Terry Dobson (other)
Terry Dobson may refer to: * Terry Dobson (aikidoka) (1937–1992), American aikido pioneer, aikido teacher, and writer * Terry Dobson (singer) Terry Dobson (born 29 March 1952) is a British musician and a founding member of the pop band, Black Lace, with Ian Howarth. They represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 in Jerusalem, with the song "Mary Ann", whic ...

Terry Dobson (aikidoka)
Terry Dobson birthname Walter Norton Dobson III (1937–1992) was an American aikido pioneer, aikido teacher, and writer, who studied directly with the founder of aikido, Morihei Ueshiba, as one of the first, small handful of non-Japanese to do so. Early life Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts to a wealthy family on June 9, 1937 and moving to New York City in 1940, Dobson had a tumultuous childhood. Raised by his alcoholic mother and stepfather, he did not meet his real father, who had been disgraced after it was discovered that he forged his degree to get into Harvard Business School, until his late teens. Terry went to the Buckley School and then Deerfield Academy, both prestigious private schools, where he excelled at American football. After receiving a scholarship to play at Franklin & Marshall, he quickly failed out and trained for a summer with the New York Football Giants under Vince Lombardi, the line coach at the time. He was a U.S. Marine doing helicopter mainte ...
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