Angel Ovalles Cabales was born in 1917,

in the island of Visaya, in south-central Philippines.

He learned the Close Range stick-fighting system

of SERRADA from a master named Felicissimo Dizon.

Master Cabales then went to Manila, and then

worked on the shipyard docks, later joining the

merchant navy and travelling to distant lands.

1n 1966, master Cabales established the first

escrima academy in Stockton, California. He was

most dedicated to the teaching of Serrada to

young boys. He always welcomed guests to his

school and never rejected any students. His sincerity

and humbleness, while living with meager income,

later awarded his name world-wide fame and a huge

success for his art. Today his students teach it in

virtually every corner of the world, from southern

Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Central Asia,

Africa,

the Indian Subcontinent, Europe and the United States

of America. His art of escrima is different from

other styles of escrima in many components, such

as the next-move sampling and checking in each of

Serrada's counters for the 12 Strikes of the Serrada

system, the LOCK & BLOCK method, the FLOW fighting

method, the REVERSAL principles, and other concepts.

Among his most dedicated students is Darren Tibon

who is one of the few who know the whole Serrada

system and can perform it in vast detail,

Jerry Preciado, Sultan Uddin, Frank Rillamas,

Anthony Davis, Jeff Finder, Jimmy Tacosa, Mike Inay,

Mark Wiley, Mike Davis, Gabriel Asuncion, Wade,

Carlito, Dentoy Revillar, and others.

" Vincent Cabales, son of Angel Cabales,

became Grandmaster of the Serrada school. "

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