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1984 San Francisco ( I'm on the right side (4th behind)( 3rd from front)GM Robert Castro ,GM Anthony Davis & Maestra Mila Davis ( also PG Sultan Uddim is in the photo towards the back-middle)with GGM Angel Cabales ( Serrada Escrima )
GM Anthony Davis that brought Dan Inosanto, Cass Magda, Jaime Finch & Ted Lucay-Lucay to Fairfield,Ca. to do a seminar at Solano Community College in 1983. GM Davis had previously hosted Dan Inosanto and Richard Bustillo in Ohio in 1980.

I met Ted & Tanya Lucaylucay in 1983 , his wife Tanya and I are 'ohana', her grandfather did ' moro-moro' style his name- Telesporo Subing-Subing. I was living with Ahgung Tony Ramos (Kajukenbo) in Fairfield in 1983 when GM Davis had the Inosanto & Lucaylucay seminar at Solano College. I had come to Fairfield ,Ca. in 1974 after I had been discharged from the US Army, it was at that time I first met GM Anthony Davis - founder of the Davis Method of Self Defense and the World Serrada Escrima Federation and Davis/Cabales Serrada Escrima System .

Then later that year Ted & Tanya Lucaylucay did seminar in Suisun ,Ca. at Kenpo Master Bill

Chun's school that GM Davis had sponsored with the 'kokua' of Master Bill Chun Jr. Ted and his Dad ( 'Lucky Lucay-Lucay' ) already knew Ahgung Ramos from the 60's in Los Angeles when Ahgung Tony Ramos opened his first Kajukenbo school there. It was at the Solano Mall where Dan Inosanto and Cass Magda were demonstrating 'Kali' when GM Davis and myself met the future Master Wade Williams a student of GM Angel Cabales at the time, who came to represent GM Angel Cabales from Stockton and to support the event. Then in San Francisco in 1984 GM Davis scheduled a Dan Inosanto seminar which at the very last minute Dan could not attend, thats when GM Angel Cabales showed up with his Stockton crew to save the seminar. GM Gilbert Tenio & Master John Eliab attended as well as GGM Al Novak, Master Bill Tolentino and Wushing Tai Chi Master John K. Wong. Thus brought us in contact GM Angel Cabales and 'Serrada' escrima. From Ted I learned the 'Kali ' way as well as how GM Angel would do similar techniques, then thru GM Anthony Davis I received first-hand experience with GM Cabales by being the 'uke' at GM Angel's house(the Charter Way house) when I would give GM Davis a ride to Stockton from Fairfield for Davis' private lessons from GM Cabales. It was also in 1984 that GM Davis and myself first met the one day GM Robert Castro, whom at the time had no background in Filipino Martial Arts he has been trained by both GM Davis ( Serrada) and GGM Ernesto Presas( Kombatan) he went on to develop his own hybrid combination of Kali, Serrada Escrima & Kombatan arnis called "Eskabo Daan". However his claim of being underground for 25 years the point he made sure the TV reporter for Fox news NY announced on 'air' is simply not true because of the pictures that are at the beginning of this discussion. He did have previous experience in Goju Karate thru his brother Rolando Castro who trained from 'Cat'Yamaguchi. Then in 1985 we met Guro Jeff Finder after doing a demo with Angel at GM Max Pallen's karate tourney in San Leandro. Being born & raised in Hawaii I had been exposed to Hawaiian kine escrima, but I credit Guro Ted , Dan Inosanto, Jaime Finch,Uncle John K. Wong,Uncle Tony Ramos, Tasi Alo Jr. ( my Dad) ,Uncle Imo Alo, Uncle Faitala Alo, Uncle Neff Maiava, Uncle Peter Maivia, my cousin Mosooi Alo,
Uncle Al Lolotai, Uncle Tigi Mataalii, Uncle Tino Tuiolosega, Uncle Clarence Lee, Uncle Sonny Palabrica, Uncle Charlie Kalani, Tony Arneho, Billy Nipp, MC Chris Siangco, Max Kincaid, Derek Ahsing, Jesse Lopez ( boxing ) & Anthony Davis for preparing me for GM Angel Cabales Serrada & Pedoy's Derobio Escrima I am blessed because now I am learning & connected to Pedoy's Derobio Escrima thru a friend & classmate. Blessed with being GrandMaster of GKTactical ( GKT ) Praise God thru my past history has prepared me for this great & unique style of escrima. Thats how I remember 'back in the day' ! Aloha !

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Permalink Reply by Jeff "Stickman" Finder on January 27, 2010 at 1:45pm

Thanks for the pictures and write-up. Oh man, we all look so young!

- Jeff "Stickman" Finder

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