Senior Grand Master Cacoy Canete training and sparring his student Zach Whitson, using the close quarter "curving" stick fighting style that he developed over many decades. This training session was filmed on July 4, 2008. Grand Master Cacoy is the most senior of all living Doce Pares Masters and Grand Masters. G.M. Cacoy celebrated his 89th birthday on August 8, 2008.