| 21/08/2008 As last year I am setting up a webpage for the 2008 APTI national Opens. In time I will put on entry forms etc, than can be downloaded, but as of yet it just has the poster on there, please feel free to print off a poster and advertise this event as much as you can. 21/08/2008 Master Ferguson was at TST on Tuesday to receive his surprise birthday gifts. We presented him with a book of good wishes from his friends old and new, which we had spent some time compiling. We also presented him with a new belt, with a colour embroidery of the APTI logo on and a general choi calligraphy art piece. Master Ferguson was very happy with the presents, and after the presentation he took the adult class through a sparring session which I think every body enjoyed. It is always great to have someone of Master Fergusons knowledge give advice, a former Heavy weight world champion, and head doorman have set him in good steed for this. It was a great turn out in both the adult and junior classes, so thank you all for that. 13/08/2008 26 Oct 2008 Imperial English Championships Venue: Rivermead Leisure Centre  You and your students are invited to take part in The ITA English Championships 2008, to be held on Sunday 26th October 2008 at Rivermead Leisure Centre. All entries are to be submitted electronically. Please visit www.tkd.co.uk, enter our main site and select “Tournament” from the menu. Login in with your user name and password and follow the instructions. Closing date for entries will be the 24th October 2008. Any incomplete entries will not be processed. For convenience you can print a paper based form to collect student details from your club. These should be uploaded and payment made at the earliest opportunity. 12/08/2008 RESULTS to the London open, can be found HERE Coventry APTI came 21st, out of over 50 clubs, we only had 8 members in so a great turn around, we also didn't have the luck on the day with referee decisions. Well done guys, next time I think we could better it, and maybe reach the top 10. 11/08/2008 Well I am back from my trip to France. I hope you all enjoyed your training in my absence, under the wonderful assistants we have at TST, Steve, John, and Taro. We have a few up and coming things to look out for: a demo in Gaydon on 30th August, Coloured belt grading to soon be anounced, and then the APTI nationals, so keep checking the website for up to date news. It was nice to get back to 100's of emails, just got through them all, and a few very nice ones. 3 from Tae Kwon-Do faces from the past including a nice message from Master Roy Oldham of GTUK, and one of his former students, who trained and graded to 1st degree with me in the GTF. This student will hopfully be linking up with Coventry APTI this week, we look forward to welcoming him. 11/08/2008 Coventry APTI black belt graders from the last grading in Carlilse featured in this months Combat magazine, with a small photo. Next month Mr Tizick will be a double page spread in the magazine with a Combat exclusive on TKD for GCSE, after our succesful fight to have Sam Keating study it as part of his GCSE PE exams, Mr Tizick signed an exclusive agreement with Combat magazine to run the story, the magazine is avalible in WHSmiths, Borders, and online. 24/07/2008 The APTI national open is now been booked for November 23rd, It is once again going to be held in Coventry at the Alan Higgs centre. We were originally planning to have the event at Coventry's newest venue, centre Xcel a week earlier, but due to it being over a month since I booked, on their opening day, and still they can not confirm the booking, we have gone back to what was a great venue last year. Hope to see you all there. 14/07/2008 Well done to all APTI competitors at the London Open yesterday. A quite inexperienced team went to London, and as we only had a weeks notice, we only managed, a group of 8 of us, so well done guys. The event started well, and all the kids were on the 8 rings, and we were thinking what a great event, and we'll all be done and dusted by 3. The event was quite well ran, but events dragged on so much we actually left at 6ish with still nop sign on black belt sparring, and breaking, after having sat around since 9:30. Well done once again, the members and results are below. Jon Tizick Bronze Patterns Zoe Tizick Bronze Patterns Paul Brown Carig Walker Bronze Sparring Reese Luke Cassity Scott Monarch Silver sparring Dale Standsfield Bronze Sparring 09/07/2008 Coventry APTI Summer training times. Classes on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday will run as normal through out the school holidays, however classes on Monday will stop over summer and we will be starting a new enrolment and APTI Combat class in the new term, more details will follow. If you currently train on a Monday please try to keep up training over the summer on one of the other three days. 09/07/2008 Only 2 1/2 days left to get your online entry forms in for UKTA's ITF London Open 2008 do it HERE now 07/07/2008 What a great day on Saturday, thanks to PUMA for that The TEAM APTI members met in Chippenham at 2:00pm for weigh in, and then went off for a bite to eat, and take in some of the sites of Chippenham. At 6:00pm Master Gayle introduced to big crowd to the event, and the teams:- PUMA, APTI and Evolution, and we watch PUMA's Flowering youth demo team, and a few patterns and an outstanding weapons demonstration. The event started with the Boys section, and Coventry's Daniel Peckett being the first up. Our boys came 2nd to PUMA and Daniel was absolutely outstanding, being the only boy in the whole event to get a win against the PUMA team, he fought like I've never seen him before. The APTI girls and Woman's teams fair similar, beating TEAM evolution, but losing out to TEAM PUMA. The atmosphere was electric, and it was hard to heard anyone, with the PUMA support banging drums and chanting, it was very intimidating. The finally was the men's category, and APTI beat Evolution 4 fights to 1, and awaited TEAM PUMA, who entered the ring to their music, and huge cheers. Their team had many national and international champions in, but they were in for a shock. TEAM APTI's Jordan Kohn was first up, and beat his opponent quite comfortably, with an excellent show. Next up was our secret weapon, Mr Dave Honey, who I was looking forward tp seeing in action, he did not disappoint, and we had PUMA worried, Dave took his opponent apart from start to finish, in an incredible performance, Taro was next up, and a split decision by the corner judges just meant he missed out on a win, in a very close encounter. Stuart Dowell and Ray Moore also just missed out, in very close fights, meaning TEAM PUMA triumphed again, but we had them very worried for a while. The overall results were : TEAM PUMA 1st Place TEAM APTI 2nd Place TEAM Evolution 3rd Place Well done all APTI competitors, especially Daniel and Taro.  Daniel Peckett, and APTI TEAM coach Master Ferguson  TEAM APTI (Minus Taro, Mr and Mrs Tizick, who had left at this point) 07/07/2008 Only 5 days left to register for the ITF London open online, please click HERE to register. 07/07/2008 Issue 2 of Jissen, is now available for reading on our website 04/07/2008 Good luck to TST members Taro Koka, and Daniel Peckett, who travel to Chippenham to join TEAM APTI in "The Battle of Britian" Fight Night hosted by PUMA. If you'd like to see this event tickets can be bought on the door at prices: Standard seat £20 Ring Side £35 VIP lounge £45 04/07/2008 Cimac Super League tournament dates can be found HERE 03/07/2008 All members who graded to black belt, your doboks and belts have just arrived, I will sort through them and if you'd like to collect them from me you can arrange that by calling 07910252902 or you can wait until the session next week. 03/07/2008 Dear Taekwon-Do practitioners, Please be advised that effective immediately, the tul of "Ju Che" will be known as it was originally created by our founder General Choi Hong Hi as "Kodang". Taekwon-Do, the Korean martial art was created by our founder to be free of religious and political ideologies. It was General Choi's wish to leave Taekwon-Do to humanity, free of any influence from religion, government and political influence accordingly, it was decided to revert the name to the original name chosen by General Choi. As we make this change, the ITF reaffirms its desire to remain independent and true to the teachings of our founder. ITF Administration KO-DANG Pseudonyn of the patriot Cho Man Shik, who dedicated his life to the Korean Independence Movement and to the education of his people. Please note the pattern will remain as Juche as we know it, it is only the name that is changing. 03/07/2008 Tournament for October, British Kung Fu Association Open Championships, open to TKD, Kickboxers, Karate amd free style. Derby Moorways leisure centre (Same place as midlands open) 26th October £10 adults £7 kids. Semi contact sparring, here is a link to last years event so you get an idea. 01/07/2008 Tournaments I have been made aware we have a few members seeking more regular tournaments, I am trying to find one a month for serious tournaments goers. so here's July's 01/07/2008 What a great day our BBQ was, we had the weather for sure, I even got burnt. Great turn out, good games of football and rounders, a great event, well done to Neil our social secretary, and to all who came along and made it a great day out. 25/06/2008 The tickets for the "Battle of Britian" fight night can now be pre-booked, remember some of Coventry APTI students will be in TEAM APTI. Ticket prices are as follows: General tickets: Pre Booked £15, on the door £20 Ring Side tickets: Pre Booked £30, on the door £35 VIP with buffet and bar facilities £45 Please see Mr Tizick to book your tickets. 24/06/2008 This Saturday, 28th June, from 11:00am we will be at Coombe Abby doing our BBQ and games day. All family and friends of TST are welcome to come along, just bring your own food and drinks, and a disposible BBQ, and we'll meet up for food, and games, such as football, cricket etc etc. This event will depend on good weather so if unsure on the day phone or text us on 07910252901 or 07910252902 24/06/2008 There will be NO TRAINING on the following days Thursday 3rd July Sunday 6th July These are both for reasons beyond our control, please try and catch up missed lessons on Monday or Tuesday insted. 24/06/2008 TEAM APTI will be competeing in the "Battle of Britian" event in Chippenham on Saturday 5th July at 6:00pm, team selection for the event took place in Coventry on Saturday 21st June, and several Coventry students made the team. It would be great if we could get as many supporters to the event as possible. Tickets will be on sale soon, see Mrs Tizick for more info. 24/06/2008 Next coloured belt grading will be Friday July 11th. 6:pm start, by invitation only. 18/06/2008 Due to a large amount of junior black belts, we will be changing the lesson times slightly. Junior black belts 6:45pm until 7:30pm Tuesday and Thursday This will mean the adult class will now start at 7:30pm and run until 8:45pm I hope this is still suitable for everyone. Time changes start from Tuesday 24th June 2008 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 |
