Jacob Martins Obiorah

Who is Jacob Martins Obiorah?

Jacob Martins Obiorah is a Nigerian competitive martial artist. After joining a local shotokan karate club in Lagos 20 years ago, his interest in martial arts developed and he was keen to learn different styles of the martial arts. He went on to study kungfu and African Goju. Martins' Taekwondo career kicked off when he met his instructor Master George Ashiru at the University of Lagos teaching Hospital

Martins has been competing as an elite athlete for over a decade and has won several national and international events in Taekwondo. Among his numerous achievements are; Silver at the 8th All Africa Games, Athens 2004 Olympic Games last 16, Gold medalist and best player trophies at both the Belgian and Austrian Opens in 2005. Martins was also the British National middle weight champion 2005 and British University Welter weight Champion representing London South Bank University.

Martins retired from international tournaments after the 2005 world championships in Madrid, Spain to take up full time coaching of future Olympic athletes, and is currently studying for a Master degree in sports science at the London South Bank University