Marvellous! You know, I did just that, travelled and had so much fun, and did great things Christian Wulf, all of us you know, we did great things. She was such a fabulous martial artist and came from such a great background. Malia Bernal is a legend in the world of martial arts. I said, âI canât do this, youâre giving me high blood pressure, I canât do this class! I donât care about it either I donât know if you know that many years back Al demoted me to white belt due to a personal conflict.
He’s a favourite for sure, and Bruce Leeâs movies also inspired me, I used to get a kick out of them! “Sweet Freedom”, is an absolute classic one of the best songs ever! Malia Bernal, Actress: Sidekicks. In my soul I know thatâs going to happen, how, I don’t know! Terms of Use. It was only as the years went by that I realised how grateful I was for the way he taught me, I actually told him this the other day. Men are supposed to be the stronger sex with the attitude but my mom had a different view, ‘I want you to be strong, I donât want you to be weak, snap out of it’, you know -thatâs just kind of how I am. Iâm still going to write what it was like to be a white belt master, I have made that journey more than once, but what I was writing has kind of taken a turn to the left because now I see things differently. Lot of reasons why I donât keep a lot of things is because I like freedom.
I was already involved with my own style and my own students. The instructor had problems with me because I would pick up the tempo with the mood because I wanted to get to the end and he’s saying, ‘No Malia this is done slowlyâ…. It was a great honour to beat Lilly on her own territory, of course since then Lilly has passed away.
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I believe he is but Mark couldnât care less about rank, it isnât his thing. Even if you donât know the answer you go forward and try to figure it out and so thatâs what Iâd like my style of Kung Fu to be about, the freedom of flowing strength. I donât let anybody in my life that causes stress, if they cause stress I get rid of them. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. I guess the only ones that inspired me at the time were the guys who dominated all the styles out there and were actually doing it at the time, they inspired me and Sifu Al always believed in me. My sons are the best of friends, always have been and always will be. I never used to like country music but over the years Iâve started to, I also like rock! I have fractured vertebra in my lower back, that was why I developed a workout for my abs to be so strong because when I was young, I had an accident and was told that I’d be paralysed and never be able to walk again. Malia Bernal is an actress, known for Sidekicks (1992). He also manages projects in terms of filming, reviews of movies/books and other quality features. His children were killed of diseases, his friends left him, he had not a penny to his name and he was probably the poorest person in the Bible; little by little he was stripped of everything he owned but he still never lost his faith in God.  My point is, even after all these horrible things, the Devil didnât win; Job still loved God and at the end, God blessed him with more of everything including wealth than he ever had in his whole life. The environment was so scary, working with gas lines, because itâs really hard physical work, I mean it’s the hardest thing Iâve ever done working with grinders and grinding pipe, sealing gas leaks and crawling in the pipes. Malia Bernal is an actress, known for Sidekicks (1992). Women like Lilly, really tried to practice the art; we didnât go in there to try to kill each other, we went there to demonstrate our skill and technique. So, who would you credit as having most influenced you in the martial arts, was it Sifu Al Dacascos to whom you were married or other masters? My family noticed that I was a natural born fighter I just never had any techniques taught to me. In terms of women, there were fighters like Marion Bermudez from Arizona, Mahi Morales from Northern California, and Nancy Miller as well as the Castro sister, June, April and May and Lily Urquidez doing the art, and I used to think, ‘I want to be just as good as they are!’. Iâve taught you everything, put it together!’ At the time it was frustrating because I would think, ‘Youâre the teacher and youâre telling me to put it together?!’. That hardcore, old-school mode is the surefire way to get results! Now, can you tell us some of the secrets of longevity in the martial arts because youâreâ¦, I’m old enough to be your mother!