Lordswood Dojo
Karate Leadership UK’s Main dojo and Headquarters is located in Lordswood Chatham.
KLUK was founded in 2001 by Chief Master Marsh & Sensei Diane Marsh at Buckmore park – when Buckmore park closed down its leisure centre in 2003 Chief Master Marsh and Sensei Diane dedicated themselves to building a full time facility to ensure that their students would always have a place to train.
In 2006 the Lordswood Dojo was built and Karate Leadership UK now proudly offers classes to everyone of all ages and abilities, whether you have martial arts experience or are completely new to this exciting and rewarding hobby!
Master Instructors
Chief Master Marsh & Master Diane Marsh
Chief Master Nathan Marsh started training when
he was 12 years old, and has been training in the
martial arts ever since. At the height of his professional fight career he won the 2001 WKO World heavyweight title in Kumite (Full Contact Karate).
Senior Instructor:
Sensei Gibbons – 3rd Dan Blackbelt
Miss Gibbons has been training with Karate Leadership for many years. (As well as her martial arts training she is also a trained actress).
She is one of our longest serving instructors who teaches all programs from Little Ninjas, after-school clubs, Kickstart, Families and Advanced classes.
She is also a valuable member of the CIT team. Miss Gibbons has competed in many inter association competitions and has won numerous trophies for her weapons katas specialising in nunchucks.
AIKIDO Instructor:
Master Mitchell – 3rd Dan Blackbelt
Sensei Mitchell started Martial Arts in 1979 and
over the years he trained and competed in Judo,
Karate, Full contact then Kick-Boxing and finally Aikido. He has been teaching since the new Millenium, having been awarded his Instructor certificate and listed on the BCA Register in June 2000.
In 2014 the Leadership UK Association named Martin Mitchell as a Master Instructor in recognition of his coaching skills, service to Martial Arts and dedication to developing confident and able students.
Karate Leadership UK
At Karate Leadership UK we’ve always believed that teaching the martial arts code as it’s been taught throughout history is very important. Values such as self-control, integrity and respect are as important to the trainee as the martial arts skills themselves.
We’ll teach you to achieve a positive mental attitude as you follow the path towards gaining your own Black Belt qualification. Adults and children, men and women will all benefit mentally and physically from our training and it will help every single person to develop their own personal key life skills and increase their self confidence.
We pride ourselves on teaching these principles in an engaging and modern way while still retaining the heart and soul of the original masters.