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▲ Acknowledgments ▲

First and foremost I would like to thank Grandmaster Angel Cabales for sharing his art with me and asking me to write this book.

I would like to thank my parents for giving me the opportunity to begin the study of the martial arts at a young age and to acquire the knowledge that I possess.

I would like to thank Mary J. Hadicke-Wiley, Robert Burns, Sihu Carlos Aldrete, and Master Ian A. Cyrus for taking the time to proofread the original manuscript, Guro David R. Smith for photographing the technique sequences, and Guro Guy Dranoff for posing with me in the photographs.

I would like to also thank those individuals who have offered their suggestions in the writing and presentation of this manuscript: Guro Joe Breidenstein, Guro Fred Degerberg, Master Reynaldo S. Galang, Guro Fred Lazo, Guro Alan McLuckie, Master Darren Tibon, and Guro Mike Young. My research and documentation of the martial arts is inspired by the ground-breaking work of the late Donn F. Draeger and his associates Robert W. Smith and Quintin T. Chambers. Their collective and individual texts have long been trusted reference sources for me and subjects of my admiration.

Many thanks to the Filipino Warrior Arts Association for their perpetuation of Filipino martial culture and sponsorship of Cabales Serrada Escrima.

Finally, I would like to thank the staff of the Charles E. Tuttle Company, their martial arts publications continue to be a step above the rest.