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dad and we would go fishing and talk. I hunting and fishing. I was hunting ven-
spend many days fishing with my great omous snakes way before it was popular
granddad, helping him work in his gi- on television.
gantic garden, or just relaxing in his old
house watching football or baseball and 3. Was anyone in your family experi-
having a bowl of ice cream. enced in hand-to-hand combat before

yourself?

Sifu Al Dacascos and Bohdi Sanders
I grew up in the middle of nowhere. We
My family was very religious and went had to drive 20 miles to get to a small
to church every Sunday. We lived in the town with a small grocery store. There
country. My dad had a 440 acre ranch, was no martial arts dojo anywhere
and my granddad had about 3,000 acres. around where I lived. In fact, I had never
I did everything from work cows on heard of such a thing. My great granddad

horseback, drive tractors from dusk to served in WWI, but that was it. That said,
dawn, to baling hay. It was a good child- I grew up in a very different world than
hood. We had TV, but it only got 3 snowy what we have today. Both my granddad
channels, so I spent a lot of time reading and my dad were able fighters, but not in
and inventing things to do, along with the military.

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