I BEGAN MY TAE KWON DO CAREER IN 1986 WHERE I JOINED THE ALPERTON IMPERIAL TKD SCHOOL MY FIRST INSTRUCTOR WAS A MR BARRY MORRIS,WHO TOOK ME THROUGH THE GRADES ALL THE WAY UP TO MY FIRST DEGREE BLACK BELT ,WHICH I ATTAINED AT THE AGE OF 13 YEARS OLD. DURING THIS TIME I WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SQUAD WHO WERE TRAINED BY MASTER TREVOR NICHOLLS, DURING MY COMPETITION SPARRING YEARS I HELD THE IMPERIAL INTERCLUB CLUB CHAMPION TITLE FOR 5 CONSECUTIVE YEARS,ENGLISH CHAMPION FOR 3YEARS CONSECUTIVE,PILSUN DO OPEN TOURNAMENT MIXED MARTIAL ART CHAMPION ,I ALSO WAS A CONTENDER IN THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD IN BARCELONA,I ALSO GAINED MY INSTRUCTORS CERTICATE AT THE AGE OF 14 AND WAS AN JUNIOR INSTRUCTOR TO MR BARRY MORRIS AT THE SAME CLUB I STARTED AT AS A SKINNY SHY KID WITH VERY LITTLE CONFIDENCE,WHAT IM TRYING TO SAY IS THAT TAEKWON DO WAS AN AVENUE FOR ME TO REACH HEIGHTS WITHIN MY LIFE THAT I HADNT BELIVED I WAS CAPABLE OF, WITH THE INPUT FROM MASTER NICHOLLS AND MR BARRY MORRIS I WAS AN ACHIEVER FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE I WAS VERY LUCKY TO HAVE SUCH TALENTED AND PASSIONATE INSTRUCTORS GUIDEING AND MENTORING ME THROUGH MY TAE KWON DO CAREER AND THOSE DIFFICULT TEEN AGE YEARS,TO THIS DAY I STILL INSTALL THE VALUES AND GUIDANCE I RECIEVED FROM MY INSTRUCTORS AND INTERN INSTALL INTO NOW MY OWN STUDENTS .