Ms. Sheets has more than twenty years experience training and teaching in the martial arts and has been an instructor at WKA since 1998. Her studies have included judo, arnis, adrenal stress training, qigong, and Uechi-Ryu. Ms. Sheets currently holds the rank of Rokudan, sixth degree black belt, in Uechi-Ryu.
They have trained in Uechi-ryu karate for more than 20 years at the Washington Karate Academy, under the tutelage of Robert Kaiser, Kyoshi-Hachidan, and his teachers, Frank Gorman, 9th degree black belt, and Sensei Ken Nakamatsu, 9th degree black belt, of Okinawa
Mr. Cox holds a 7th degree black belt in the traditional Okinawan style of Uechi Ryu Karate-do. His training began in 1984 and continues today. He has also trained Kung Fu, Qi Gong, and MMA as well as Arnis.