Jerry R. Cook started his martial arts training in 1971 in junior high school with the study of American boxing and wrestling. 

• In 1973, he studied Shotokan with Master Charles Dixon.  I
• n 1974, he trained in Kempo Karate and taught his way through high school, eventually receiving a black belt from the AKKA. 
• In 1980, he studied Aikido under Master John Takagi at Glendale College. 
• In 1984, he earned a Black Belt in Okinawan Goju Ryu under Master Bob Alvarez. 
• In 1985, learned tiger & crane from Buck Sam Kong, later Masters Hung & Ru hu Zhu. Also learned 116 wing chun mokjong from Master Fong.
• In 1987, learned 108 ba-kwa from Dr Wong, later Masters Hsu & Ting-jue. Received a Black Belt in Green Dragon Kung Fu / Shuai Chaio / Chang 108 taichi from Master Gene Chicoine & 108 long fist 1-10 fighting methods from Master Ma, later Pan Qing Fu's 18 combat style.
• In 1990, he earned a Black Belt in Budo Kan Ju Jitsu under Dr. Lindsay Anglen. 
• In 1992, he began work with Grandmaster Jinheng Li in WuShu, earning a Black Sash. 
• In 2002, he earned a 7th degree black belt in Kajukenbo, certified by C-Jo Emperado and Grandmaster Ron Pierce, and an 8th Degree Professorship under Grandmaster Ron Pierce in the Pierce family Kung Fu. Also started studies with Shaolin Monk Shi Yong Kai (Grandmaster Xiao Pu Quan) in styles of Yi-Chin-Ching, Baji & Chen Tai Chi, and worked with Chen Xaio Wang, Chen Bing & Chen Zhang.
• In 2005 he received an award from the Black Belt Hall of Fame as one of the most knowledgeable Kung Fu Masters and was put on the International Grand Master's Council.
• In 2007 became a Doh-Yi master with Daoist priest Jaing Jing, (Grandmaster Dr. Sun Baek) specializing in Wu-Tang sword & Dao-in.
• In 2008 received Grandmaster scrolls from ninjitsu Grandmaster Ashida Kim and Grandmaster Lawrence Day Black Dragon.
• In 2011 received IMACC professorship, Grandmaster in Grandmaster John Wong's Tanglang Lotus Clan & recevied a 9th Degree Black Belt in Pierce Combat method, kajukenbo & the Black Dragon Fighting Society. Helped build the Yang Tze medical center in Phoenix, Arizona under Master Dr. Xiao Pu Quan.

Jerry Cook has won over 50 national black belt championships and has produced over a dozen books and videos in the arts.

Master Cook specializes in teaching and certifying martial arts instructors in more than 200 schools.

He has learned from some of the greatest teachers of the time and enjoys sharing that knowledge with others.

Jerry Cook would like to express a special thanks to his teachers, Kum Oak Yun, Paul Wong, and Kirby Ma, whose teaching and examples he is only, after all these years, beginning to appreciate.