BP SJK KARATE was started in 1978 by the Alleyn Family, Mrs Alleyn suggested starting karate as a family. Our family consisted of (Mum Lilian , dad David, brother Brian and me.. “Christine “. We trained at Picketts Lock for a few years until we gained Our Black Belts, having been taught by great teachers including ” Kanazawa and  Enoeda Sensei’s”, Mum again decided we should open our own Club which we did, We opened our own karate school in 1978 and called it “School of Japanese Karate” you can also visit our shop https://sjkkarate.co.uk/our shop. Many years later and still running well I had my 2 daughters who also started Karate. My brother then dropped out . Unfortunately in 2007 mum was diagnosed with Cancer and she fought a good fight but in 2013 she passed away leaving us all devastated. We carried on teaching at the club with broken hearts but dad found it difficult without mum and became Ill himself, whilst looking after dad myself and my two daughters with the help of some lovely advanced students carried on teaching. Unfortunately my father went down hill and my partner who i met a couple of years before helped me with my father and also trained in Karate but my father finally passed away in 2019 to join his love, having passed away just a short few months before Hirokazu_Kanazawa. At this time..feeling very low I carried on with their club in their honour and combined the students I had from Black Panther with the SJK students calling the club BPSJK, I am still a big part of the club and received my Black Belt 6th Dan 3 years ago. My two daughters who are Black Belts still teach as well as the long term great students and now my grandson who is 3 years old is about to take his first belt .