Jake started training in 1987 at Khandallah Club and achieved his 1st dan in 1993. He moved to Dunedin in 1994 and assisted Mr Grant Evans at Mosgiel Club then founded the Dunedin Club in 1996.
Jake is a specialist Sport and Exercise Physician and has been the medical support for the ITFNZ high performance programme and regular author of articles in the Taekwon-Do Talk Magazine. He was the Head Instructor of the Khandallah Club from 2007 to 2008 and Co-Instructor from 2012 until 2013.