Marcus started training in 1987 in Canada under Sensei Wilf Miller and Sensei Jerry Marr. Rising up through the kyu ranks he became very involved in competitions and as a Junior athlete won many medals at the Provincial, National, and International level. He recieved his Shodan from Sensei Hidetaka Nishiyama in 1991. His life moved away from karate for quite some time before he is back to regular training and teaching in around 2002. Recently he received his Ni-dan from Sensei Alex Tong. He is dedicated to working hard and devoting whatever free time he has aside from his family to karate development, and re-inserting himself as an elite competitor. When he is not practicing he teaches classes at his dojo in San Antonio and takes care of his two children.

Andreana started training in 1988 in Varna, Bulgaria under Sensei Emil Zlatev when Shotokan Karate first debut on the Balkans. She moved to the United States in 1992 and tried out other styles before returning to Shotokan in 1999. She received her Shodan in 2002 from Sensei Stephen Pohle (International Shotokan Karate Federation). In 2007, she joined the UT faculty and the Japan Karate Association of Austin. When she is not practicing or teaching karate, Andreana devotes her time to her research on the neurobiology of aging, her graduate and undergraduate students, and her family.

Andrea started training in 1992 in Rimpar, Germany under various senseis. Claus Arnold, who was on the German Kata national team (WKF), is the most well-known among them. She received her Shodan in 2006 from Efthimios Karamitos and Gunar Weichert. That same year she earned her German karate trainers license (F-ÜL), which she renewed recently. She mainly assisted with karate practices and taught a group of children. In 2007, she moved to the United States for her graduate studies at UT and joined the Japan Karate Association of Austin. Here she trains and helps out with the practice.

Jun Li joined the club in 2003 when he came to UT as a graduate student. He first started learning Karate in 1996 in Shanghai China, under Sensei Lei Zhang, when he was in college, but stopped after his graduation in 1999. After joining our club, he started again from white belt under Sensei Lubo Antonov and also learned from Sensei Rachelle Adams and Sensei Marcus Wenners. In 2009, he recieved his shodan from Sensei Alex Tong, sensei Brad Webb and Sensei John Bell. Besides Karate, Jun also devotes his time to his research on hydrodynamics of DNA molecules and his family.

We often invite Alex Tong and Brad Webb, our sensei from Dallas, to come down and give a one-day seminar. Also, we often visit Dallas to train with them or to attend seminars by Hidetaka Nishiyama Sensei (Los Angeles), Robert Fusaro Sensei (Minneapolis), Toru Shimoji Sensei (Atlanta), and others. Attendance to these seminars is not required of all students though it is highly encouraged. These instructors are highly experienced and can be of great benefit to beginners as well as advanced black belts. There is no one "correct" way to teach karate and by seeing different perspectives, we feel the students' learning is greatly helped.