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Instructor Bio:
Ted Truscott and Pamela Truscott-White
Ted’s Training:
Karate Training: (since 1972)
1972: Shotokan karate: Bateson’s Karate : achieved brown belt.
1986: Shorin-ji Ryu karate: Victoria Butoku Kai, affiliate with Richard Kim’s Zen Bei Butoku Kai: achieved Nidan.
1997 - 2001: I left Victoria Butoku Kai but continued training as a member of Zen Bei Butoku Kai under Sensei Kim: achieved Sandan in Shorin-ji Ryu and Sandan in Okinawan Kobudo.
Myself, Sensei Kim & Sempai Leong 
2001: My book, Canadian Law and Self Defence, was adjudicated by the Martial Arts College of the Eurotechical Research University of Hawaii to be a masters level thesis. Therefore, upon the successful attempt at my Sandan grading (the physical grading minimum necessary for a masters level diploma), I was presented with a Masters degree in Martial Science.
2002: As a member of the National Martial Arts Institute, I helped develope the Okinawan Kobudo skill sets and grading expectations up to mid-level black belt degrees, for the Western Canadian members.
2005: joined Dai Nippon Butoku Kai
2006: Achieved Yondan with DNBK
