Juan Ramon Rodriguez Flores, a native of Lima Perú, began his study of the martial arts at the age of seven. During the 1960’s while in the Junin region he was initiated into the indigenous martial arts of Peru by Eugenio Panta. He is a member of the South American Association of Martial Arts (ASAM), and the Latin American Association of Martial Arts Instructors. He has also served as a self defense instructor for the Center for Criminological and Penitentiary Studies.

David Alexander Bushman Vega is a first generation Peruvian-American living in Sacramento California and an active student of the martial arts. He holds a Shidoshi license in Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu, a Japanese martial art and continues to further his studies under instructors in Japan, Europe, the United States and South America.