestyle rules... not ITF rules ! THE TEAMS... MEN... 5 man team consisting of... upto 65k upto 70k upto 75k upto 80k 80k + WOMEN... 5 woman team consisting of... upto 60k upto 65k upto 70k upto 75k 75k + BOYS... 5 boy team ( all under 16 years of age) consisting of... upto 4 ft 6" upto 5 ft upto 5 ft 6" over 5 ft 6" and one upto 17 years of age any height. GIRLS... 5 girl team ( all under 16 years of age) consisting of... upto 4 ft 6" upto 5 ft upto 5 ft 6" over 5 ft 6" and one upto 17 years of age any height. The fantastic guys at P.U.M.A. Master Gayle and Master Ogbourne have agreed to pay for adult team members hotel board and will issue all the kids with two entry tickets each for their parents ! Hopefully we can repay their kindness with a good show of support both with spectators and officials. 06/05/2008 Just a reminder guys about the black belt grading on Sunday 15th June, please note that the deadline (with no exceptions) for applications to be handed in to master Ferguson, is midnight May 30th. So ideally they would be handed in beforehand in case of any errors so they can be returned and resubmitted before the deadline ! 28/04/2008 Well done to the 17 graders on Friday , who took their mock black belt test. All flew through the exam. I will hand you all your grading sheets next week to see where you need to improve. I have marked your theory sheets, again I will give you them back and let you see if you can look up the answers to the incorrect questions. Well done guys we are very proud of you all. Again they were: Black belts: Steve Wilcox John Naughton Mathew Kavenah Taro Koka Ryan Kelsey Black Stripes: Samual Keating Jessica Keating Millie Barrett Kellie Barrett Paul Brown Paul Pabla Kyle Ell-Lawrence Ella Powell Lauren Morrison Hannah Pryal Daniel Peckett Luke Cassity 21/04/2008 Well done to Dean Keating, Mark Barrett, Paul Fox and team who won the pub quiz, a very good turn out. Thanks go to Neil and ellen who organised the event, steve and andrew for running it, Dean, Karen, and Glenn for the venue, and all the people who donated prizes, a good night was had by all. Well done. 15/04/2008 Well done to all who graded on Friday. New belts are now avalible before your next class if you were successful in grading. Everybodies practical test was to a very high standard, however some people failed to learn the relavent theory needed, and will have to retake before receiving new belts. Don't forget, you will not get a new booklet, it is up to you to either download one or to buy the CD ROM from us, at a cost of £5:00, which will see you all the way to black belt, and includes extra video tutorials, not avalible thought download. 09/04/2008 8 nice photo's of our members on the apix website portfolio apix 09/04/2008 ITF Open photos now in Gallery 09/04/2008 Well done to the 18 Coventry A.P.T.I students who travelled to Derby to compete at the ITF midland open on Sunday. They all did very well, here's our results: Adults Jon Tizick 3rd place 3rd Dan and above patterns Zoe Tizick 3rd place 3rd Dan and above patterns Paul Pabla 3rd place red belt sparring Paul Mason 1st Place Yellow belt heavey weight sparring Paula Cassity 3rd place patterns Blue belt Ellen Fisher 3rd place patterns, 1st place sparring Blue belt Dale Stansfield 2nd Place patterns 2nd place sparring Green belt David Semple 2nd place green belt sparring Chris Mutton 1st place patterns 1st place sparring green belt James Starbuck 3rd Patterns yellow belt Neil Fisher 2nd place sparring yellow belt Scott Monarch 1st place sparring, 3rd place patterns yellow belt Juniors Daniel Peckett Luke Cassity 3rd place sparring red belt Ella Powell 3rd place sparring red belt David Semple 1st place sparring 1st place patterns Dominic Sweeney Heather Sweeney 3rd place sparring yellow belt Well done guys we are proud of all of you. Photo's by Paula and Michael Cassity can be seen Also some pics from the 2007 Open 04/04/2008 Well good to be back at the school last night, and I hope you agree I thought the new floor was quality. Speaking to the caretaker, he told me there are only 3 companies in the world that lay that type of floor. the same company did a simular floor for the Olympics running track. Our floor was at a cost of £35,000 so you'd expect it to be good. But we have to have the best room in Coventry now I'd think, if not the midlands. Great to see so many people there too, and welcome to all new members that join us last night. Very big junior and adult class. I think I counted 22 Juniors and 24 adults and last night I thought of 6 regular adults that were missing, so very positive turn outs.  04/04/2008 Coventry A.P.T.I is now an official supplier of Jissen online magazine which will be out quartarly. I will post the links like this one on the news page when I get them, back issues will be on the links page. The magazine is writen by world renound Iain Abenethy, but includes articals from Stuart Anslow. The main aspect of the magazine is the discussion of application of Karate and Tae Kwon-Do techniques.  JISSEN 18/03/2008 Mr Tizick will be at the Isle of Wight A.P.T.I Clubs in May for 3 days doing patterns seminars, along with Master Ferguson, who will be doing his TKD for the street seminar. 18/03/2008 Most improved student awards for 2007 Warrior: David Semple Junior: Jack Butler Adult: Ellen Fisher Stuent of the year 2007 Warrior Male: Alex Byrnes Female: Alexandra Gumery Junior Male: Daniel Peckett Female: Ella Powell Adult Male: Chris Mutton Female: Karen Keating Well done all and thanks to the black belt instructors who put on the best demo for a long time, highlights were. Zoe as Kill Bill, Taro's Spliting kick break, Steve's Tiles mega break, lost count how many he did, about 20. The traditional sparring, as arranged by Taro. A pattern Boon Hay by Mr Tizick, and a great team pattern. I hope to complile a video clip of the best bits of all 3 demos when I get time. We had 4 angles being filmed this year so it should make good viewing. I hope to include Mr Tizick's Darth Maul Bo staff. The pink panther, Kill Bill, all the breaks, a few patterns and both Boon Hay patterns, and all team fomation patterns. 17/03/2008 Well I hope you all enjoyed the presentation evening as much as I did, a great turn out, so once again thank you all. I spent Saturday night relaxing with a curry and watching a marathon of all 3 years demonstration DVD's, which was great. We had great praise from Master Ferguson and all the members I spoke to. Just like to say a massive thank you to all who were responsible for Zoes flowers and our crystal TST plaque, a very big suprise, and a very nice thought. thank you. 17/03/2008 We had a nice email from Daniel Peckett after the presentation evening, so I thought I post it up here for every one to read. Thanks Daniel: Thank You For a Brilliant Night and for the Trophy. I am really pleased that you thought i was worth the junior student award. . I will carry on the way i am at Tae Kwon Do and hope to be a good Black Belt in the future. I would like to be a Black Belt so i can instruct the Same way you, Mrs Tizick , Mr Wilcox, Mr Naughton and Taro have tought me and i have every confidence of triying my best at Tae Kwon Do and Acheiving Hopefully My First Degree Black Belt. I can remember the First day i came to Tae Kwon D o and i Could'nt do Star Jumps and now i am really pleased in what i can do. Joining TST is one of the best things i have been able to do. Thank you Daniel. 03/03/2008 Mr and Mrs Tizick have now become the A.P.T.I's Dobok retail outlet. We will be supplying all APTI groups with doboks as of now. This being the case we are also changing ourselves from ITF doboks to APTI doboks, so from when our ITF stock runs out, all new members will receive APTI doboks. 03/03/2008 Black belt 1st dan to 4th dan CD Roms now on sale. Containing all appaer work, all patterns in video format, and also advanced 1 step sparring. 19/02/2008 Mock Black belt grading 25th April 6:00pm. Coloured belt grading 11th April 6:00pm. 28/01/2008 February's edition of Tae Kwon-Do and Korean Martial Arts Magazine, which is an inclusion to Combat Magazine, includes the results and photo's from the A.P.T.I national open held in November in Coventry. The artical has all results in it, and photos of Coventry members, Taro Koka, Kevin Eaves, Alex Byrns and Michael McDonnell. See artical 16/01/2008 7/1/2008 Zoe Tizick has writen a report about her Warwick Ridgway Tae Kwon-Do school of which has been quoted in Martial Edge magazine (The worlds biggest online martial arts community), the artical can be seen HERE |
