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El fracaso jamas te sorprendera si tu voluntad de vencer se mantiene suficientemente fuerte. ["The failure will surprise you if you ever will to win remains strong enough."]

I was born in Argentina but lived 7 years in Brazil. I love the Brazilian culture .. If you are willing to "exchange" and "learn" soon you would feel part of Brazil. A country at first strange, but now, the "stranger" is now my home country.

I do everything in my life to stay healthy with nutrition and exercise. Macrobiotic, Vegetarian and right now a diet where I don't mix Carbohydrates and protein. My training is the street. I am an urban athlete... Ride a bike, take stars, walk, runn, jump rope, etc. I am also a Kung Fu Instructor (Ving Tsun & Hung Gar) and Personal Trainer in Hong Kong. Every week I train diferent styles of chinese martial arts.

That was when I was 10 years old. In fact, after watching a movie with Chuck Norris on TV, my father encouraged me to practice martial arts. Since that age I stopped to play football(soccer) and dedicated myself entirely to Tae Kwon Do.

For a martial artist I think it's very important to be involved in constant development. Normally you see basic level students develop more than advanced level ones, because they have more motivation. When you start anything it's new of course but for older students, they may think they have nothing new to discover. But this is the wrong attitude, you always have something to learn.This is how I feel, having trained in martial arts for almost 25 years.Maybe one of the most important aspects is the daily hard work. This is something I picked up from my father, training hard, enjoying feeling tired and exhausted. Martial arts training is like therapy for me, and it helps me to get to know myself better.

For me Jackie Chan, is one of the best directors I've ever seen on set. Being with him shooting for a day was awesome. I didn't have any action in my part, I had a small part as a Spanish reporter. It was fun to be directed by Jackie because he also knows some Spanish from his earlier days working in Spain on such movies as "Wheels on Meals"!That day when I finished shooting my scene, the casting director said I needed to leave the set but I didn't want to. I just wanted to stay there and observe what Jackie was doing some more. You never know, but I hope I'll work with him again on a future project.

Yo creo que todo es bueno para aprender, si mañana me llaman de Big Brother (Gran Hermano), no dudaría en participar. Todo proyecto audiovisual tienes sus pros y sus contras. MyH&V fue una gran experiencia, creo que si participase nuevamente me mostraría de otra manera. No nos olvidemos que personas como Arnold Schwarzenegger comenzaron su carrera artística con este tipo de programas.

Regarding stunts or fight action sequences, I remember some intense situations. One was in the movie "Stunt Games", in a final fight scene we did Madrid. There, I fought with with 5 or 6 guys, with the director shooting everything in one take. That wasn't the problem, but shooting the whole scene several times was! There was a part where one guy (a Tae-Kwon-Do champion called Jose Sanchez) double kicks me in the back (we do this take maybe 10 to 20 times) for a scene where I was unable to see him. I just had to remain ready, only knowing he was advancing toward me by sound alone.The result was a whole day in bed without being able to move my body. I just had muscular pain all over, it was like I had been hit by a truck or something!

In the movie industry you never have time, everything happens fast, without time to prepare. For this reason regular training will help massively so that when something new does come along, you'll be ready to pick it up in a few minutes. Another tip is to be clear on what it is that you like doing and whether you want to be a stuntman, actor or choreographer. These points are very important to me and will be for anyone who'd like to make a name for himself in the industry. Keep training, learn quickly, and keep clear in mind what you like doing most. In this world it's easy to get tempted and distracted with parties (which is not something I like) and online activities like shopping (for girls), drugs, alcohol, smoking etc. If you keep away from these things everything will be okay!

Some people like the glamour, the red carpet, the parties, but I don't think making movies is anything to do with this. You can find yourself in hard, sometimes tough situations like cold, hot, danger of injuries etc. If you enjoy staying in front of the camera, then fine, everything will be okay. Sometimes, I ask myself 'why do I like doing movies?' When some actors become stars, they try to find other things to keep them occupied, often finishing up on drugs. If you think the movie industry is heaven, you are wrong. But if you like the idea of living with extreme situations while getting paid for it, maybe this is the industry for you!

I started in 2005 with Steven on his own project called "Evolucion", which was a short film directed by Emilio Schargorodsky. He recently made a feature film "Dracula 0.9", which met with good success.In reality, I think my relationship with the action movie industry started when I was young, having seen many martial arts movies from Hong Kong and the US. This kick started my martial arts education. Later in Spain I did some fight choreography and action coordination and you can see the difference; people who have great knowledge about cinema but never see action loss out on a lot of detail when it comes to their action sequences. I consider myself more an actor and fight choreographer. Stunts is for people who like to jump from buildings and this kind of thing, I really respect stuntmen, they do great work!

As well as Hong Kong, mainland China is also advancing in the making of action fight scenes. I love how people do action in China, the action is great. From the position of the camera to the movements displayed, everything is really quality. In my opinion they are the best; the Asian action industry know how to shoot. To have good martial arts techniques and crazy choreography is not enough, you need a great crew to shoot and edit it in the right way. My experience in the West, mainly in Spain, is totally different. There isn't a huge action movie making culture but I think this will change in the near future. This is one of the reasons why Quentin Tarantino wanted to work with with Yuen Woo Ping on the "Kill Bill" series. I think this movie is a great example of combining Eastern and Western action styles, creating something of a synergy between the two.