Arjan Simon Burgess
Simon Burgess has trained in Southeast Asian martial arts since 1987. An expatriate Brit, he twice represented England in international competition in the Philippines. After relocating to the United States, Simon captured the World Kickboxing Association US Super lightweight Amateur belt. Since retiring from competition, he has turned to the management and promotion aspect of kick boxing, putting on highly successful competitions in New York City with participants from as far as Holland, Russia and Thailand.

He has operated his own martial arts instruction business for over ten years, and is a certified instructor under Guro Bob Breen and the British Kali Escnma Association, Tuhon Bill McGrath and Pikiti Tersia International, a Senior Instructor under former WKA World Champion Edge Brown , a Kru of the International Muay Thai Association under the world famous Grandmaster Toddy. And most impressively, Arjan Simon holds the rank of Arjan (Master) under the direction of Grandmaster Chansadeth "Cheetah" Chantanao.

Guro Barry Danielian
Barry has been practicing Southeast Asian martial arts since 1987. He began studying Pekiti-Tirsia Kali with Tuhon Bill McGrath and Guro A.K. Bouracca until 1995. In 1997 he traveled to the Philippines to take part in the Kali mastery training camp hosted by Grand Tuhon Leo T. Gaje. This included training with the Philippine Marine Corp Force Recon Battalion and competing in no holds barred full contact stick fighting matches. Barry has been a student and instructor under Grand Tuhon Gaje and Maginoo Tim Waid since that time.

He has also studied Indonesian Silat under Sidi Abdul Haqq and is currently an Instructor candidate in Malaysian Silat Kuntau Tekpi under Guro Omar Hakim. Barry was also fortunate to train with legendary Boxing coach Dominic Amorosso. He continues to study combative unarmed and weapon fighting systems from Eastern and Western traditions.