All Ainslie Park Karate Instructors are Disclosure Scotland Approved.
Sensei Allan Spence
8th Dan
Chief Instructor Allan Spence started Karate training in 1967. Training 6 nights a week, he was awarded his 1st Dan Black Belt by Sensei Tatsuo Suzuki 8th Dan in 1971. He continued to train 6 nights a week and was awarded 2nd Dan in 1972 and 3rd Dan in 1975, both awarded by Sensei Tatsuo Suzuki. 4th Dan was gained in 1992 and in 1997 he was awarded his 5th Dan. He went onto achieving his 6th Dan in 2003, 7th Dan in May 2011 and 8th Dan in October 2021. Allan is one of the three founder members of the Scottish Karate Federation (SKF) along with Hamish Adam and Colin Clapperton. Allan has competed in many National and International events in the 1970s and has been teaching Karate since 1971.