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About Us  Self Defence Systems is headed by Les Roberts Who is its Chief Instructor, and is organised by its Chief Executive Officer David Beecham with a long history in Marketing and Sales. Mr. Roberts is aided by a Team of Instructors with many years experience in teaching and tournament. He was formerly the British Full Contact Team Manager and Chief Referee to the British Kickboxing Board of Control for many years and is still today an internationally recognised world class coach with much to offer. A former President of the International Organisation and the British Amateur Kickboxing Association. His experience in the military and his ability in teaching pure specialist self-defence and personal security courses to many corporate executives and suchlike, led to him being a leading close protection officer to corporate personnel and celebrities alike.
The following is a brief resume of Mr. Roberts’s career
Les Roberts was raised and educated in Dublin Ireland and developed an interest in Martial arts at a very early age. He began to study the different styles of Karate majoring in the  Kenpo system initially under Brendan Walsh, one of Ed Parker's representatives, known as the father of American Karate. Mr Parker of Elvis Presley fame was the trainer to many of Hollywood's famous Movie stars and became a close friend to Mr Roberts. Having a great hunger for Travel he enlisted in the Royal Navy in the early 70's as a Radio operator later specialising in Naval Gunfire Support and Forward Observation. Completing this training at Royal Marine Barracks Poole, This duty included Infiltration, relaying enemy intelligence and directing Naval Bombardment. Still constantly studying martial arts, he was later selected for Royal Yacht Squadron duty, where he continued to teach and study on board the Royal Yacht Britannia under the encouraging Eyes of the Admiral, Hugh Janion and crew. Having previously won the HMS Mercury light-heavyweight Boxing championships, competing in and promoting inter-service tournaments, his skills in karate and boxing made him a natural for the relatively new sport of Kickboxing. Then known as full contact  karate. Completing the Bicentennial tour of the United States, the Montreal Olympic Games, followed by the Queen’s Silver Jubilee world tour 1977, He had many opportunities to visit many gyms world-wide gaining a wealth of experience and knowledge making many new friends in the process. After leaving the service Mr Roberts continued training teaching and promoting Kickboxing, and martial arts, and working with international organisations produced many champions from regional to world title level taking contestants to many parts of the globe. Gaining even more experience from well into many hundreds of tournaments, workshops and seminars for which he is grateful to have been able to partake and contribute, he say’s he is still learning and appreciates the beauty of life and what it has to offer while in the pursuance of inner contentment. His hobbies outside of martial arts are swimming reading and art appreciation.
Mr Roberts is still teaching and promoting. He has asked that his warmest appreciation be conveyed to the many People who have aided and supported him throughout his career.
By Mike Silverstone
Vice President BAKA/IOAK/GGSDP
P.S. Further to this testimonial Mr. Roberts at the time of writing and designing this website, wishes well and good fortune to all who partake in any of the courses Self Defence Systems are offering on this website.
David Beecham
Chief Executive Officer
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