Bob Jones
Bob Jones has been training and teaching martial arts since the 1960s, with the initial goal to prepare employees for the security industry. He was involved in support security to The Beatles and other successful bands such as The Rolling Stones and Stevie Nicks from Fleetwood Mac. He wrote of his experiences in a book titled 'Let the Good Times Roll'. He ran a regular self defence segment called 'Fighting Fit' on Bert Newton's Good Morning Australia program (Channel 10) in 1992-1993. In 1997 he was awarded the Blitz Martial Arts Magazine Lifetime Tribute Award.
Ironically several of Jones' students have attempted to emulate his success in developing and teaching his own martial art, including Malcolm Anderson in Queensland (formerly the third ranked in the style) and Lance Strong and Geoff Aiken in New Zealand (both formerly amongst the top ten ranks in the country), though none have yet come anywhere near matching the numbers involved in ZDK, which at one point was the second most popular art in Australasia.
Bob Jones appointed Billy Manne (Melbourne) to oversee the management of the Australasian branches of Zen Do Kai. Bob Jones now lives in Spain and travels extensively overseas for teaching and training.
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