SENSEI MARTIN DOBSON – 3rd Dan

Chief Instructor of South London SKC

Born in 1948, Martin first started Karate training in 1975, at the age of 27. He trained at Goldsmiths College, London, under the instruction of Sensei Tony Jarvis. He was awarded Second Dan (JKA) Black Belt in 1995 by Sensei Enoeda and in August 2005 was graded to Third Dan (JKA) by Sensei Ueki and Sensei Ohta.

He is married with three children (now grown up) and works as a director of Dobson & Poole Ltd. (Chartered Surveyors) in Bromley. His many interests and other activities include reading, football (supports Crystal Palace FC), jogging, gardening and films.
Other qualifications: BSc (building administration), Fellow of The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Building.

Martin is still as passionate as he ever was about Karate, and enjoys training regularly with all the top JKA instructors inluding Sensei Ohta and Sensei Roy Tomlin (of Lewisham).

He recently qualified as referee (F licence) and instructor (also F license).