Jake Mace has been a student of the Martial Arts since he was 8 years old, and has been teaching Martial Arts full-time now for almost 20 years. He began his studies  at the age of 8 with Kyokushin Karate, and moved on to Shaolin Kung Fu, Qi Gong, and Tai Chi. He has studied in  - and made multiple trips to - China, performing there and in Inner Mongolia. In the Spring of 2010, he visited and performed at Wu Dang Mountain, the sacred Taoist mountain in Central China said to be the birthplace of internal Kung Fu. 

 

Jake is the founder of Phoenix Longevity Arts, where he pursues his passion and life work of teaching the Asian arts of healing and self-defense along with the dynamic and colorful Martial arts to his students.