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I am sure that must of be difficult time for you me part of his family life too. He was a pain-
then, but Master how did you evolved from that ter by trade, and a real one too, because I didn’t
situation? have any Job he started to take to work with him
and showed me the painters trade, every lunch
At the Age of 13 years old I got invited to a time he will teach me special kicking steps, I was
Karate class I didn’t have any money then but my naturally very flexible and very fast and light so
neighbor and friend Raul Gomez took me to that he would pushed me all the way, I felt my life was
class because he was also training, and is when I going somewhere.
met Jorge Cerezoli my very first Instructor, I saw
Raul talking to him about me but I didn’t know It looks like he really devoted his time to you
what were they saying, so Mr Cerezoli came and

I think so, he told me years after, that he used
asked me, it is true you want to train?,. and I said see himself in me and that’s why he pushed that
sure, well he took me to a side and laid all the much, but he said also that he saw something
rules of the school and gave me a whole bunch good in me but that he felt that I was lost and
of warnings about fighting on the street, if I did wanted to point me to the right direction in life.
that I will get kicked out of the school etc,etc. I
was young and stupid so it wasn’t easy for me to Kind of like a father figure?
keep my promises.
I think so!!
So you continue getting in trouble?
So now you trained with him for a while and
Yes I did but he my Instructor didn’t know about then did you feel that you were getting so-
it until about a year later. I used to train with him mewhere?
three time a week in the CLUB or GYM and the
I will go run with him after each class about 12 Yes I did, I was training hard and going to school
km , and then he will lectured me hour at time, he in technical secondary school, but when things
started to preach me the bible too, this guy saw were at the best in my life I felt, I got into a fight
something in me that nobody had, and he maid and put the guys in hospital I didn’t know that

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