Manong Angel Cabales showed me all the different fighting styles he had fought against in his time---both in the Philippines and in the US, and how he had defeated them. There were several fighters he encountered that would utilize the arm grab to subdue for the killing blow. The Father of Escrima had learned the reverse method from Dizon that impeded this tactic; instead he subdued his opponent and he applied his killing blow.
In this segment demonstrates the preliminary Foundation training of Angel’s Baliktad Baliktad. As the Serrada fighter (trainee) evolves from the Foundation to Advance Weapons Training (AWT), Baliktad adds Tigil (trapping), Pagtulak (pushing to Off Balance), and Trapiko (jamming) all in one sequence, increasing tempo and speed, and applying 80-90% power in movement to enhance the Serrada fighters’ skills and abilities in their weapons training to prepare in surviving his/her “Moment of Truth”.
This is Angel’s Truth.
