Iain Abernethy has been involved in the martial arts since childhood. Iain holds a 5th Dan in Karate with the British Combat Association (one of the world's leading groups for close-quarter combat, self-protection and practical martial arts) and he is also a senior instructor for the British Karate-Do Chojinkai. Iain regularly writes for the UK’s leading martial arts magazines and he is a member of the "Combat Hall of Fame". One of the UK’s leading exponents of applied karate, Iain has written a number of critically acclaimed books on the practical application of traditional martial arts and is well known for his work on the pragmatic use of the techniques and concepts recorded in the traditional kata. Iain’s seminars, books, videos, DVDs and articles have proved to be very popular with those groups and individuals who wish to practise their arts as the pragmatic systems they were originally intended to be.
