Angel Cabales

Philippines
Born 1917
Died 1991

Description

Filipino eskrima master, founder of Cabales Serrada Eskrima and of the first Eskrima school in the United States, in Stockton, California; known as the Father of Eskrima in the United States.

Students (1)

  • Graciela Casillas
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    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
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    Frederico Muñoz
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    “Casillas trained under Grandmaster Angel Cabales and became the first woman instructor for Cabales Serrada Eskrima.”
    — Graciela Casillas - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)link history info

Sources

“Through his Stockton-based school—the first Eskrima school in the U.S.—he preserved Filipino martial arts traditions”
— (2026-06). PCG San Francisco Honors Filipino Grandmaster Angel Cabaleslink history info
Cabales Serrada Eskrima - FMA Pulselink history info
Krishna Godhania. (2012). Eskrima: Filipino Martial Artinfo

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