2022年7月12日 · At the age of 22, she began studying Wun Hop Kuen Do and got trained under WHKD founder Grandmaster Al Dacascos. After all these years of hardships, she finally became a Kung Fu legend and an internationally recognized champion.

2017年10月29日 · Today, Malia’s legacy lives on in the champions she has trained: Mark Dacascos, Karen Shepherd, Christian Wulf, and Emmanuel Bettencourt, to name a few. She continues to teach and inspire in Northern California, where her current students are consistent tournament winners.

2014年11月6日 · Malia Bernal is an actress known for Sidekicks (1992). She was previously married to Al Dacascos . She is a seventh degree black belt in Xiang Dai Kung Fu, an off shoot of her ex-husband’s art of Wun Hop Kuen Do.

2022年9月28日 · When she was 22, she began learning Wun Hop Kuen Do, a hybrid martial art from Hawaii. She wed Al Dacascos, the guy credited with creating Wun Hop Kuen Do, six years later.

2021年4月22日 · Malia Bernal not only broke boundaries for gender, but she insisted on competing with male martial artists as their equal. She was the woman who transformed the movement and look of competitive forms.

2024年3月14日 · Malia Dacascos Bernal was a world champion in forms and fighting in the 60s and the first woman to compete in the men’s division. Her 1974 cover marked the first female competitor ever to grace the cover of Black Belt Magazine.

2024年2月27日 · Senior Grandmaster Malia Dacascos Bernal was a world champion in forms and fighting in the 60s, the first woman to compete in the men’s division, and the first female competitor to grace the cover of Black Belt Magazine.