Bio: Pete Thompson
I started training in Go-Ryu Karate in 1988 aged 9 in Weymouth and Dorchester
under Sensei’s Mark Caples and Craig Nevitt. In 1994 aged 15 I was graded to
1st Dan Black belt and later that year I qualified as an assistant instructor.

In 1998 after gaining my 3rd Dan black belt my instructor left the club so I took
over the dojo’s in Weymouth and Dorchester and added to them my own club on
Portland to form Wessex Karate Academy. A few years later a club in Milborne St Andrew was added.

I am currently the senior instructor of Wessex Karate Academy which has over 80 members which boasts
20 black belts and over 20 GKI national champions. I hold the ranks of 5th Dan in Go-Ju Ryu karate and
1st Dan in Ryu Kyu Kobudo Shimbukan (traditional okinawan weapoanry)

I have also competed and coached with both UK and England teams.

In 2013 I formed Wessex Traditional Martial Arts Ltd to be the company in charge of a full time centre for
the Karate club and other forms of traditional martial arts clubs and training.