[quote]Hokkan is relatively close-lipped about [u]how he ended up in Wu Xing as a Pro-bender six years ago[/u], seldom acknowledging his past beyond fishing tales of his grandest triumphs over the rarest and biggest oddities of the sea. [u]He spent several years Pro-bending[/u] under a relatively unknown team called The Mad Piranhas, winning several interim matches, but never had enough funding to enter the more prestigious Pro-bending tournaments.[/quote]

The underlined part is what I'm asking you about.