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Chief Instructor, Sensei Jim Palmer, began
his martial arts career in 1959, practicing Judo on into his early teens and, at the age
of twenty two, he returned to the martial arts to study Shotokan Karate-do and
was also a student of traditional Aikido under the auspices of the British
Aikikai. During the ensuing thirty years he has been fortunate to train with
many noteable Japanese Instructors such as Senseis Kanazawa, Asano, Enoeda, Kato, Kasuya,
Ichihara, Tsuyama, Ochi, Kase, Shirai, Kawasoe, Masuda, Oumura and Aikido Senseis Chiba and
Murashige etc. to name only a few. He has also taught in such countries as Japan,
U.S.A.,Kenya, India, Nepal and Spain. In 1988, he travelled to Japan experiencing Muay Thai
(Thai Boxing) in Bangkok and Tai Chi in Hong Kong on his way to train at the honbu dojo
(headquarters) in Tokyo. Whilst in Japan, Sensei Jim travelled the country training at any dojo
along the way and in such places as Tokyo, Kamakura, Osaka, Hiroshima etc.
A student of Kanazawa Kancho for well in excess of thirty years, Sensei Palmer currently holds the
grade of Rokudan (6th Dan) personally awarded to him by Kanazawa Kancho, he is also an Internationally
registered Grading Examiner on behalf of S.K.I.F. Tokyo.
email: jimpalmer@skif.co.uk
Our Instructors are required to have a minimum of ten years
experience of karate-do, displayed the desire and ability to communicate the discipline, techniques,
philosophies and benefits of traditional Shotokan Karate-do in a manner consistent with S.K.I.F.
tradition.
CORPS OF INSTRUCTORS & OFFICIALS - July, 2008
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Chief Instructor -
Jim Palmer (6th Dan) S.K.I.F. |
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Assistant Chief Instructor -
Mike Bowles (5th Dan) S.K.I.F. |
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Senior Instructor -
Anne C. Palmer (4th Dan) S.K.I.F. |
Administrative Officer |
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Senior Instructor -
Tom Russell (4th Dan) S.K.I.F. |
Coaching Officer |
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Senior Instructor -
Mike Russell (4th Dan) S.K.I.F. |
Press/P.R. Officer |
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Senior Instructor -
Martin J. Hislop (3rd Dan) S.K.I.F. |
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Instructor -
Craig Wilson (3rd Dan) S.K.I.F. |
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Club Instructor -
Christina Hay (2nd Dan) S.K.I.F. |
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Club Instructor -
Stephen Kwiatkowski (2nd Dan) S.K.I.F. |
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Club Assistant Instructor -
Duncan Forsyth (2nd Dan) S.K.I.F. |
Web Master |
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Club Assistant Instructor -
Callum Russell (2nd Dan) S.K.I.F. |
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Club Assistant Instructor -
Alan Scobbie (2nd Dan) S.K.I.F. |
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Club Assistant Instructor -
Brian McKie (1st Dan) S.K.I.F. |
Licensing Officer |
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Club Administrator -
Marianne Russell |
Edinburgh |
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Club Administrator -
Tom McMillan (2nd Kyu) S.K.I.F. |
Stirling |
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International Representative (India) -
Satnam Singh Happy,
Chief Instructor Shotokan Karate Institute S.K.I.F. |
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