 Gómez Rivera honed his dancing skills in short courses conducted by Spanish international dancers such as "Los Chavales de España," Antonio Ruiz and José Greco who visited Manila in the 1970s and the 1980s.But his introduction to flamenco came much earlier at the age of four when he learned it, along with many other Spanish dances, from Rosa Jiménez.She was a flamenco dancer from Sevilla, Spain and the second wife of his maternal grandfather, José Rivera Franco.