Mark started contact sports in the early Nineties when boxing in the South West of England. A year later Mark also started Shotokan Karate to supplement this training regime. Moving to London in 1994 he switched to Goju-Ryu Karate under Sensei Mulholland where he continued to train until returning to his home in Torquay in 2002.

Mark achieved Black Belt level in June 1998 and was graded to Nidan at Summer Camp 2001. Mark now runs his own successful club, Torbay Goju Ryu Karate under the DKK banner.