KANAZAWA SHOTOKAN RYU is a traditional Shotokan Karate dojo based in Bannockburn, Central Scotland. Originally founded in 1982 by its Chief Instructor, Jim Palmer (a 6th Dan of the SHOTOKAN KARATE-DO INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION), the school is dedicated to teaching the traditional and ethical values of KARATE-DO (the Way or Path of the Empty Hand) as taught by the legendary Japanese master HIROKAZU KANAZAWA (10th Dan) Kancho. An affiliated dojo of the SHOTOKAN KARATE KANAZAWA RYU INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION (U.K. Chief Instructor Mr Roger Carpenter, 7th Dan), and representative dojo of the S.K.I.F., the school is frequently visited by senior Japanese Sensei (teachers) including Kanazawa Kancho. The dojo currently has branches in Stirling, Scotlands Capital City, Edinburgh and Scotland's Most Major City, Glasgow and are run by highly experienced and fully qualified instructors dedicated to teaching traditional Kanazawa Shotokan Ryu karate-do in the path of Kanazawa Kancho.