Sifu Bill Owens and
Simo Mary Owens

Sifu Bill Owens started training in Wun Hop Kuen Do under Sifu Al Dacascos in 1966 and attained 6th degree Black Belt in Wun Hop Kuen Do, 1st degree in Arnis and 3rd level in Capoeira. In addition to Sifu Dacascos, his instructors include Remy Preses and Bira Almeida. He has studied martial arts for over 25 years and has operated a school in Oakland, California for more than 20 years. During his own years of competition he won 107 trophies, was rated 5th in the World and rated #1 in Region 1 for three consecutive years. He is presently the Vice President of the Kusema Vijiti Institute and Secretary of the World Capoiera Association. He trained for more than 20 years in Wun Hop Kuen Do, 10 years in Filipino Stick Fighting (Arnis) and 10 years in the Brazilian Art of Capoiera. He was one of 10 Martial Artists (including Sifu Dacascos) invited by the Chinese Wushu Association of Beijing, China to attend the 1985 International Chinese Wushu Championships as a United States Martial Arts Representative. Sifu Bill Owens left Wun Hop Kuen Do in 2004 and continues to teach his own system he has named FaChuen or Blossom Fist.

Simo Mary Owens began training in the martial arts in 1971. While traveling the tournament circuit and become the #1 rated fighter in the United States for two consecutive years, she attended school to obtain her nursing license. In 1979, she married Sifu Bill Owens and has joined him in running the Cascos Martial Arts Academy which has produced many champions (at least nine nationally rated). Simo Mary Owens slowed her tournament competition in 1983 to start a family and now has three sons. Besides being a business partner at the academy she specializes in teaching the children's classes. In addition to her more than 15 years in Wun Hop Kuen Do, she has expanded her martial arts training to become a level four of the V.G.T. Arnis method and to encompass Capoeira and Kusema Vijiti (Talking Sticks). Simo Mary Owens left Wun Hop Kuen Do in 2004 and continues to teach along with Sifu Bill in his system named FaChuen or Blossom Fist.