Head Instructor Steve Sladaritz has been studying Universal Kempo-Karate since 2000 and began teaching in 2004. A 21 year veteran of the United States Air Force, he opened his first branch while still on active duty and stationed at Vandenberg AFB, California. When he retired from the Air Force in 2006, he moved back to Colorado Springs with his family and opened his second branch at Wildflower Elementary School in October. Since then the branch has moved and re-settled at 5755E Industrial Place, where Wildflower Branch continues to build their Kempo family.