2022 HOMETOWN HEROES MAGAZINE

2022 Hometown HEROES Magazine LINCOLN DAILY NEWS May / June 2022 Page 13 Within the art, Dugan teaches young and old alike that self-discipline, being respectful of your fellow man, and having good manners will have a much more positive impact on one’s life than learning to hurt people with your hands. In addition, Dugan has shown this by example. Some people will recall that a few years ago, Dugan, who was then a brick layer by trade, took a terrible fall from a scaffolding where he was 30 feet in the air laying brick. He landed hard on a concrete surface, head first. The fall should have killed him, would have killed a lessor man, but Dugan was a fighter trained in the practice of self-discipline and determination. He spent quite a bit of time hospitalized, had multiple surgeries and doctors knew for some time that it was touch and go for Dugan. They also knew that there was a power within Dugan that was helping him more than medicine and surgeries ever would. On Saturday, many of his friends commented on Dugan’s youthful appearance. He doesn’t seem to age, and looks as good as he did 10 years ago. One friend poked fun at the Sensei saying that his face is frozen in time, because it contains so much plastic. Indeed, Dugan himself says the same thing. After his fall and survival, Dugan’s face was badly injured and required some extensive reconstruction surgery. He says that his daughter recently told him that he has a one-sided facelift that just keeps him forever young. Continue 8