Scottish Shotokan Academy : Cumbernauld

The academy took its name from the late Yoshitaka Funakoshi the son of the late Gichin Funakoshi the founder of the Shotokan.
Yoshitaka had a great influence on the Shotokan system developing many of the kicking & hand techniques we use to day.
The academy follows the teachings of the late Kase Sensei who was greatly influenced by Yoshitaka when he trained at the Shotokan & incorporated many of his ideas into his own development & founded the Kase-Ha Shotokan-Ryu Karate-Do Instructor Academy.

About the club instructor

The senior instructor is Jim Martin 7th Dan.
Jim has over 40 years experience in karate and has trained with many famous Japanese & European Karate instructors including the late Kase Sensei.
His karate carear started under the direction of Sensei Alex McGregor of the Scottish Budokan Assosiation,he was a former instructor for the Budokan teaching mainly at Glasgow & Cumbernauld, he also took many titles for the Budokan including national kata & Budokan open kata & kumite titles.
In 1989 he decided to leave & follow the direction of Kase Sensie to further his knowledge in karate & became a member of Kase Sensei's instructor academy along with his friend the late Steve Cattle 6th dan.

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