Craig Penman 6th Dan

SKGB Instructor

Craig Penman embarked on his martial arts journey in 1980 spending all of his youth immersed in sport karate and competing for many year both nationally and internationally. He achieved great success winning many titles including Scottish and British Champion and also had the great honor of being selected as Scotland team captain.
When he retired from competition another journey began to explore the traditional roots of Karate and in particular Kata Bunkai. After much searching Craig sought out one of the world leaders in this field Iain Abernethy and eventually became a fully qualified instructor in Iain's teaching methods after many years of study. The journey to this day has not ended he has continuously reinvested in himself in different areas and systems of the martial arts to further develop the skills of himself and every club member.

See bellow for some qualifications;
6th Dan SKGB
6th Dan BCKA
6th Dan BCA
1st Dan Ju Jitsu (Japanese)
SKGB Level 3 Coach
Bunkai Jutsu Full Instructor (Iain Abernethy)
Geoff Thompson Level 1 self defence instructor
NLP Practitioner - Registered with the Society of NLP

Lisa McMenemy 5th Dan

SKGB Instructor

Lisa has been practicing karate since childhood originally in the Shotokan style for many years where she progressed to 2nd Dan under the world renowned instructor Keinosuke Enoeda. After a break for several years Lisa returned to karate to train alongside her sons at a new club and under a new style. After several years of training Lisa progressed through to 5th Dan and along the way also became a fully qualified SKGB coach. Not content with this Lisa decided to challenge herself further and returned to competition after a 23 year break. Lisa has had a dominant presence on the competition scene since her return and is 2 times British Champion.

See bellow for some qualifications;
3rd Dan SKGB
5th Dan BCKA
5th Dan BCA
2nd Dan Shotokan (KUGB)
SKGB Level 3 Coach
BCKA-Scotland Child Protection Officer

Stewart Moffat 4th Dan

Club Instructor

Stewarts Karate journey begun in 1995 with his introduction to FJK by his father in law and club founder Alex Howe. As time passed the head instructor changed and Stewart continued his development and training with the current head instructor and founder member Craig Penman. The two went through many years on the competition scene supporting each other as training partners and team members. Stewart medaled at many of the top events in the competition calendar including both the Scottish and British Shukokai championships. Stewart has now retired from competition and plays a lead role in passing on his years of experience to the young athletes in the FJK Kumite team and leads the Falkirk branch of FJK.

See below for some qualifications;
2nd Dan SKGB
4th Dan BCKA
4th Dan BCA
SKGB Level 3 Coach (expired in process of renewing)
FJK Child Protection Officer