Cebu Hotels Travel - Filipino Martial Arts: Cabales Serrada Escrima
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List Price: $14.95
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Manufacturer: Tuttle Publishing
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.815
EAN: 9780804819138
ISBN: 0804819130
Label: Tuttle Publishing
Manufacturer: Tuttle Publishing
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 151
Publication Date: 1994-03
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Studio: Tuttle Publishing
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Summary: No politics, just a review...
Comment: I'll preface this by saying I don't know ANYTHING about the politics behind Mr. Wiley and Mr. Cabales... I'll just stick to reviewing the book, thank you.
This book attempts to be an brief overview on the basic history, concepts, and techniques of Cabales Serrada Escrima. Without knowing anything about Escrima as a whole, I'd say that it looked good to me.
The first two chapters are on the overall history of escrima and the specific developement of CSE, suggesting that the system may have it's roots in India and noting that Spanish sword-and-dagger techniques had a significant influence on the overall style. The third chapter very briefly covers superstitions/ spiritual beliefs prevalent in the Phillipines and their relavence to CSE, though I'm sure entire volumes could be written on that subject. The fourth chapter, "Psychological Attributes", has a few paragraphs on awareness, motivation, imagery, and emotional control; while dealing specifically with escrima, I'm sure that they'd be useful to any martial artist. The following chapter covers some pretty intangible concepts, such as "innovation is your best teacher" and "mastery requires dedication", and seeks to bring together both the artistic and scientific qualities of escrima. Like the preceeding chapters, I just don't feel like this one was long enough.
Chapter Six starts into the physical aspects of Escrima, covering the arsenal (both anatomical weapons and the blunt and edged weapons). Mr. Wiley explains that the system uses a slightly shorter stick than some other escrima systems, and that the anatomical weapons and movements should mirror the armed weapons and their tactics. Chapter Seven covers the foundation of the system, as far as movements and posturing. In this chapter, there is the usual mix of stance and salutation presented, but also footwork, fundamental distance concepts, basic ways of striking, and the use of the "alive" (non-weapon) hand.
Starting with Chapter Eight, we are presented with the twelve basic attack angles (mostly with a single-stick, but also with stick-and-dagger), basic defenses against strikes along those angles, unarmed defenses (basic blocks, jointlocks, and "bodylocks" or takedowns), and disarms vs. the single-stick.
My complaints? Not many. It's clearly a book simply on basics (one block for one angle, one disarm per angle, no empty-hand strikes illustrated), and I was disappointed there wasn't more to it. And far be it from me to criticise something I'm not particularly learned at, but we're not actually getting twelve "angles" here, as some of the attacks presented follow the same "flight paths" of others, or are simply stick-dagger combination strikes. The fact that the possition of the wrist in some of the strikes looks weak lends some credence to the suggestion that the author isn't an athority in the CSE system, but again, what do I know? And as I said, I don't think there was enough substance to the cultural, philosophical, and mental chapters to really do any system justice
Overall, though, I'd say the book serves as a good intro to escrima and basic stickfighting. The pictures are clear and the writting, while not very detailed or in-depth, is understandible and easy to get through. I'm glad I spent money on it.
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Summary: I'M LOST W/ THE CABALES STORIES.
Comment: Hello everyone. I hope this message gets to the write person. I was taking escrima serrada in San Francisco from IESA. They have since broke into two factions. I just don't know what the deal is since I've been gone so long. I was in New Jersey and stumbled on one of his books and all my memories of studying came back to me and I long to complete my training in escrima. Does anyone know of anyone teaching in NJ/NYC area? I do go back to the bay area once in awhile and if i must continue training there then I will start again. I am also looking for a master to train with in the Philippines if you know of anyone. Thanks very much for reading!
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Summary: glad I didn't buy it
Comment: Unfortunately the book can only be as good as the practitioner and this one is not that good. He underestimates his readers by simplifying the concepts and techniques of his art, generalizing cultural and spiritual aspects. (BTW, he doesn't really do any better in Filipino Martial Culture.) The stories that he relays about the lineage are haphazzard. He picks and chooses which legends/stories he wishes to believe and uses that argument to counter other stories to the point where he essentially calls Dizon's boyhood training partner a liar. This is just bad research and bad oral history. He is not arrogant enough to say "this is my training experience" outright, but he serves the injustice of claiming this is real "research," when it seems he's only stepped as far as his back door. He may be an instructor, but it doesn't mean he understands his art to its very depths.
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Summary: Mark Wiley's first version book on Cabales Serrada Eskrima
Comment: Mark Wiley is to be congratulated/encouraged for at least writing about this art of which there wasn't much info around. Mark does make some mistakes when he shows the basic counter routines, specially with the check hand sequence. In some photos every position is incorrect. The story about Guro Cabales and his anecdotes also is not really correct. Yet, I will keep the book as an important source of some information and a promising presentation. The next version is supposed to be out in coming months. Initially, in order to prepare for this story, Mark should have spent some time training in Stockton with Serrada's top Guros. He did not allow them to contribute to the book. This next version "Secrets of Cabales Serrada Eskrima" is supposed to ammend all mistakes.
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Summary: Not a good martial arts book!
Comment: This book is not worth wasting your money on. The techniques that are represented look OK to the untrained eye, but if you examine them closely, you will notice many mistakes. The techniques are sparse, one per angle. They are also demonstrated with poor posture and attack. To the novice, this book may appear to represent the art of Cabales Serrada Escrima, but it does not. More than half of the book is unrelated to the system of Serrada. This book does nothing to show the effectiveness of Cabales Serrada Escrima.
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