“Where high‑stakes adventure and psychological depth meet the raw, enduring warmth of humanity.”
"Everyone needs a creative pursuit. It's great for the brain. Why do you think creative people can stay up all night writing, painting or jamming, when people that use their left brain exclusively have to hit the hay at 10.30pm, utterly exhausted??"
About Tony
Tony is a former member of Victoria Police, where he gained valuable experience working in a number of very diverse roles, including uniform patrol, plain clothes drug patrol, crowd control and Close Personal Protection of foreign and domestic VIP's.
The last six years of Tony's career was spent teaching weapons and tactics to police members, where Tony earned a reputation as a trainer of quality. During this time he gained the knowledge and expertise that allowed him to develop his unique and dynamic brand of training.
Tony's police qualifications are numerous, and include:
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Close Personal Protection Operative
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Shotgun Instructor
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Semi-Automatic Pistol Instructor
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Revolver Instructor
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Defensive Tactics Instructor
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Conflict Management / Tactical Communications Instructor
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Critical Incident Management Instructor
Former Police Officer
Tony has been studying martial arts since he was a teenager (1981) and has earned black belts in three separate Kenpo styles. In 1984 Tony moved with his family to the USA where he studied American Kenpo under Dr John La Tourrette, achieving a 1st Degree Black Belt. Moving back to Victoria in 1987 Tony started his first school, Tiger Claw Kenpo. Then, in 1994, Tony joined with Oz Kenpo, under the tutelage of Baron John Van Wijk Von Ruth. He received his 2nd and 3rd Degree Black Belts at Oz Kenpo before joining legendary martial arts master and movie star Jeff Speakman under his banner, the AKKS. This went on to become Kenpo 5.0 of which Tony now owns and operates the Melbourne branch. Tony has earned himself a 7th Degree Black Belt, which makes him the highest rank in the southern hemisphere.
Tony brings this extensive expertise to the book world, using his knowledge to create some explosive and dynamic tactical and fight scenes.
Martial Artist
Consultant
Since 2001, Tony has been the owner / operator of a corporate training company, known as Tony Angus Corporate Training, or T.A.C.T.
The focus of T.A.C.T is to assist small, medium and large corporate and government organisations to manage workplace issues around the following ...
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Conflict and Aggression
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Critical Incidents and Emergencies
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Environmental and Situational Awareness
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Risk Assessment
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Understanding Self Defence Legislation
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Restraints and Self Defence
Our courses are virtually all bespoke, designed specifically to suit the individual needs to the organisations. Tony's knowledge comes from the practical experiences he gained working as a police officer on the streets of Melbourne, as a trainer of police members, and as a martial artist. Tony continues to be sought out after all these years as a trainer of choice in this space, and thoroughly enjoys his time with client groups.
If your organisation could use some help managing behaviours within your workplace, T.A.C.T would be delighted to provide you as much assistance as you need.
The Creative
"In addition to writing fiction novels, I enjoy composing original pieces of music on the piano and dabbling in some drawing. Years of karate have made me a bit of a clunker on the piano, but I love the meditative quality of playing and composing. Let's be clear, though, I am NO Mozart or Beethoven!!! Here are some samples if you'd like a listen ..."
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Reader's review of Redemption Mine