The Chairman and Chief Instructor of the International Association of Shotokan Karate (IASK) is Mr. Nicholas Adamou 10th Dan who has been practicing Karate for 56 years and T'ai Chi for 38 years. He has co-authored two books with Kanazawa sensei on karate, both of which feature Kanazawa sensei : Karate Basics for Beginners and Kanazawa’s Karate. The IASK has affiliated clubs reaching as far as India. The Honbu Dojo is based in the UK.