ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Thanks also to

Bela Kahn: Freedom Fighter, fencing master, mentor Emiliano Patindol: Loyal companion, Eskrimador, a good man in bad places
Romy Gadupa: Fast man with a Kris
Dan Inasanto: For teaching me JKD and the basics of Eskrima
Wayne Goddard: For teaching me most of what I know about what goes into a good knife

Special thanks to

ML Ayres: It would require a book to list it all, everything really
Justin Ayres: For creative, hard work, for hanging in there
Shawn Carlson: For hard work, perseverance, loyalty . . . thanks doesn’t really cover it all
Ashley Ayres: He knows why