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GRAND MASTER PABLO RODARTE’S LIFE -“They shaped my character, taught me on the armor
AND WORK and knowledge of other disciplines and figting systems
and built the arsenal to become a better fighter in the
Born on February 1st 1959, Pablo Rodarte was future”.
raised by his father who started to train him on
martial arts at the age of four. His father Pablo At 18th, he was a well-known instructor, for he
Rodarte was a member of the Mexican Navy and was highly competent.Besides, his presentations
knew the techniques of Jiu-Jitsu and Boxing. In expressed his high-quality professional level,
respect to his father’s teachings, the Grand Master which made the spectators focused on learning and
Rodarte literally expressed: honoring martial arts.

-“Since my early age, he had my do a lot of exercise.
He first had me to roll in, to standstill, and then, the
basic punches. It went like this for many years and it
turned a routine, but it was highly educative”.

Later, Rodarte continued to study with SGM Enrique
Nuñez and SGM Charles A. Dixon. As a youngster,
he attended a military school in Penthatlon, where
he became the chief of the sports section. It served
as a starting point for him to introduce the training
of Kenpo Karate and Kick Boxing, at the same time;
he trained an excellent group of competitors and
practitioners of such disciplines within the Military
Police Body and the Assail Body, which he later led
as his commander-in-chief.

In1976, he founded his first academy, just a few On the photo, GM Pablo Rodarteas 1st Ser-
blocks from the frontier of El Paso, Texas. As it was geant and commander-in-chief of the Assail
located on the border area of Fort Bliss, it became Body of PDMU, in a standstill position in
a temptation to the servicemen who commonly
passed by the academy and entered to the gymn, CD. Juárez, Chihuahua. México
for the advertisements outside deeply called their
attention. In most cases, their visit ended up in Some months later, he was named representative
challenging the young Master to fight and with of the WKA. That’s how Rodarte became a pioneer
the impetuosity of his younth, Rodarte pleasantly in opening this sports line all across Mexico. He
accepted their challenge.He learnt this combat trained and certified a great number of masters,
art with utmost effort and energy.Most visitors
were Japanesse, Dutch and Afro-americans whose
teachings helped Pablo Rodarte to build his legacy.
Slightly, he won a prominent name amongst
Masters; his prestige turned him a legend.
To the question, what did you learn from those
combats? Rodarte replied:

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