Filipino Stick Fighting Techniques: The Essential Techniques of Cabales Serrada Escrima

by Mark V. Wiley, Darren Tibon (Foreword by)

Overview

Filipino Stick Fighting Techniques is the authoritative guide to Cabales Serrada Escrima—a stick fighting art with its roots in Escrima, the national martial art of the Philippines. The popularity of these techniques has dramatically increased since they were used extensively by Matt Damon in action-packed fight scenes in the Jason Bourne films.

Developed by Grandmaster Angel Cabales when he came to the U.S., Cabales Serrada Escrima is a distinct system emphasizing close-quarter combat using highly effective stick-fighting moves in unarmed as well as knife fighting situations. This book offers a clear presentation of the basic strikes, blocks, counters, and disarms unique to this style of martial art—as well as explaining how and why the techniques work and when to use them.

Angel Cabales was a pioneer in the Filipino Martial Arts and the first teacher of Escrima in the U.S. He trained and certified Mark V. Wiley, the author of this book. Darren G. Tibon, an Escrima Grandmaster, was also trained by Cabales and has contributed a new foreword to the book.

This new edition contains:

• Personal accounts of Grandmaster Angel Cabales and how he developed his system
• The dynamics of body positioning, distance control, and both single-stick and empty-hand defensive methods
• A comprehensive set of training drills for practitioners at different levels

Extensively illustrated with over 300 photos and detailed step-by-step instructions, this book lays the foundation for not just learning the system of Cabales Serrada Escrima, but understanding the traditions and philosophy of the art.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780804851411
Publisher:	Tuttle Publishing
Publication date:	03/19/2019
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	510,003
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Mark V. Wiley is a writer, editor and publisher who has written for numerous martial arts and health publications. He has made numerous trips to the Philippines to research Filipino fighting arts and was certified as a master of Cabales Serrada Escrima by Grandmaster Angel Cabales in 1990.

Darren G. Tibon is a Serrada Escrima Grandmaster and former student of Angel Cabales. An instructor of Serrada Escrima, he is a co-founder of the Angel's Disciples Escrima Association in Stockton, California, which promotes the art of Serrada Escrima and the values of Angel Cabales.

Table of Contents

Letter of Permit from Angel Cabales 7

Foreword 8

Introduction 13

Part I History and Development

1 History of Cabales Serrada Escrima 17

The Classical Art of Escrima 18

Dizon and Doce Pares 19

Angel Cabales 24

2 Development of the Cabales Serrada System 31

From a Style to a System 32

Progressions in Training 34

The Path of Proficiency 35

Part II Reflections of the Grandmaster

3 In His Own Way 38

4 Art and Angel Arl Miraflor 43

5 The Unassuming Master Rene Latosa 51

6 A Little on Life with Angel Jerry Preciado 54

7 Remembering Manong Angel Carlito Bonjoc, Jr. 60

8 Training with the Grandmaster Khalid Khan 62

9 The Art and Science of Serrada Anthony Davis 66

Part III The Foundation

10 Essential Attributes 70

Body Positions and Mechanics 70

Controlling Distance 73

Methods of Footwork 75

11 Theory and Methods of Striking 77

The Angles of Attack 77

The Twelve-Strike Sequence 78

Striking Qualities 91

Part IV The Single-Stick Defensive System

12 Basic Blocks and Counters 93

Preliminaries 94

Inside Block and Counters 96

Outside Block and Counters 105

Cross Block and Counters 114

Roof Block and Counters 122

Umbrella Block and Counters 128

Shoulder Block and Counters 132

Punch Block and Counters 138

Fanning Block and Counters 144

13 Stick Disarming Techniques 150

Disarming Strike One 151

Disarming Strike Three 153

Disarming Strike Five 154

Part V The Unarmed Defensive System

14 Basic Blocks and Locks 156

Core Blocking Techniques 157

Core Locking Techniques 160

15 Empty-Hand Disarming Techniques 172

Stick Disarming Techniques 173

Knife Disarming Techniques 175

Part VI Training for Combat

16 Training Drills and Combat Strategies 178

Lock and Block 179

Flow Sparring 180

Picking 180

Reversing 184

Sticky Stick 185

17 Mental and Emotional Control 186

Afterword 188

Appendix A Lineage of Cabales Serrada Escrima 190

Appendix B Original Outline for Book Series 192