I joined the then Karate do shotokai in 1984 as a member of the Electronic Firm FERRANTI Karate Section which had the late great Vinnie Strachan as coach. The closure of Ferranti meant we had to look for alternative venue, which we acquired at the Tartan Club right next to the Fountainbridge Brewery which was very handy,
Alas the Shotokai split and we continued as Shotokai Foundation.
After a couple of years Vinnie moved on and Andy Pace held the realms of Club Instructor. Andy held the post for 4 years and had to leave for business commitments and replaced by Dave King until the recent spit when 99% of the club decided to join the Shindo-Shotokai.
We are a fast developing club particularly in the Junior section .The long term plan by Edinburgh has been to acquire adults coming through from the junior section and as a result we have attained two new adults with a further four coming through next year. This is over and above punters coming through the doors.
We are unique as we are the only East of Scotland club as this style of Karate is very strong roots on the west of Scotland but we hope to change that some day.