Olof joined SKA in 1997 at Stanford University during a research visit where he practiced with John Blair, Jim Sagawa, Manfred Chiu, and Danny Afar. He joined the Saratoga dojo around 2005. Olof promoted to Shodan in 1999, Nidan in 2002 and Sandan in 2013. He became dojo leader of the Saratoga dojo in 2015, after co-founder Craig Hamman relocated to Colorado. He has led two Special Trainings for Northern California, in years 2020 and 2023.

Steve started training at the Hawthorne dojo (LA) in October of 1989.  In 1996, he moved to the East Bay area and actually visited the Saratoga dojo for a short time before settling into training at Berkeley for a couple of years until 1998.  Beginning in 1998, he spent another 2 years in Sacramento until  returned to the South Bay area and settled in for the long term at the Saratoga dojo.

Goran started training at the Saratoga dojo with Craig Hamman in 2002.

Mack started practicing karate at the Saratoga dojo in 2003 when he joined the Southwest YMCA. Mack acted for many years as the Saratoga dojo manager and remains a key coordinator with the YMCA for their activities and campaigns.

Jose started practicing karate at the Saratoga dojo with Craig Hamman in 2013. He is the lead instructor for the Southwest YMCA Kids Karate program and acts as the Saratoga dojo manager.

Neville started training with SKA at the Saratoga dojo in 2011 under Craig Hamman. He is an instructor for the Southwest YMCA Kids Karate program.