GrandMaster JinHeng Li
- Former Senior Beijing Wushu
Team Member, Beijing China
- Head Instructor, World
Martial Arts Academy, Arizona, USA (1984 - Present )
- Director, World Martial Arts
Grand Championship & Festival, Arizona, USA
( 1996 - 2001 )
GrandMaster Jinheng Li began his martial arts training at age 11, he was selected to attend the prestigious
Beijing Sports School. This is a "live-in" school where students focus not only on their academic subjects but
they also train several hours daily, 6 days a week under the tutelage of the best martial arts masters in China.
He specialized in many Chinese traditional weapons, as well as numerous hand forms such as Northern Shaolin
long fist, Southern Style Boxing, Hung Gar, Nanquan, Baji, Bagua, Chen & Yang Styles Tai Chi, Xing Yi,
Tongbei, etc. He is internationally known for his skill with the Rope Dart.
GrandMaster Jiang Jing Sung Baek
GrandMaster Jiang Jing Sung Baek has 49 years of training, and 40 years of teaching experience He has taught Kuo Shu as a Daoist spiritual discipline in Seoul and Cheonju, Korea, between 1970 and 1978, in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, San Fransisco, Phoenix, Denver, and Burlington, from 1978 to 2007. He has been a technical and spiritual teacher for over 100 schools.
GrandMaster Sung Baek has conducted over 300 Kuo Shu camp training sessions, primarily in Chicago, Vermont, and Seattle between 1978 and 2007, teaching longevity and spirituality in Kuo Shu and Qi Gong.
In 1995, GrandMaster Sung Baek gave up his own Sung's International Martial Art Tournaments, which had been around for 10 years, to demonstrate the international brotherhood of Kuo Shu through sponsoring the USKSF.
Positions held by GrandMaster Jiang Jing Sung Baek:
- GrandMaster of Donghanpai Daoist Clan
- GrandMaster of Dahanpai Martial Daoist Clan
- GrandMaster of Mugairyu Sword Clan
- GrandMaster of Doh Yi
- GrandMaster of Jiangjing Wu Jia
- President of Jiangjing International Daoist Association
- President of International Doh Yi Federation
- President of International Contact Weapons Sports Federation
- President of US Contact Weapons Sports Federation
- President of Lynnwood School of Kuoshu and Qigong
- Advisor to the USKSF
- Advisor of American Taekwondo Association
- Advisor of International Qigong Healing Association
- Advisor of American Kendo Federation
- Advisor of American Iaido Federation
- Advisor of United Martial Arts Association
- Advisor of US Dao Zen Centers
- Advisor of Jidaoquan Clan
- Advisor of Washington Taichi Club
GrandMaster Harley Swiftdeer Reagan
- 10th-Degree Red/White/Black and Gold Belt, Founder and Soke of the American Indian Fighting Arts Association (Chulukua-Ryu system)
- 10th-Degree Red/White/Black Belt and Director of U.S. Hombu ("main school"), Shorinji-Ryu Jiu-Jitsu
- 10th-Degree Red/White/Black Belt and Director of U.S. Hombu, Shorei-Ryu Karate
- High-ranking Black Belts in 14 martial arts
- GNY/SGT E-7 Former Marine Corps Veteran, 1ST MARDIV
- 1994 Golden Life Achievement Award, World Martial Arts Hall of Fame
- Inducted in the World Sports Medicine Hall of Fame in 1994
- World Jiu-Jitsu Champion 1967 - 1970
- Alternate Member, 1964 Olympic Judo Team (competed & placed 4th)
- 50 years practicing & teaching martial arts
Swiftdeer started learning Judo when he was 8 years old. In 1958, he received his 1st degree Black Belt in Judo from Ace
Sugigari, through the Armed Forces Judo Association (AFJA). Later, the AFJA
became the United States Judo Association (USJA), and Swiftdeer received his
2nd, 3rd and 4th degree Black Belts in Judo directly through the USJA and
the United States Judo Federation (USJF) / Kodokan. He then received his
5th degree Black Belt in 1979 through the main Hombu in Tokyo, Japan, from
Phillip Porter, through the USJA.
In Jiu-Jitsu, Swiftdeer received his 1st degree Black Belt in 1959 from
Ace Sugigari in Fort Worth, Texas. He then received his 2nd degree Black
Belt from Tad Osaka in Kyoto, Japan in 1961-1962, and his 3rd and 4th degree
Black Belts from Master Tadaharu Yamaguchi, 10th Dan, Supreme Master,
Shorinji-Ryu Jiu-Jitsu. He received all his subsequent Jiu-Jitsu ranks
through Master Tadaharu Yamaguchi and the Ten-No-Kishi Dojos Main Hombu,
Osaka, Japan.
Swiftdeer received his 1st Black Belt in Karate from Kobayashi Sensei in
Shotokan Karate. His 2nd Black Belt, in Shorei-Ryu-Kenpo, he received from
Lowell K. Lum (Go Dan) through Nippon Kobudo Renmei. He also received Black
Belts in Chito-Ryu directly from Master Chitose in Japan and in the USA.
Swiftdeer received various Black Belts in Shorin-Ryu-Karate in Okinawa.
The ranks came trough Lowell K. Lum, Wallace W. Reumann, Don Drager and
Master Kobayashi (who also certified Robert Trias). The current Japanese
Master in Shorei-Ryu-Kenpo and Shorinji-Ryu Jiu-Jitsu is Master Kobahashi,
from Osaka, Japan.
Swiftdeer received his 5th degree Black Belt in Aikido from Master Tohei in 1979, in Pasadena, California.
Recently SwiftDeer has received his promotions in Jiu-Jitsu and Karate from Dr. Tad Kobahashi. These are acknowledged and recognized by the World Martial Arts Hall of Fame (WMAHF) through Dr. Moore. Soke SwiftDeer's current certification comes through the WMAHF Certification Branch of the International Society of Black Belt Examiners and The International Society of Sokeship Council, as well as through Ten-No-Kishi Dojos (Knights of Heaven Academies) in Osaka, Japan (main Hombu). All his students are registered and belted through Ten-No-Kishi Dojos.
GrandMaster Jerry Cook
GrandMaster Cook has been teaching for over 30 years. He is a 7th Degree Black Belt in Karate, a Master (Te-Ching) of Chinese Kung Fu and a Professor 8th Degree Black Belt in the Pierce Family Kung Fu System. He specializes in teaching Black Belts exotic forms and weapon systems. He has certified hundreds of Black Belt Instructors and has schools throughout the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
Jerry R. Cook started his martial arts training in 1971 in junior high with the study of American Boxing and Wrestling. In 1973, he studied Shotokan with Master Charles Dixon. In 1974, he trained in Kempo Karate and taught his way through high school, eventually receiving an honoree Black Belt from the A.K.K.A. In 1980, he studied Aikido under Master John Takagi at Glendale College. In 1984, he received a Black Belt in Okinawan Goju Ryu under Master Bob Alvarez. In 1987, he received a Black Belt under Master Gene Chicoine for Chinese Kung Fu. In 1990, he received a Black Belt in Budo Kan Ju Jitsu under Dr. Lindsay Anglen. In 1992, he began work with GrandMaster Jin Heng Li receiving a Black Belt Master status.
Master Cook has won over 50 martial arts championships and has 165 traditional Chinese Kung Fu forms to share with other martial artists. Master Cook has schools throughout the United States, Mexico, and Canada.
In 1984, Jerry was District Representative for the World Ranking System. In 1987 he was Vice-President, Arizona Chapter of the National Shuai-Chaio Organization. In 1988, he was Chief Administrator and Head Instructor for American Shaolin-WuTang and the School of Five Form Fist. In 1992, he was Operations Manager and Head Instructor for World Martial Arts under GrandMaster Jin Heng Li. In 1998, Jerry came to work with United Martial Arts in teaching, research and development under Michael J. Leone. Currently he is teaching Blacks Belts & Master Instructors his wide range of knowledge.
“I would like to express a special thanks to my teachers, Kum Oak Yun, Paul Wong, and Kirby Ma; whose teachings and examples I am only now, after all these years, beginning to appreciate”.
Master Puquan Xiao
Master Xiao was born into a martial arts family, and began his kung fu training at an early age. He had learned various wushu kung fu fighting techniques under a number of well-known martial arts instructors. At a young age, Master Xiao entered the Songsan Shaolin Temple in Henan Province China to study Shaolin Kung Fu under the Reverend Shi Xing Chang, who was also a disciple of the famous Abbott De Chan. Master Xiao is the 33rd generation disciple of the Shaolin Temple. His Buddhist title is Shi Yong Kai.
- Member of National Research Institute for Shaolin Martial Arts, China
- Member of Qigong Research Institute, Yulin, Guangxi China
- Member of Shaolin & Qigong Research Institute, Wenshan, Yunan Province, China
- Staff Member at Nanhai Shaolin Martial Arts Center, Guangdong, China Training Coach for Sichuan Chang Kai
- Martial Arts Team, Sichuan, China
- Graduate of Chang Chun University of Chinese Medicine, China
- OMD (Doctor of Oriental Medicine)
- Licensed Acupuncturist (AZ & CA)
- Licensed Massage Therapist (AZ)
- Founder and Director of Yangtze Medical Clinic
- Master of Shaolin Kung Fu & Qi Gong
- Master Level Trainer of Martial Arts (Tai Chi, Kung Fu, and Qi Gong)
- Master Level Judge for Martial Arts Competitions locally and nationally
As an OMD, Dr. Xiao is experienced in Chinese osteopathy, acupuncture, and herbs and has the mastery in Qi Gong to offer the best options for non-surgical treatment choices for patients seeking fast pain relief, strength renewal, rejuvenation, and encouraging the body’s own spontaneous healing. Doctor Xiao’s conviction has been energized by the successes of a huge number of patients he treated in Guang’ Anmen Hospital in Beijing, China (the top hospital and research facility in China for Traditional Chinese Medicine) and in his own practice in Arizona.
Master Xiao has been honored as an emissary to promote Shaolin Martial Arts and Chinese Healing Arts to the World. He has been invited to lecture tours all over China including Tibet,Yunan Guanxi, and more than 20 other provinces and regions in China.
Dr. Xiao’s passion is to honor, facilitate, and assist patients in their quest to integrate Zen Meditation, Qi Gong, and Martial Arts therapeutic exercises into their lives to promote health improvement and maintenance activities.
Master Ping Zhen Cheng
Ping Zhen Cheng graduated from Beijing Chinese National Qigong Science Institute and Wuhan Physical Education College. He is the founder of East West Internal Arts, a curriculum provider for over 30 full time Martial Arts schools and meditation centers worldwide. He served as the Chair of Physical Arts Department at the New York College of Health Professions, Graduate School of Oriental Medicine, and lectured on Tuina, Acupressure, Qigong, Medical Tai Chi, and a curriculum based on Chinese Medicine principles which he created in the US for the first time. He has devoted all his life to the study and preservation of Chinese Traditional Healing arts and martial arts. Growing up in Hebei Province of North China, the cradle of the Internal Martial Arts, the birth place of Xingyi, Bagua and Taiji, he is a lineage successor of Masters that are national treasures of China. He is one of the few teachers in the US that has inherited the vast knowledge of all three internal styles as well as various healing arts of both Buddhist and Taoist origins. As a coach of national Kung Fu Champions in both forms and Taiji push-hands, he has appeared in the Tai Chi Journal, Newsday, Fox40’s Morning News. He conducts workshops around the world.
Master Instructor Michael J. Leone
Master Teacher Michael Leone has over 32 years of martial and healing art experience. He is currently the Head Medical Chi Gong director of the Zen Wellness Center in Sun City West, AZ, and owns Martial Arts, Zen Yoga and Zen Wellness Centers, and is author of the highly acclaimed book Zen Wellness Self-Care Solutions.
A registered 8th degree Black Belt Master Instructor with the United Martial Arts Association of America and recognized by The National Qigong Association, Yoga Alliance and The International Doh Yi Federation.
Master Leone has been teaching the eastern arts full time for over 23 years and has trained over 1000 black belts and instructors.
He began martial arts training as a teenager in 1977 and received his first black belt in Tai Kwan Do 1980 under Phil Salemi. At that stage of his training the main emphasis was the Warrior training, cultivating the 7 bushido virtues of Honor, Courage, Respect, Honesty, Loyalty, Benevolence and Right Action through self-defense and fighting skills.
In 1980 Master Leone began to train in Chung Moo Quan - a Korean hybrid of martial arts, chi gong, Bagwa and Kung Fu under Master Instructor Thomas P. McGee. It was at that time he began to see the healing aspect [scholar training] of chi gong, bagwa, tai chi and the internal disciplines that cultivate greater energy flow in the body. He witnessed students of all ages experience what seemed like miraculous healing of back, knee, neck injuries, and many other ailments.
Then in 1982 a fellow student and good friend had his leg cut off by a drunk boat driver while water skiing with only a piece of flesh was still attached. Master Leone watches as his friend used the ancient healing techniques to heal his leg after the western doctors said that it was impossible. The biggest thing that was imprinted upon him during this time was the healing potential of chi gong. He was convinced that anyone can benefit, and that all you needed to do was to be willing to learn. His life path had been forged and he made the commitment to devote his live not just to realizing his own potential through the eastern arts, but to share it with others. In 1987 Mr. Leone became a certified instructor and opened up his first of many studios in Braintree, MA and began my training under GrandMaster John C. Kim. His entire live has devoted to studying and teaching martial, medical and spiritual chi gong ever since.
Mr. Leone has trained with many masters and grandmasters of many different disciplines including GrandMaster Jin Heng Li (studying the Beijing Wu Shu
Institute Kung Fu curriculum), Master Ping Cheng (Bagwa, Yang style Tai Chi, Chi Gong, Xing-Yi Quan), GrandMaster Jerry Cook (Shaolin Kung Fu, 18 traditional weapons), GrandMaster Sung Baek (Doh Yi Taoist Healing Arts curriculum including Taoist Yoga, Yin-Yang theory, 5-Elements and 6 Energies,
7-Dimentions and 8-Trigrams (I-Ching), acupuncture and other healing techniques.) There are many other teachers he has trained with, but the ones listed above are the main ones. Master Leone divides his time as Head Medical Chi Gong Director at the Zen Wellness Center, training United Martial Arts and Zen Wellness independent instructors and licensees, working with professional athletes with his specialty programs and furthering his personal studies.
Master Instructor Jason Campbell
Master Instructor Jason Campbell is a 6th degree black belt with the United Martial Arts Association of America. United Martial Arts encompasses many martial, healing and yoga styles. He has been teaching full time for over 17 years, and currently owns Kung Fu, Zen Yoga and Zen Wellness Centers. Master Campbell has also worked with and consulted with over 200 clients in the US, Canada, Europe and Australia teaching entrepreneurial skills to the owners.
Master Campbell began his training in the late 80’s under Master Teacher Jeff Arbiet. The discipline was Chung Moo Quan - a Korean hybrid of martial arts, chi gong and yoga. His first teacher (Master Arbeit) had his leg cut off when he was 19 (run over by a drunken boat driver while water skiing - only a piece of flesh kept the leg attached.) Master Arbeit used ancient Chinese and Taoist healing techniques to walk again. (The Doc told him to get comfortable in the wheel chair - that it was impossible to heal his leg.) It took him 7 years to walk and another 5 years to run again. Master Campbell remembers: "The biggest thing he imprinted on me, (aside from all the form, movement, and healing techniques) was that ANYONE can benefit from the eastern arts - all you need to do is be willing to learn."
A decade later he continued his studies with GrandMaster Pan Qing Fu (Northern style Kung Fu, Yang Styles Tai Chi, Bagwa Chung (Taoist healing and martial art) and Tiger Form, Master Michael Leone (Long Fist, Tiger-Crane and 18 weapons), Master Ping Cheng (Bagwa, Yang style Tai Chi, Chi Gong, Tai Chi Sword, Yin Yoga, Preying Mantis, 5-Element Theory, 8-Trigram Theory, Chin Style Tai Chi, Xing-Yi Quan), Master Liang Sho Yu (Medical Chi Gong), Baron Baptiste (vinyassa flow yoga), Rolf Gates (vinyasa flow yoga), Sifu Rick Wong (Xing-Yi Quan), GrandMaster Jerry Cook (Southern 5-Animal Kung Fu, Long Fist, Bagwa and sword training), GrandMaster Sung Baek (earned a 1st Degree Master Instructor certification of the Doh Yi (ancient Taoist Healing Arts) system including Taoist Yoga, Yin-Yang theory, 5-Elements and 6 Energies, 7-Dimensions and 8-Trigrams (I-Ching), acupuncture and other healing techniques.)
When asked why do you continue your learning and teaching, Master Campbell
replied, "It is what I do, it is who I am. My purpose (dharma) is to study the secrets of health, longevity, success and inner-peace and share what I find. I have no plans to let all this information die in my head. I will help others reach their highest potential. I am fortunate not just to have found my passion years ago - but to be able to show others how to live theirs."
Master Campbell lives in Phoenix with his kids Jake and Mary. He divides his schedule running 6 companies, training instructors, personally training a select few students in his specialty programs such as The Living Zen Program, Immortality Training, Certified Instructor Training, Zen Business Boot camps, and United Martial Arts Independent School Owners (licensees).
Master Instructor Jerry Dibble
Master Instructor Dibble is currently a registered 5th degree Black Belt in Kung Fu with the United Martial Arts Association of America. Master Instructor Dibble grew up in the Great Piney Woods of Texas just north of the city of Houston. He was coached at an early age in boxing and shooting by his father. He began learning music at age six as well. Recognized as a prodigy, he attended the High School for Performing Arts and Visual Arts in Houston. He began his study of pedagogy at 16 (1985) by teaching guitar, piano, and voice at Loftis Music Studios in Houston at which time he was also performing professionally eventually scoring for full orchestras and big bands one year later as a senior in high school.
As a freshman at the University of North Texas he studied Tae Kwon Do with Richard Lee and after a few months found himself substituting and teaching beginners. He went on to study Seidokan Aikido under Sensei Bill Sosa and Rod Kobayashi, and became the President and main instructor of the University of North Texas Aikido club.
A position he was honored to serve for 2 1/2 years until his studies and family responsibilities no longer allowed him to do so. During college he also began his extensive studies in Jiu-Jitsu, both traditional Japanese and Brazilian styles and studied Kendo with Sensei Mark Kerstin.
In 1991, Master Instructor Dibble moved into the Rudra Center for Enlightened Awareness where he lived and studied for the next nine years and taught and studied martial arts. It was here that he began his training in Kundalini Yoga with Ra Baker. He also studied Native American and Tibetan spirituality, as well as Hatha Yoga. For 7 years he led the Singing Frogs Drum team at the Blue Thunder Lodge. Widely acclaimed in Native American circles they sang traditional spiritual songs from Celtic, Druidic, Native American, Korean, Japanese, Christian, Jewish, Cabbalist, African, Dogon, Tibetan, Therion, Hindu, and Sufi power songs in ceremonial settings. He studied Native American spirituality with Hyemehosts Storm, Harley Swiftdeer Reagen (founder and Lineage Chief of the American Indian Fighting Arts Association), Peruvian Shaman Don Augustin Rivas, and Shishone Sundance Elder John Tarnesi to name a few.
In 2000, after being presented with some amazing opportunities to learn, Master Instructor Dibble quit his job managing a $337 million a year company and moved to Phoenix to study Martial Arts and Native American Spirituality with Soke Harley Swiftdeer Reagen (10th degree GrandMaster in Shorinji-ryu Jiu jitsu and 10th degree GrandMaster in Shorei Kenpo Karate) more in depth.
By 2003 he was moving his life away from continuing in martial arts due to injuries sustained in several car accidents, a very bad fall and some other major injuries due to rigorous and unsafe training practices from his training in Texas. In that same year while training in wushu in Scottsdale, he injured his left knee and was sidelined from martial arts training.
After already being told twice in his life up to this point by medical professionals that he would never walk again, depressed, and frustrated at watching his life's work slip away(again) he was ready to quit. Several months later, at a friend's wedding he was re-introduced to Master Instructor Michael Leone, and GrandMaster Jerry Cook. Out of shape, thin, and still walking on a cane at that time, Master Leone took a personal interest in Sifu Dibble and began working with him, and training him at no charge to get him back in the game. It was then that Master Dibble, humbled by the simple effectiveness and healing power of Chi Gong, and Five Animals-Five Elements Tiger and Crane began to walk and to train again. Several months later he was back on the mat teaching and training. He was certified as an Instructor with the United Martial Arts Association of America in 2004 and certified by the National Rifle Association as an Instructor in Pistol, Rifle, Shotgun, Home Firearm Safety, Personal Protection in the Home, and as a Range Safety Officer under the tutelage of Soke Reagan that same year. Since then Master Instructor Dibble has trained with Master Leone in Northern Shaolin Longfist, Xing Yi Quan, Wing Tsun, Tai Chi, Bagua, and Chi Gong. He is also a certified Zen Yoga Instructor under Master Jason Campbell.
He has studied Five Element Theory, Taoist Chi Gong, the I-Ching, traditional Chinese Medicine, and Doh Yi with GrandMaster Sung Baek(earned a 1st degree master certification), Tai chi and Xing Yi with Master Ping Chen, Wushu with GrandMaster Jin Heng Li, Kung Fu (all styles and 18 weapons) with GrandMaster Jerry Cook.
In 2008 Sifu Dibble was certified by the NRA as a Training Counselor(equivalent to a Master at Arms) in Pistol, Rifle, Shotgun, Home Firearm Safety, Personal Protection in the Home, Chief Range Safety Officer, and is a Regional Counselor for the NRA Refuse To Be A Victim community education program. He is also certified by the State of Arizona as a Firearms Safety Instructor and Concealed Carry with a Weapon permit instructor. Zen Marksman is also approved by the State of Arizona as a firearms training organization.
Master Instructor Dibble continues his training in Chinese Martial Arts with Master Leone, Master Campbell, GrandMaster Jerry Cook, and GrandMaster Jin Heng Li. He continues training in the Japanese, Native American Martial Arts and Firearms training with Soke Reagan. Sifu Dibble considers his crowning achievement to be his daughter. When asked why he says simply "She is the most beautiful thing that has ever happened to me".
