Early Life
Bravo was born in the infamous Tepito District of México City, to Spanish parents. His way out of the ghetto was as a trapezista (trapeze artist) for a well known Mexican circus. In his early twenties he stowed away on a ship to Cuba, and then on another to Spain, where he learned his art. Bravo took his Alternativa in Valencia, and was later confirmed in Madrid.
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