DOCKLANDS DOJO - Key Persons

Chris da Costa started training in 1998 at Docklands dojo. His main focus has been on fighting and he has succeeded in winning several British Titles in semi-contact. His most recent being in 2015 where he won the Mens Advanced Karate Championship for the second time. Prior to that as a junior, he captained the England team to Gold in the IFK clicker championships. His next aim is to become an accomplished full contact kyokushin fighter.

Shihan Maria da Costa 5th dan, Started karate as a 13yr old in 1981. During her fighting career, she won many international titles in Point scoring and knockdown, wining the British Open 3 times and placed 3rd in the World Open Knockdown Championships held in Russia. Shihan Maria was one of the pioneers of full contact tournaments for Women in Great Britain and has been an inspiration to women karateka over the last three decades. During these successful years, she had three children who all now train and our successful karate exponents in their own right. Shihan Maria was the first female to obtain the rank of 5th Dan in the British Karate Kyokushinkai (BKK) this was awarded to her by hanshi Steve Arneil in 2007.

As well as being the chief instructor of Docklands, he is also a member of the executive & technical committees of the British Karate…

Senpai Resh started training around 1990 and showed good potential from his early days. As a Junior (under 16yrs) he won the national wuko…