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Suntukan For the general Filipino term for fistfight, see Boxing.

2 Characteristics

Suntukan or is the boxing and empty hands striking component of Filipino martial arts. In the central Philippine island region of Visayas, it is known as Pangamot or Pakamot. It is also known as Mano-mano and often referred to in Western martial arts circles of Inosanto lineage as Panantukan. Although it is also called Filipino Boxing, this article pertains to the Filipino martial art and should not be confused with the Western sport of Boxing as practiced in the Philippines.

Suntukan is not a sport, but rather a street-oriented fighting system. The techniques have not been adapted for safety or conformance to a set of rules for competition, thus it has a reputation as “dirty street fighting". It consists of upper-body striking techniques such as punches, elbows, headbutts, shoulder strikes and limb destruction. It is often used in combination with Sikaran, the kicking aspect of Filipino fighting which includes lowline kicks, tripping and knee strikes to the legs, shins, and groin. Common targets include the biceps, triceps, eyes, nose, jaws, temples, groin, ribs, spine, and the back of the neck.

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Etymology

While many Filipino boxing champions such as Estaneslao “Tanny” del Campo[6][7] and Buenaventura “Kid Bentura” Lucaylucay[1][8] (Lucky Lucaylucay’s father) practiced olympic and sport boxing, they also used pangamot dirty street boxing which is distinct from Western Boxing.[9][10] A particular trait of Filipino boxing (as opposed to Western Boxing) is that instead of standing and trading blows with an opponent, suntukan practitioners typically circle constantly to avoid getting hit and look for openings, just like with knife fighting. According to Lucky Lucaylucay: "...if your practice is based on knife fighting, you have to become much more sophisticated with your footwork, evasions and delivery because one wrong move could mean death... ...Filipino boxing is exactly like knife fighting, except instead of cutting with a blade, we strike with a closed fist."[11][12]

The term suntukan comes from the Tagalog word for punch, suntok. It is the Filipino term for a fistfight or brawl and for fistfighting or boxing. Panununtukan means “the art of fistfighting”. The Visayan terms pangamot and pakamot (“use of hands”) come from the Cebuano word for hand, kamot. Due to Cebuano language pronunciation quirks, they are also pronounced natively as pangamut and pakamut, thus the variation of spelling across literature. Mano-mano comes from the Spanish word for “hand”, mano, and can translate to “two hands” or “hand-tohand”. The phrase "Mano-mano na lang, o?" (“Why don't we settle this with fists?") is often used to end arguments when tempers have flared in Philippine male society. Panantukan (often erroneously referred to as panantuken by Western practitioners due to the way Americans pronounce the letters [U] and A) is possibly a corruption of panuntukan (pronounced pa-noon-too-kan), an alternative form of pangsuntukan which means “for the use of fistfighting”. It is generally attributed to the empty hands and boxing system infused by FMA pioneers Leodoro “Lucky” Lucaylucay and Floro Villabrille[1] into the Filipino martial arts component of the Inosanto Academy and Jeet Kune Do fighting systems developed in the West Coast of the United States. It is said that originally, Lucaylucay wanted to call his art Suntukan, but he was concerned that it would be confused with Shotokan Karate, so he used the term Panantukan instead.[2][3][4][5] The terms panantukan and its sibling component pananjakman (for the kicking aspect) are virtually unknown in the Philippines and are used more in Western Kali/Eskrima systems of Filipino-American origin.

2.1 Weaponry Even though suntukan is designed to allow an unarmed practitioner to engage in both armed and unarmed confrontations, it easily integrates the use of weapons such as knives, palmsticks (dulo y dulo) and ice picks.[13][14] These weapons can render suntukan’s techniques fatal but do not fundamentally change how the techniques are executed. Weapons in suntukan tend to be small, easily concealed and unobtrusive. Thus, suntukan minimizes contact with the opponent because it is not always known whether an opponent is armed, and knives are very often used in fights and brawls in the Philippines.[15][16][17][18][19][20][21] As such, parries and deflections are preferred over blocks and prolonged grappling. 1

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Eskrima/Arnis/Kali

Main article: Eskrima Suntukan is also a key component of Eskrima. It is theorized to have evolved from Filipino weapons fighting because in warfare, unarmed fighting is usually a method of last resort for when combatants are too close in proximity (such as trapping and grappling range) or have lost their weapons. Aside from this, some unarmed techniques and movements in certain Eskrima systems are directly derived from their own weapon-based forms. In some classical Eskrima systems, the terms Mano mano, De Cadena (Spanish for “of chain”) and Cadena de Mano (Spanish for “hand chain”) are the names for their empty hand components. Aside from punching, the suntukan components in Eskrima includes kicking, locking, throwing and dumog (grappling). It is interesting to note that a number of Filipino boxing champions are also known to have practiced eskrima. World champion Ceferino Garcia (regarded as having introduced the bolo punch to the Western world of boxing) wielded a bolo knife in his youth and developed his signature punch from his experience in cutting sugarcane in farm fields with the bladed implement.[22] Legendary world champion Gabriel “Flash” Elorde studied Balintawak Eskrima (under founder Venancio “Anciong” Bacon)[23] and got his innovative, intricate footwork[24] from his father, “Tatang” Elorde who was the Eskrima champion of Cebu.[12][23][25] Elorde’s footwork from eskrima has been adopted by many boxers, including his friend Muhammad Ali,[12][26] by transitivity, Bruce Lee who was Ali’s fan and meticulously studied his footwork[27][28] and again by transitivity, Manny Pacquiao who is a big fan of Lee.[27] • A left bolo punch in attack • A left bolo punch in counterpunch • Ceferino Garcia

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Techniques Speed, flow, and rhythm

Suntukan emphasizes speed in striking, with the intent of overwhelming the adversary with a flurry of attacks. Indefinite combinations of different strikes are strung together continuously to make successful defense a relative impossibility. Many strikes in suntukan are said to be performed on “half-beats”, or in between the major strikes of a combination, so as to disorient and overwhelm an opponent, increasing the opportunity for more devastating attacks. An example of this could be performing a swift slap or eye strike after throwing a jab with the same hand

DUMOG

in a standard jab-cross-hook combination; the eye strike both disrupts the defense against and masks the incoming cross. Sometimes, low-line kicks are often executed between boxing combinations to further injure and disorient the opponent.

3.2 Angles The angles outlined in eskrima are incorporated to evade and parry incoming strikes and to attack the opponent from an outside angle where they are less able to defend themselves. Constantly switching the fighting lead allows for the exploitation of attack while maintaining flow. The fighter will often use a finishing strike or kick in a combination to step into the new lead. Footwork is of utmost importance for these techniques, so in some systems, much time is invested into practicing stick-fighting drills and combinations.

3.3 Gunting Some moves which immobilise the limbs are called gunting (scissors) techniques because of the scissor-like motions used to stop an opponent’s limb from one side while attacking from the other side. Suntukan focuses on countering an opponent’s strike with a technique that will nullify further attack by hitting certain nerve points, bones, and muscle tissue to cause immediate partial paralysis of the attacking limb. Common limb destructions include guiding incoming straight punches into the defending fighter’s elbow (siko) to shatter the knuckles,[29] or striking the incoming limb in the biceps to inhibit the opponent’s ability to use that arm for the remainder of the fight. Gunting focuses on destroying the opponent’s ability to wield their weapon. This term derives from the word “scissors” in Filipino, Malaysian and Indonesian. In Filipino martial arts, gunting can be done by cutting the hand or wrist with a pair of blades (hence the name), but it can also be done with a single blade or with the empty hand by striking nerves and tensed muscles.

4 Dumog Main article: Dumog Suntukan also borrows moves from dumog (upright wrestling) which twist and turn the opponent’s body with the goal of exposing a more vulnerable area, such as the neck, jaw and temples. This is accomplished by the use of arm wrenching, shoving, shoulder ramming, and other off-balancing techniques in conjunction with punches and kicks. For example, the attacker’s arm could be grabbed and pulled downward to expose their head to a knee strike.

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See also

[15] Pilipino Star Ngayon - Ex-boxer na hindi kaya sa suntukan, pinatay sa saksak

• History of boxing in the Philippines

[16] Pilipino Star - Grinipuhan, tinarakan sa leeg...

• Filipino Martial Arts

[17] Pang-Masa - Tinalo sa suntukan, rumesbak ng saksak

• Eskrima

[18] Remate - Ungos sa suntukan, nadale sa saksakan

• Sikaran

[19] Abante - Panalo sa Suntukan, Grinipuhan!

• Dumog

[20] Remate - Kuya grinipuhan ng bunsong kapatid, tigbak

• Kuntaw

[21] Rappler - 'Male pride' led to fatal stabbing of American in Makati Carlos Santamaria, Nov 26, 2012

• Kinamotay

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[22] The Manila Times: We should focus on boxing

Further reading • A Guide to Panantukan, the Filipino Boxing Art, Rick Faye, Cambridge Academy Publishing, 2000

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References

[24] YouTube: Carlos Ortiz vs. Flash Elorde II fight footage, November 28, 1966

[1] Ted Luycaylucay Final Interview, Steve Charlson, Inside Kung Fu magazine [2] Panantukan Book Review [3] Martial Talk: Filipino Boxing Ernie Lake, osanto/Lacoste Kali instructor

[23] Dog Brothers Forum:Filipino Martial Arts and Boxing, see comments by Sayoc Kali instructor Rafael Kayanan (user Sun Helmet )- Kayanan’s uncle was the good friend of Elorde and user “antoy” about Elorde’s Balintawak lineage - his batchmates were Baltazar “Iti” Gumapon, former Mandaue City Mayor Pedong Ouano and TUCP (Trade Union Congress of the Philippines) honcho Democrito Mendoza

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[4] Filipino Indonesian Combatives History Ben Fajardo, Nubreed Fighting Systems [5] Mousel’s MMA Academy Forum [6] Estaneslao “Tanny” del Campo - A Legend In His Own Time, Krishna Godhania [7] Remembering Filipino Great “Flash” Elorde Ronnie Nathanielsz, BoxingScene.com, Jan 2 2008

[25] FMA Talk:Sayoc and Pekiti as they are now, Rafael Kayanan (see comments by user Sun Helmet) [26] PhilBoxing - REMEMBERING ‘FLASH’ ELORDE, Ronnie Nathanielsz, Sun, 25 Mar 2012 [27] I Am Bruce Lee (2012 Documentary) [28] YouTube: ES News - Bruce Lee & Manny Pacquiao, interview with Bruce Lee’s friend and sparring partner Leo Fong [29] Video: Filipino Combat Knife Fighting Mandala Baldwin “Nonoy” Garrucho of Sundangan Baneg, demonstrating Visayan empty hands limb destruction Jun 11, 2007

30.^ www.panantukan.it [8] FMA Pulse - Characteristics of Filipino Boxing Perry Gil 31.^ www.panantukanevolution.it Mallari, October 20, 2010 [9] Western Boxing vs Filipino Boxing, two similar but distinct arts?, Krishna Godhania [10] Video: Filipino Street Boxing with Peter “Tisoy” Sescon, Jr. Footage of old school Filipino boxer “Mang Tisoy” Sescon demonstrating techniques. Note the use of elbows, shoulders, butting, getting inside the clinch and knees to control the opponent. Vitalpoints, Mar 28, 2011 [11] ESPN Sports - A look at the history of boxing in the Philippines Don Stradley, June 25, 2008 [12] Inside Karate Magazine - Did Filipino Martial Arts Revolutionize Boxing?, Lilia Inosanto-Howe [13] Abante - Agawan o Holdap? [14] Abante - Ngitngit kinambalan ng ice pick

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8 TEXT AND IMAGE SOURCES, CONTRIBUTORS, AND LICENSES

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Text and image sources, contributors, and licenses

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• Suntukan Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suntukan?oldid=654391148 Contributors: BD2412, PRehse, Cmontero, Excirial, Yobot, AnakngAraw, Object404, LittleWink, BG19bot, Mas Luca and Anonymous: 4

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Images

• File:Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg Source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg License: Public domain Contributors: The design was taken from [1] and the colors were also taken from a Government website Original artist: User:Achim1999 • File:FlashElorde.jpg Source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8e/FlashElorde.jpg License: Fair use Contributors: http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Flash_Elorde Original artist: ?

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