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fast. Without realizing it, I fell on the responsibility Then my doubts and my questions continued. What
that I never looked for. I began to feel the pressure of happens if my adversary is bigger than me? How could
being the most skilled at school. I became the student I defeat someone much stronger than me if he wants

who defended his school and his teacher. With this I to project me? What happens if he uses a knife? The
also became more arrogant. With every fight I won, answers to these questions were not given to me by
I felt more invincible. I focused on perfecting the art the different fighting arts I had known. Neither box-

of fighting. I did not believe in any technique if it was ing, nor Olympic taekwondo, nor kick boxing, these
not put to the test. were ancient arts modernized to a sports version.
Then I focused on more traditional arts that could
Then I saw the stairs and went up to the second floor. help me solve my fears. I cannot describe in words the
In this stage I was disappointed. I learned that where feeling I experienced in this learning process. I was a

there are men there are mistakes. The sport did not devourer of styles and techniques. That’s how I met,
give me what I expected. I felt used as a raw material new teachers who gave me light and taught me to see
whose end was to be discarded by another younger the effectiveness in those techniques that I did not be-

one with possibilities of new medals. Here I made my lieve. I felt the paralyzing pain of the dislocations of
first decisions and decided to continue looking for Jiu Jitsu, and the impact of the whole body against
the martial path outside the competitive regulations, the floor after a projection. I understood the different
without judges or medals. I chose to study martial distances of combat and the need to be able to move
arts on a realistic basis of combat. without limitation from one to another with total

comfort. From there I broke with the simplicity in
Here I became obsessed with the study of combat, I which I believed for combat and I liked having more,
met with many people who wanted to fight. I founded much more. I became a collector of techniques.

my first school, I believed in the synthesis of styles,
in minimizing all its technical elements and focus- Once again, I moved up, I kept going up floors. Al-
ing only on the art of the fight. I did not accept the though I confess that sometimes I returned to any of
fight on the ground, nor the projection techniques. the previous floors and took something I had forgot-
Although in daily combat practices these things could ten. In this new level. I asked more complex things. I

happen, I could solve everything with my hands and went so far back in the tradition that I discovered that
feet. Undoubtedly, I went up to a new floor of the Pa- martial arts had ties very strongly linked to esoteric
goda. My students became vicious in the fight, and religions and philosophies. Sadly, modern man had

they came from different styles to my new school to detached them. The bridge between the body and the
fight. The students learned to fight very quickly with spirit in the martial arts had been broken. Finding a
few elements. I made the fight my religion, and my teacher that would transmit that knowledge and be
god the victory. I fought with different styles and won within my reach became the goal of my new search.
all the fights. Unfortunately, I did not find it in martial arts, I had

to start studying religions, schools and orders di-

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