Our Family of Instructors
Zach Burns
Owner and Sifu
Instructor Burns started learning martial arts at age 14 and has practiced for over half his life.
He has learned six different Kung Fu systems: Southern, Northern, Wing Chun, Ba Gua, Tai Chi, and Shing Yi. Instructor Burns has been teaching for 11 years and his students range from ages 6 to 60.
He believes that martial arts is more than merely punching and kicking; it’s a way of life.
Janeen Lantry
Instructor
Instructor Lantry has been training in martial arts for the past three years and has been a certified instructor for over a year.
She holds her 1st Degree Black Belt in Southern Hung Gar Tiger and Crane. Instructor Lantry is pursuing degrees in both Northern Longfist and Wudang Yang Tai Chi. She has also intensely trained in specialty forms such as Mantis and Drunken Boxing.
Her passion and dedication to her craft and students can be seen every time she is on the mat.
Grand Master, Jerry Cook
10th Degree Black Belt
Jerry Cook started studying the martial arts in 1971. In Junior High he studied boxing, wrestling & Shotokan under Master Charles Dixon. In 1974, he taught Parkers Kenpo karate through high school, eventually receiving a black belt from the AKKA.
1980 saw him study Akido with John Takagi and in 1984, he received a black belt in Okanawan Go-Ju-Ryu with Sensei Alverez. Then in 1985, he learned Tiger and Crane from Buck Sam Kong and later masters such as Hung and Ru Hu Zhu. He also learned the 116 wing Chun Mokjong from master Fong. In 1987, he learned 108 Ba-Kwa from Dr. Wong and later masters such as Hsu & Ting-Jue. He received a black belt in Green Dragon Kung fu / Shuai Chaio / Chang 108 Tai Chi from Master Chicoine, and 108 Long Fist 1-10 fighting methods from Master Ma, and later Pan Qing Fu’s 18 combat style.
In 1990, he received a black belt in Budo Kan Ju-Jitsu from Dr. Anglen. In 1992 he started work with Jin Heng Li in Wu Shu receiving a black sash. In 2002, he received a 7th° black belt in Kajukenbo certified by C- Jo Emperado, and Grandmaster Pierce. He also started his studies with shaolin monk Shi Yong Kkai in styles of Yi-Chin-Ching, Baji & Chen Tai Chi; he also worked with Chen Xaio Wang, Chen Bing, and Chen Zhang.
2005 was when he received one of the most knowledgeable master’s awards from the Martial Arts Hall of Fame and was put on the International Grandmasters Council. In 2007, he became a Doh-Yi master with Daoist priest Jaing Jing Sun Baek specializing in Wu-Tang sword and Dao-in. In 2008, he received grandmaster scrolls from Ninjitsu Grandmaster Ashida Kim & Grandmaster Lawrence Day black dragon.
During 2011, he received IMACC professorship, Grandmaster in Grandmaster John Wong’s Tanglang Lotus clan & received a 9th° black belt in the Pierce combat method, Kajukenbo and the Black Dragon fighting society. He helped build the Yang Tze Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona under Master and Dr. Xiao Pu Quan. Jerry Cook has won over 50 national black belt championships & has produced over a dozen books & videos in the arts. Master cook specializes in teaching & certifying martial arts instructors in over 200 schools.
He has learned from some of the greatest teachers of the time & enjoys sharing that knowledge with others.
Grand Master, Xiao Puquan
L.A.C, OMD. Ph.D.
Sifu Xiao Pu-Quan is a 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 and a graduate of Chang Chun University of Chinese Medicine, China.
Major concentration: Traditional Chinese Acupuncture and Internal Healing Arts – Clinical Specialty: Bone injury and surgery, Martial Arts medicine/ Sports medicine.
Martial Arts Specialty: Shaolin Wushu/ Kung Fu, Shaolin Hard Qigong,Traditional Tai Chi Quan, Shaolin Fighting Arts and Advance Shaolin Warrior Fighting Techniques etc.
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 go on lecture tours all over China, including Tibet, Yunan Guanxi, as well as more than 20 other provinces and regions in China.
Instructor Goodsell
Adaptive Kung Fu
Instructor Goodsell has 6 years of training in martial arts including traditional jujitsu and kung fu. She is currently building an adaptive martial arts program, which modifies the Hung Gar curriculum taught in 5 Elements to accommodate individuals with disabilities, including students who are blind, wheelchair users, autistic, have ADHD or other mental illness, traumatic brain injury survivors, or use mobility aids.
Instructor Goodsell believes martial arts is for everyone and that it can have exceptional benefits that often go unremarked, including improvements in balance, coordination, and self-regulation skills. She herself has ADHD and chronic illness and has personally experienced the benefits of martial arts.
Instructor Goodsell runs Soaring Phoenix Adaptive Kung Fu as a mobile program, online, and out of 5 Elements Kung Fu. She has been a student of Sifu Burns for three years and proudly endorses his instruction. She is very pleased to work with him to make martial arts accessible to everyone.