Started Karate 36 years ago at the Rochdale karate club, he started teaching beginners as a brown belt, asked by members from Whitworth if he would teach one night a week in the area this quickly grew into a club in its own right and in 1979 it was affiliated to the KUGB. The club later grew to become the Rossendale Shotokan Karate club.

A former Nothern primary and Fearns pupil. Sensei began training at the RSKC at the age of 9, gaining his 1^st Dan black belt at the age of 12 at his first attempt, a feat only achieved by approximately 5% of students. After 5 years hard training he gained his 2^nd Dan again at his first attempt and on reaching his 18^th birthday became the clubs youngest qualified instructor. Sensei also passed his 3^rd Dan in 2011, and became the first RSKC student to achieve this level in its history.

Having started training in 1982 in Rochdale Jeff Jones joined the Whitworth club run by Sensei Garside. During the 80's Jeff found himself working in Oman where he found a KUGB affiliated club so he could continue his karate training. Upon his return to the Britain he began training with the RSKC, gaining his 1st Dan in 2000 and 2^nd Dan in 2007. One of sensei Jones's karate highlights is training and grading with the late great Enoeda sensei who commented on his good spirit. Sensei Jones advises new students to cultivate spirit and to strive for perfection and to never give up.

Sensei Asif Alvi’s start in karate coincided with start of his degree course in 1987 after seeing an impressive karate demonstration during the fresher’s week.  At the end of the course it was a double celebration,  an engineering degree and 1^st Dan Black Belt.  All of Sensei’s gradings were by the late Sensei Enoeda.  During his college life Sensei was an active member of the club holding the position of club president and captain of the team that took part in many of the competitions.  A break in training due to work commitments prevented Sensei from taking further gradings but is currently planning for his 2^nd Dan.