Tony Anthony Live

Monday 23rd June

THE MOST EXCITING STORY YOU WILL HEAR THIS YEAR

If you missed the Tony Anthony evening we have a DVD recording of the event available. His book 'Taming the Tiger' can also be obtained from us. We hope to have Tony visit us again in the future.

On Monday 23 June 2008, Hadleigh Baptist Church hosted an evening with Tony Anthony, three times former World Kung Fu Champion and author of best selling book Taming The Tiger as he tells his amazing life story.

Tony explained his amazing life story as told in his book, Taming The Tiger, CBC Book of the Year 2005 and Christian Book of the Year 2006. His story has more thrills, spills, twists and turns than a Hollywood blockbuster.

Taming The Tiger relates Tony’s astounding life story, beginning when he is sent to China as a four year old to become a Kung Fu disciple, where he spends eight hours a day following a cruel and brutal training regime, overseen by the Grand Master, his grandfather.

Quickly developing into a Kung Fu expert, Tony becomes an elite bodyguard, protecting some of the world’s most powerful people whilst also winning the world Kung Fu championships three times. Personal tragedy, however, alters Tony’s sense of extreme discipline and he begins to use his skills for illegal means, becoming embroiled in a world of violence, destruction and death.

Eventually incarcerated in the notorious Nicosia Central Prison in Cyprus, Tony hits rock bottom. Talking to a stranger who begins to visit Tony, he finds his anger begins to disappear as his priorities shift and his life takes a massive turn. Where previously the other inmates had respected him for his fighting abilities, now they are drawn to him in a different way.

Pastor Greg Frost said, “Following his visit into Hadleigh High School in April we invited Tony Anthony to speak in Hadleigh Baptist Church so that we could hear his full story. We believe the message of Tony’s life is so powerful and we would love for everyone in Hadleigh to have the opportunity to hear it. It was a great evening”

Tony Anthony, says, “I am very excited to be invited to speak at Hadleigh following on from my visit to the High School. It is a great privilege for me to be able to share my story, and I look forward to seeing as many people as possible at the event.”

Tony Anthony is Director of Avanti Ministries and is currently being booked to speak at different venues around the UK as part of the Taming The Tiger book tour. Taming The Tiger was released in August 2004, and has recently been awarded CBC Book of the Year 2005 and Christian Book of the Year 2006. With over 100,000 copies already sold and now on its umpteenth print run it is being sold across the world in locations such as USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. It is being translated into 25 languages and is now available in a hardback version. Taming the Tiger is available from all good bookshops and can also be bought from CLC in 16 St. Matthews Street, Ipswich, IP1 3EU on 01473 255346.

Future plans for Taming The Tiger include the book being made into a film. Producers are looking at an estimated budget of £35m. We are currently working on a Children's Comic Edition that will be available by next Easter.

For more information please contact Pastor Greg Frost of Hadleigh Baptist Church on 01473 823804 or Lori Lutz, Church Administrator on 01284 828000.