New website www.sjkkarate.co.uk   Join the Karate Club of the Year  PRACTICE THE BEST SHOTOKAN KARATE IN ENGLAND.  KARATE AT IT'S BEST - AS CHOSEN BY MADONNA!   DO YOU WISH YOU DIDN'T FEEL SO UNFIT - OVER WEIGHT - UNSURE - AFRAID - UNHAPPY - AND DEPRESSED.  TO BE HEALTHY, CONFIDENT, FIT, AND HAPPY JOIN US TODAY AT ONE OF OUR VENUES AND WE WILL HELP YOU ACHIEVE ALL THIS AND MORE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK ANY FURTHER - YOU HAVE FOUND A KARATE/SELF DEFENCE SCHOOL/CLUB THAT IS SECOND TO NONE WHY NOT TAKE THE FIRST STEP AND TRY ONE OF OUR 4 WEEK INTRODUCTORY BEGINNERS SHOTOKAN KARATE / SELF DEFENCE COURSES - ONE LESSON IS FREE. SO IS THE MEMBERSHIP DURING THIS PERIOD. OURS IS ONE OF THE BEST FORMS OF MARTIAL ARTS IN THE WORLD - ALL ARE WELCOME,  MALE OR FEMALE, CHILDREN AND ADULTS, YOUNG AND OLD, REGARDLESS OF RACE COLOUR OR CREED. The costs of our courses and lessons are great value as our teaching covers the elements of several different activities such as - Self Defence - Keep Fit - Yoga and Aerobic exercise and much more. (For costs see "More Info" at top of the page)    Clubs in: Enfield, Southgate, Arnos Grove, Barnet,  Cockfosters, Whetstone, Edmonton, North London Most of our advanced classes last for over one and a half hours - most other clubs have one hour classes       SENSEI DAVID ALLEYN 6TH DAN & SENSEI LILIAN ALLEYN 3RD DAN PROFESSION INSTRUCTORS AS SEEN ON Ch.4 TV DAVID AND LILIAN WELCOME YOU TO THE ALLEYN SCHOOL OF JAPANESE KARATE WHICH IS BASED IN ENFIELD AND NORTH LONDON THEY HAVE STUDIED KARATE AND SELF DEFENCE FOR OVER  30 YEARS UNDER SOME OF THE TOP JAPANESE INSTRUCTORS SUCH AS  KANAZAWA,  ASANO,  ENOEDA,  KATO,  KAWASOE,   KASE,  OHTA  AND  K. FUNAKOSHI  SENSEI   THE STYLE THEY NOW TEACH IS BASED ON THE TRADITIONAL TEACHINGS OF MASTER GICHIN FUNAKOSHI AND MASATOSHI NAKAYAMA  OF THE JAPAN KARATE ASSOCIATION TOGETHER WITH MODERN DAY SELF DEFENCE   THEY ALSO PRIDE THEMSELVES IN THE FACT THAT SOME OF THEIR OLD STUDENTS ARE NOW TEACHING KARATE  IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF  THE WORLD. MOST OF THEM STARTED WITH THE SAME TYPE OF PROBLEMS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. (See comments from some of "Our Students" at top of page)   DAVID AND LILIAN RUNNERS-UP SPORTSPERSON/TEAM OF THE YEAR 2004 DAVID AND LILIAN ALLEYN PROPRIETORS OF THE SCHOOL OF JAPANESE KARATE WERE JOINT RUNNERS-UP IN THE RECENT "SPORTS PERSON/TEAM OF THE YEAR" IN THE PALACE GARDENS PRIDE OF NORTH LONDON AWARDS - THERE WERE OVER 1,000 NOMINEES. THE WINNERS OF THE AWARD WERE THE ENFIELD SPECIAL OLYMPICS TEAM - THE AWARDS WERE GIVEN AT A CHAMPAGNE RECEPTION/ DINNER AT ALEXANDRA PALACE BY LORD TEBBIT.   Holiday Dates 2005 There will be NO TRAINING on the following dates. (All other dates training as usual.)   HALF TERM FEBRUARY Thursday  17th February  no training   EASTER HOLIDAYS Thursday    24th March  no training            Friday        25th March   no training Saturday    26th March   no training Sunday      27th March   no training Monday     28th March   no training Tuesday    29th March   no training (Wednesday  training as usual) Thursday   31st March   no training (Friday  Saturday  Sunday  training as usual)   MAY DAY  Monday 2nd May  no training   SPRING BANK HOLIDAY   HALF TERM  Monday   30th May  no training  Thursday  2nd June no training   Friday      3rd June no training    SUMMER HOLIDAYS      LAST LESSON                           START BACK Monday        25th July              Monday      5th September     (Southgate Leisure Centre) Monday       (training continues throughout summer holidays)    (Dragon Dojo 71 Bounces Rd, Edmonton N9) Tuesday       26th July              Tuesday     6th September      (Broomfield School, Arnos Grove) Wednesday  (training continues throughout summer holidays)    (Oaktree School, Southgate N14) Thursday     (training continues throughout summer holidays)    (Dragon Dojo 71 Bounces Rd, Edmonton N9)  Friday           29th                     Friday        2nd September     (Broonfield School, Arnos Grove) Friday           29th                     Friday        2nd September     (Southbury Leisure Centre, Enfield) Saturday      (training continues throughout summer holidays)    (Chace Community School, Enfield) Sunday        (training continues throughout summer holidays)     (Chace Community School, Enfield)   OCTOBER HALF TERM Monday    24th October no training Thursday  27th October no training   CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS        LAST LESSON                                START BACK Monday      5th December             Monday      9th  January 2006  Tuesday     6th  December            Tuesday     31st January 2006 (Hall not available until this date) Wednesday 7th December            Wednesday 4th January 2006 Thursday    8th December            Thursday      5th January 2006 Friday         9th December            Friday          6th January 2006 Saturday     10th December            Saturday      7th January 2006 Sunday       11th  December *          Sunday        8th January 2006 *(This lesson will be held from 11.30 to 1.00 for beginners and advanced)           SJK Kyu Grading took place yesterday - Sunday 17th July and the standard was very high. Well done to all students and to all instructors who helped make this a successful occassion. Thank you to Chris for his email (see below) Dear David and Lilian Sensei, Thank you for the grading today. It must have been very painful for you Sensei David, having had a tooth extraction. I know the feeling, I've had a couple of those myself. I'm very pleased to have passed today, as is Stephen. I had in fact done enough lessons to have graded in April but I didn't feel confident enough to put myself forward. I'm glad that I left it until today. I felt much more confident and the additional training and time spent practicing at home seems to have paid off. Thank you once again and please thank the other instructors whose patience and perseverance with me is much appreciated. Oss. Chris Chessum                                                               *******************************      Another great Grading result for SJK on Sunday 24th April 2005 Not only did we have the usual excellent kyu grading results but we had 3 of our more mature brown belt students successfully passing their Shodan black belts. Congratulations to : Neil Charalambous 1st Dan, John Bienek 1st Dan and Nicholas Herculis 1st Dan - All have done well in training hard to obtain their black belts and  a special mention for Nic as it wasn't that long ago that he had a serious heart operation.   Picture shows from left to right : Lilian Alleyn 3rd Dan, Nick Herculis 1st Dan, John Bienek, Neil Charalambous, David Alleyn 6th Dan.    Click on the photo to return to the Gallery   -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Dojo Hire DRAGON DOJO FOR HIRE - BOUNCERS ROAD EDMONTON  CONTACT RAY OR LOUI SENSEI ON : To Contact Sensei Loui To Contact Sensei Ray Mobile: 07813 971 896 Mobile: 07753 548 958 Email: LouiSensei@sjkkarate.co.uk Email: RaySensei@sjkkarate.co.uk YOU CAN ALSO CONTACT LOUI OR RAY FOR PRIVATE LESSONS OR A "KARATE PARTY" AT THE DRAGON DOJO OR AT YOUR OWN VENUE. ------------------------------------------------------------------     Harry and Loui proud holders of the black belt CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL SJK STUDENTS ON A SUCCESSFUL GRADING Over 70 kyu grade students graded for different coloured belts on Sunday 5th December and all successfully passed the various grades. Following the Kyu grades with some dynamic and explosive action was the black belt grading of Harry Bradford  and Loui Loizou - both performed to the highest level and passed with flying colours Harry aged 8 is the youngest student of SJK to pass his black belt since the school started in 1978. He is probably one of the youngest karate students in the country to have passed his black belt Loui returned to train at SJK a couple of years ago after a 20 year lay off. With determination he has trained very hard several times a week and helped with the junior classes and thoroughly deserved to pass his black belt grading   PROUD NEW SJK BLACK BELTS - JULY 2004. Pictured above and to the right - with Sensei David are from left to right. (front line) Anna Christofides 1st Dan,  Jemma Gumble 1st Dan,  Mark Tillson 1st Dan.  (back line) Joe Stockwell  and Ben Stockwell ( father and son both 1st Dan.) David and Lilian Alleyn and their team of black belt instructors from Enfield based School of Japanese Karate, were proud to have helped five of their top brown belts to achieve the coveted black belt on Sunday.  More than 70 coloured belt students from the School of Japanese Karate, who earlier had successfully passed their own gradings, were treated to some exciting advanced karate techniques from the five prospective black belts who took and passed with "flying colours" the arduous black belt test. Well done to you all! Thanks once again to Chris Chessum for the photos and the "thank you "email for his and his son's grading. Thanks also to Anna Christofides for her phone call expressing thanks to David and Lilian Sensei and all instructors  for their help  and support . We have also received a letter from Joe and Ben Stockwell thanking David and Lilian Sensei and all black belts who have helped them reach Sho Dan.  We hear that Sensei Kevin (Wednesday advanced  class Instructor) received a nice bottle of wine from one of his grateful students - cheers Kevin! -------------------------------------------------------- Well done to all who attended the Course on Sunday 21.11.04 at Chace Community School - everyone trained really hard for the three hours and we were pleased to see such a good turnout. Remember the course is equal to two lessons towards the grading . The email below was received this morning. Thank you Sensei, I thought your enthusiasm with the yellow belts this afternoon was inspiring.- I hope they learn to use breathing to compliment their dexterity. My son seemed to be more than happy to have spent 3 hours learning. Not bad for a 6 year old; well done to you and yours keep up the good work. Michael Dunn The Instructors were Shihan David Alleyn 6th Dan, Sensei Sema Sanin Hampton 3rd Dan, Sensei Kevin Bird 2nd Dan and Sensei Ray Minley 2nd Dan. Thanks to them for the support on the day - How about some comments on the Instructors efforts on preparing and carrying out their lessons. Below email from sjk student I just wanted to take the time to officially say a big thank you to the club, but in particular to Anna Christofides for helping me through my first grading.  I don't think that I have ever been taught anything with such kindness, enthusiasm, and dedication before.  Anna would always take the time to explain everything to the class clearly, and she would always make sure that we understood what was expected of us.  She was also always very patient of our mistakes.  It was through her encouragement and (very) hard work that I found the enthusiasm to pursue Karate, and thanks to her that I was able to gain my orange belt, something, which, back in February when she took over our beginner's class, I did not have the confidence to believe I would be able to do. She is a credit to SJK Karate and I hope that she continues to inspire others the way that she inspired me! Thanks Alex Maisey  ------------  It is so nice when someone expresses their appreciation . --------------------------------------------------------      DAVID AND LILIAN RUNNERS-UP SPORTSPERSON/TEAM OF THE YEAR 2004   DAVID AND LILIAN ALLEYN PROPIETORS OF THE SCHOOL OF JAPANESE KARATE WERE JOINT RUNNERS-UP IN THE RECENT "SPORTSPERSON/TEAM OF THE YEAR" IN THE PALACE GARDENS PRIDE OF NORTH LONDON AWARDS - THERE WERE OVER 1,000 NOMINEES. THE WINNERS OF THE AWARD WERE THE ENFIELD SPECIAL OLYMPICS TEAM - THE AWARDS WERE GIVEN AT A CHAMPAGNE RECEPTION/ DINNER AT ALEXANDRA PALACE BY LORD TEBBIT.- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------      Congratulations on a brilliant grading - March 2004      Names for the above photo are, from left to right:-   Fabio Correia (2nd Dan), Reema Joshi (1st Dan), Divyan Shah (1st Dan), Lilian Alleyn (3rd Dan Instructor), David Alleyn (6th Dan Instructor), Dhiren Joshi (1st Dan Assistant Instructor), Masasu Kola (2nd Dan), Anil Patel (1st Dan).   Five students from Enfield based School of Japanese Karate took a very exciting and arduous test for their coveted Black Belt Grade on Sunday.  Petite young lady, Reema Joshi age l5, Divyan Shah also l5 and Anil Patel age 32 passed their lst Dan Black Belts.  Anil who has just moved to Birmingham made the journey back to Enfield to take his grading.   Masasu Kola age 43 and Fabio Correia  (Assistant Instructor) age 18 both successfully passed their 2nd Dan  Black Belts. All faught brilliantly to obtain their grades and were applauded for their outstanding effort.  Over 60 students graded for their lower grade belts and all passed successfully. Well done to everyone.    Sensei David Congratulating Reema on her Shodan. Sensei David handing black belt to Divyan ___________________________________________________________________________   COURSE WITH CENGIZ HANIN 6TH DAN MANAGER OF THE TURKISH NATIONAL TEAM - ENJOYED BY ALL    --------------------------------------------------------    New 4 week beginners courses in Enfield and North London - cost is the same as before - Juniors £13.50. Adults £16.50 (still includes a FREE LESSON)   --------------------------------------------------------   DIARY OF EVENTS 2004  SJK in Enfield in North London        SUNDAY     8/2/04  COURSE WITH CENGIZ SANIN 6TH DAN SUNDAY  21/3/04   GRADING FOR BLACK BELTS & COLOURED BELTS SUNDAY  11/7/04   GRADING FOR BLACK BELTS & COLOURED BELTS SUNDAY  17/10/04  CLUB COMPETITION  (Enfield) SUNDAY  21/11/04  PRE-GRADING COURSE (Sensei David 6th Dan, Sensei Sema 3rd Dan, Sensei Kevin 2nd Dan) SUNDAY  5/12/04  GRADING FOR BLACK BELTS & COLOURED BELTS SATURDAY 11/12/04  SJK CHRISTMAS PARTY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SJK HOLIDAYS 2004    HALF TERM Monday 25th October no training       Thursday 28th october no training Friday  29th October no training at Southbury Leisure Centre (Arnos Grove open).  CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS Last lesson                                Start back                             Monday  6th December    ---              10th January 2005 Tuesday 7th December     ---              4th January Wednesday 8th December   ---          5th January Thursday  9th December     ---           6th January Friday  10th December     ---              7th January *Saturday 11th December    ---           8th January *Sunday  12th December      ---          9th January ( *SATURDAY 12TH AND SUNDAY 13TH DECEMBER LESSONS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED  DUE TO AN EMERGENCY AT CHACE COMMUNITY SCHOOL)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Thank you to Chris Chessum - Stephen Chessum's father - for the following e-mail: Dear Sensei David and Sensei Lilian, Just to say a huge thank you for all the work you do amongst young people.  My son Stephen is over the moon at having passed his 9th kyu today and we are very proud of him too.  He really looks forward to his karate lessons on Fridays at Broomfield School.   Karate has helped him no end in boosting his confidence, improving his co-ordination and making him more physically fit.  Many thanks and gratitude to you and the other instructors who have helped during the past year. Chris Chessum -------------------------    Well done Nic (Wednesday night Beginners Instructor at Oaktree School) for having completed a successful self defence course on behalf of School of Japanese Karate for juniors in the Enfield area for Enfield Council's Sports Development  Team.  The Course was thoroughly enjoyed by all the children.   ---------------------------   TRAINING WITH TOMIKO MISUOKA 7th DAN    OUR THANKS GO TO TOMIKO SENSEI FOR A WONDERFUL WORKOUT . WE ALL ENJOYED YOUR INSTRUCTION WHICH WAS BOTH INSPIRATIONAL AND INFORMATIVE. PLEASE VISIT US AGAIN SOON -------------------------   E-mail  sjkkarate@yahoo.co.uk Tel:  020 8368 6249  **************************************************************************************************

Established in 1978, the SJK Karate Club also teaches the techniques necessary for competing in traditional competition, along with the rules of scoring. Our goal is to develop the skills necessary to compete in Kata and Kumite events at all levels proudly (for those who wish to participate) representing SJK. A world of opportunity for improved mental and physical health can be gained from a quality karate club such as ours. Karate training opens the doorway to building greater self-confidence. The benefit of self-defense is obvious, but it is only a small part of what can be gained. Karate builds stamina, strength, flexibility, and coordination. People can also learn and develop calmness, greater alertness, patience, and self-discipline. We offer the highest quality instruction in the art of Shotokan Karate-do. . Our heritage continues to bring life and fulfillment to our karate training. Our classes are traditional, highly disciplined, challenging, and authentic! All instruction is given by qualified black belt instructors. To the greater benefit of all of our students, most classes are lead directly by the chief instructor Shihan David Alleyn 6th Dan Karate - 1st Dan Ju Jitsu.                 CHINESE ORIGINS: The origin of karate dates back more than a thousand years. When Daruma Taishi was at the Shaolin monastery in China, he taught his students physical training methods in order to build endurance and physical strength required to carry out the rigid discipline that was part of their religion. This physical training method was further developed and adapted to become what is known today as the Shaolin art of fighting. The martial art was imported to Okinawa and blended with the indigenous fighting techniques of the islands also known as Te. The lord of ancient Okinawa and later the feudal lord of Kagoshima, on the southernmost tip of Kyushu in Japan, banned the use of weapons, thus giving rise to the development of "empty hand" fighting and self - defense techniques. This martial art, due to its Chinese origin, was called karate, written in characters with the literal meaning "Chinese hand." The modern master of this art, Gichin Funakoshi, however, chose the character for its meaning in Zen Bhuddist philosophy: "rendering oneself empty." To the master, karate was a martial art, but it was also a means of building character. Master Funakoshi wrote: "As a mirror's polished surface reflects whatever stands before it and a quiet valley carries even the smallest sounds, so must the student of karate render his mind empty of selfishness and wickedness in an effort to react appropriately toward anything he might encounter. This is the true meaning of kara or 'empty' of karate." Funakoshi was first introduced to the Japanese public in 1922, when he was the then professor at the Okinawa Teacher's College, was invited to lecture and demonstrate at an exhibition of traditional martial arts sponsored by the Ministry of Education. His demonstration so impressed the audience that he was flooded with requests to teach in Tokyo. Instead of returning to Okinawa, Funakoshi taught karate at various universities and at the Kodokan, the mecca of Judo, until he was able to establish the Shotokan in 1936, a great landmark in the history of karate in Japan. The Japan Karate Association was established in 1955 with Funakoshi as chief instructor. At this time, the organization had only a few members and a handful of instructors who had studied karate under the then aged master. In 1958 the Association held the first all-Japan karate championship tournament, now an annual event, helping to establish karate as a competitive sport. As a practical means of self-defense, karate is taught in a great number of colleges and universities in their physical education programs. In Japan and elsewhere in the world, moreover, karate is gaining great popularity as a competitive sport, one which stresses mental discipline as well as physical prowess. What was originally developed in the Orient as a martial art, then, has survived and changed through the centuries to become not only a highly effective means of unarmed self-defense, but also an exciting, challenging sport. 'Dojo Kun', or training code, which not only ensures a disciplined training environment, but serves as a tool for moulding behavior, so that a true Karateka will fight with words and only employ physical violence as a last resort. BUSHIDO: The Samurai Code Zen was introduced into Japan in the twelfth century. Championed by Hojo Tokimune, who led the defeat of repeated Mongolian invasions, Zen became firmly established amongst the samurai warrior classes. As the 18th century 'Ha Gakure' Book of the Samurai affirms, "The Way of the Samurai is found in death." In Zen there is neither good nor bad and neither right nor wrong. There is acceptance of every turn that life may take, and death is embraced completely. This is a philosophy of self-sacrifice both in battle and in everyday life. Reflecting the basic nature of goodness underlying all things, the Warrior is devoted to the spiritual welfare of the world at large, vigilantly defending peace, justice and humanity. “Although it stands to reason that a samurai should be mindful of the Way of the Samurai, it would seem that we are all negligent. Consequently, if someone were to ask, "What is the true meaning of the Way of the Samurai?" the person who would be able to answer promptly is rare. This is because it has not been established in one's mind beforehand. From this, one's unmindfulness of the Way can be known. Negligence is an extreme thing" . Yamamoto Tsunetomo   KARATE - A WAY OF LIFE: Nowadays it is virtually a cliche to say "Karate-do is a way of life/a lifestyle", but very few really know what they are talking about and actually explain their words. In Shotokan Karate you obtain, through a rigorous training, a knowledge about yourself, that in our hedonistic present materialistic culture, is very hard to obtain. This knowledge gives you the tools with which you can face any critical situation in your life. You can then confront them calmly, firmly and with an unusual success. But it not only expresses itself in crisis, furthermore in any activity, the spirit of excelling and the self-knowledge attained give you better tools to achieve a better life.

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