stopped when his father advised him to concen- trate more on his studies. For a long time, his dream of becoming a martial artist was set aside when he became a bodybuilding instructor and also got busy performing cultural shows. He traveled a lot , five times to Japan and twice to the Middle East. Japan's cullture may have had a very strong influence on him, one reason that attracted him to study Aikido since it is a Japanese art.
He studied Aikido at the Philippine AikiKai in Manila under Omar Camar Sensei (8th dan) . Manila Aikido Club was the former name of Philippine AikiKai, and was formerly affiliated with Hombu Dojo, Japan. .Here, he received his Shodan (1st dan-rank) in 1994 and still hold this rank to this day, choosing to have an indepen- dent school. Practitioners from different traditional schools are very much welcome at his dojo.
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