Pauline Walmsley

Club: Kaizen Shoto Budo
Grade: 5th Dan Black Belt
Contact : pauline@shotobudo.com

Pauline began training in the mid 70’s and has a variety of experience in different styles of martial arts. She is extremely interested in understanding movement control, balance and perceptual skills.
As well as holding several coaching qualifications, Pauline also has a B.A.(Hons) in Psychology, with her final year’s dissertation study involving research into the visio-perceptual control skills of martial artists under the guidance of Professor J. Thomson at the University of Strathclyde.
Trained in counselling skills (COSCA), this background, as you might expect, lends itself to a very person centred approach, often evidenced in her teaching style.

In addition to leading a successful club, Pauline is employed as a Health Promotion Officer with GGNHSB and continuing her study of behaviour science, in 2003 she sucessfully completed a NLP practitioner course with Sensory Systems Ltd. Pauline was recently awarded an MSc in Health Psychology at Stirling University.

Pauline origionally trained with KDS before the conception of Shoto Budo. In addition to training and coaching in aerobics, exercise to music and gym fit, she is also an experienced half marathon and 10K runner and a regular practitioner of Transcendental Meditation, Shiatsu and Reiki.