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Suntukan

January 14, 2023

For the general Filipino term for fistfight, see Boxing.
"Mano mano" redirects here. For other uses, see Mano Mano (disambiguation).

Suntukan is the fist-related striking component of Filipino martial arts. In the central Philippine island region of Visayas, it is known as Pangamot or Pakamot and Sumbagay. 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. In recent times, suntukan has become a generalized term for any brawls in the Philippines, with the term panantukan becoming more frequently used to denote the actual martial art.[1]

Suntukan
Panantukan with locks, trips, knees, throws and elbows
Also known asPanununtukan, Pangamot, Filipino Boxing, Mano-mano, Panantukan, Tumbukan, Dirty Boxing
HardnessVaries
Country of origin Philippines
Famous practitionersEduard Folayang, Gabriel "Flash" Elorde, Francisco "Pancho Villa" Guilledo, Ceferino Garcia, Estaneslao "Tanny" del Campo, Buenaventura "Kid Bentura" Lucaylucay, Dan Inosanto, Anderson Silva
Olympic sportNo

Etymology

The term suntukan comes from the Tagalog word for punch, suntok. It is the Filipino term for a fistfight, brawl, or boxing. 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-to-hand". 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. Filipino Boxing is a contemporary westernized term used by a few instructors to describe suntukan.[1]

Panantukan (often erroneously referred to as panantuken by USA practitioners due to the way Americans pronounce the letters U and A) is a contraction of the Tagalog term pananantukan, according to Dan Inosanto.[2] It is generally attributed to the empty hands and boxing system infused by FMA pioneers Juan "Johnny" Lacoste, Leodoro "Lucky" Lucaylucay and Floro Villabrille[3] 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. Pananantukan, which Inosanto picked up from his Visayan elder instructors, is a corruption of panununtukan. While the Tagalog of his instructors was not perfect (Lacoste was Waray and the Filipino language based on Tagalog was relatively new when they migrated to the United States), they were highly versed in Filipino martial arts. 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.[4][5][6][7]

Characteristics

Striking

"Filipinos had their own sort of boxing, a bare-handed martial art known as Suntukan. The combatants held their hands high and kept their distance, occasionally charging forward to throw chopping punches, most of which would be fouls not tolerated in American rings."

– Don Stradley, ESPN journalist[8]

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 mainly 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 low-line kicks, tripping and knee strikes to the legs, shins, and groin. Many of its other unique movesets include elbow blocks, bolo punches and other chopping strikes, evasive maneuvers, and parrying stances.[8][1]

Suntukan practitioners typically circle constantly to avoid getting hit and look for openings, just like with knife fighting. According to Filipino martial artist 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."[8][9]

Grappling

 
Panantukan dirty fighting techniques

Panantukan also consists of limb trapping and immobilization,[1] including the technique called gunting (scissors) 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 techniques that will nullify further attack by hitting certain bones and other areas to cause damage of the attacking limb. Common limb destructions include guiding incoming straight punches into the defending fighter's elbow (siko) to shatter the knuckles.[10]

Dumog or Filipino wrestling is also an essential component of Panantukan.[11] This type of wrestling is based on the concept of “control points” or “choke points” on the human body, which are manipulated – for example: by grabbing, pushing, pulling - in order to disrupt the opponent’s balance and to keep him off balance. This also creates opportunities for close quarter striking using head butts, knees, forearms and elbows. 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.

Weaponry

Main article: Arnis

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.[12][13] 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.[14][15][16][17][18][19][20] As such, parries and deflections are preferred over blocks and prolonged grappling.

Suntukan is a key component of Arnis and is generally believed to have evolved from the latter.[8] 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 Arnis de 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).

Usage in sports

A number of Filipino boxing champions have practiced eskrima and panantukan.[21] While many Filipino boxing champions such as Estaneslao "Tanny" del Campo[22][23] and Buenaventura "Kid Bentura" Lucaylucay[3][24] (Lucky Lucaylucay's father) practiced Olympic and sport boxing, they also used pangamot dirty street boxing which is distinct from western boxing.[25][26]

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.[21][27] He himself honed his panantukan in the streets, becoming a known unbeatable street fighter due to his skills.[28] Legendary world champion Gabriel "Flash" Elorde studied Balintawak Eskrima (under founder Venancio "Anciong" Bacon)[29] and got his innovative, intricate footwork[30] from his father, "Tatang" Elorde who was the Eskrima champion of Cebu.[9][29] Elorde's style was said to have been adopted by many boxers, including his friend Muhammad Ali.[9][31][29]

Famous and influential Panantukan practitioners in boxing and mixed martial arts include:

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Almond, John (11 December 2020). "Panantukan: Filipino Boxing". Gonevis. December 11, 2020
  2. ^ Interview with Dan Inosanto by Daniel Sullivan
  3. ^ a b Charlson, Steve (October 1996). "His Final Interview". Tedlucaylucay.com. Inside Kung Fu. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
  4. ^ "Panantukan Book Review". Bladeforums.com. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  5. ^ "filipino boxing???". MartialTalk.Com - Friendly Martial Arts Forum Community. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  6. ^ "Makephpbb.com". Makephpbb.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  7. ^ "Filipino Boxing..." defend.net. Archived from the original on April 18, 2014.
  8. ^ a b c d Stradley, Don. "A look at the history of boxing in the Philippines". ESPN. June 25, 2008
  9. ^ a b c Tovak Kali International. "Filipino Martial Arts - Filipino Kali - Kali Instructor - RBSD - Melbourne - Adelaide". Tovakkali.blogspot.com. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  10. ^ Filipino Combat Knife Fighting. Youtube.com. 11 June 2007. Retrieved 28 January 2016 – via YouTube.
  11. ^ THE MARTIAL ARTS OF THE PHILIPPINES
  12. ^ . abante.com. Archived from the original on May 19, 2013. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
  13. ^ Calderon, Rossel. . Abante-tonite.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  14. ^ "Ex-boxer na hindi kaya sa suntukan, pinatay sa saksak". philstar.com. February 19, 2001. from the original on January 19, 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  15. ^ Calvento, Tony (February 6, 2009). "Grinipuhan, tinarakan sa leeg..." philstar.com. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  16. ^ Cantos, Joy. "Tinalo sa suntukan, rumesbak ng saksak". philstar.com. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  17. ^ . Remate.ph. Archived from the original on June 6, 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  18. ^ Madan, Alvin. . abante.com. Archived from the original on September 8, 2011. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
  19. ^ . Remate.ph. Archived from the original on June 6, 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  20. ^ Santamaria, Carlos (November 26, 2012). "'Male pride' led to fatal stabbing of American in Makati". Rappler. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  21. ^ a b Corky Pasquil (1994). "Documentary: The Great Pinoy Boxing Era". Youtube.com. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
  22. ^ Godhania, Krishna. . Warriorseskrima.com. Archived from the original on February 14, 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  23. ^ Nathanielsz, Ronnie (January 2, 2008). "Remembering Filipino Great "Flash" Elorde". Boxingscene.com. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  24. ^ Perry Gil S. Mallari (October 20, 2010). "Characteristics of Filipino Boxing". Filipino Martial Arts Pulse: Kali, Eskrima, Arnis. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  25. ^ Godhania, Krishna. "Western & Filipino Boxing". Krishnagodhania.org. from the original on 17 July 2006. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  26. ^ FILIPINO STREET BOXING WITH PETER "TISOY" SESCON JR. - PRACTICAL BOXING. Youtube.com. 28 March 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2016 – via YouTube.
  27. ^ "We should focus on boxing - The Manila Times Online". Manilatimes.net. July 13, 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  28. ^ Rolando O. Borrinaga (November 27, 1994). . Archived from the original on October 27, 2009. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
  29. ^ a b c "Print Page - Filipino Martial Arts and Boxing". Dogbrothers.com. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  30. ^ Carlos Ortiz vs. Flash Elorde II (part 1 of 4). Youtube.com. 14 March 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2016 – via YouTube.
  31. ^ Nathanielsz, Ronnie (March 25, 2012). "Remembering 'Flash' Elorde". Philboxing.com. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  32. ^ Almond, John. "Pinoy combat-sports pioneer Onassis Parungao recalls MMA's early days". ABS-CBN. July 1, 2020

Further reading

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

External links

  • The Great Pinoy Boxing Era, 1994 documentary on early 1900s Filipino boxing by Corky Pasquil
  • Filipino Martial Arts: From Kali and Escrima to Boxing talk at the Smithsonian Museum with Dan Inosanto, Rosie Abriam, Linda España-Maram, Gem Daus

January 14, 2023
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For the general Filipino term for fistfight see Boxing Mano mano redirects here For other uses see Mano Mano disambiguation Suntukan is the fist related striking component of Filipino martial arts In the central Philippine island region of Visayas it is known as Pangamot or Pakamot and Sumbagay 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 In recent times suntukan has become a generalized term for any brawls in the Philippines with the term panantukan becoming more frequently used to denote the actual martial art 1 SuntukanPanantukan with locks trips knees throws and elbowsAlso known asPanununtukan Pangamot Filipino Boxing Mano mano Panantukan Tumbukan Dirty BoxingHardnessVariesCountry of originPhilippinesFamous practitionersEduard Folayang Gabriel Flash Elorde Francisco Pancho Villa Guilledo Ceferino Garcia Estaneslao Tanny del Campo Buenaventura Kid Bentura Lucaylucay Dan Inosanto Anderson SilvaOlympic sportNo Contents 1 Etymology 2 Characteristics 2 1 Striking 2 2 Grappling 2 3 Weaponry 3 Usage in sports 4 See also 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External linksEtymology EditThe term suntukan comes from the Tagalog word for punch suntok It is the Filipino term for a fistfight brawl or boxing 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 to hand 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 Filipino Boxing is a contemporary westernized term used by a few instructors to describe suntukan 1 Panantukan often erroneously referred to as panantuken by USA practitioners due to the way Americans pronounce the letters U and A is a contraction of the Tagalog term pananantukan according to Dan Inosanto 2 It is generally attributed to the empty hands and boxing system infused by FMA pioneers Juan Johnny Lacoste Leodoro Lucky Lucaylucay and Floro Villabrille 3 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 Pananantukan which Inosanto picked up from his Visayan elder instructors is a corruption of panununtukan While the Tagalog of his instructors was not perfect Lacoste was Waray and the Filipino language based on Tagalog was relatively new when they migrated to the United States they were highly versed in Filipino martial arts 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 4 5 6 7 Characteristics EditStriking Edit Filipinos had their own sort of boxing a bare handed martial art known as Suntukan The combatants held their hands high and kept their distance occasionally charging forward to throw chopping punches most of which would be fouls not tolerated in American rings Don Stradley ESPN journalist 8 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 mainly 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 low line kicks tripping and knee strikes to the legs shins and groin Many of its other unique movesets include elbow blocks bolo punches and other chopping strikes evasive maneuvers and parrying stances 8 1 Suntukan practitioners typically circle constantly to avoid getting hit and look for openings just like with knife fighting According to Filipino martial artist 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 8 9 Grappling Edit Panantukan dirty fighting techniques Panantukan also consists of limb trapping and immobilization 1 including the technique called gunting scissors 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 techniques that will nullify further attack by hitting certain bones and other areas to cause damage of the attacking limb Common limb destructions include guiding incoming straight punches into the defending fighter s elbow siko to shatter the knuckles 10 Dumog or Filipino wrestling is also an essential component of Panantukan 11 This type of wrestling is based on the concept of control points or choke points on the human body which are manipulated for example by grabbing pushing pulling in order to disrupt the opponent s balance and to keep him off balance This also creates opportunities for close quarter striking using head butts knees forearms and elbows 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 Weaponry Edit Main article Arnis 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 12 13 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 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 As such parries and deflections are preferred over blocks and prolonged grappling Suntukan is a key component of Arnis and is generally believed to have evolved from the latter 8 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 Arnis de 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 Usage in sports EditA number of Filipino boxing champions have practiced eskrima and panantukan 21 While many Filipino boxing champions such as Estaneslao Tanny del Campo 22 23 and Buenaventura Kid Bentura Lucaylucay 3 24 Lucky Lucaylucay s father practiced Olympic and sport boxing they also used pangamot dirty street boxing which is distinct from western boxing 25 26 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 21 27 He himself honed his panantukan in the streets becoming a known unbeatable street fighter due to his skills 28 Legendary world champion Gabriel Flash Elorde studied Balintawak Eskrima under founder Venancio Anciong Bacon 29 and got his innovative intricate footwork 30 from his father Tatang Elorde who was the Eskrima champion of Cebu 9 29 Elorde s style was said to have been adopted by many boxers including his friend Muhammad Ali 9 31 29 Famous and influential Panantukan practitioners in boxing and mixed martial arts include Ceferino Garcia Gabriel Elorde Onassis Parungao First Filipino fighter in the UFC who studied Arnis de Mano 32 Eduard Folayang 1 Anderson Silva 1 A left bolo punch in attack A left bolo punch in counterpunchSee also EditMaharlika Timawa Juramentado History of boxing in the Philippines Filipino Martial Arts Eskrima Sikaran Dumog Kuntaw KinamutayReferences Edit a b c d e f Almond John 11 December 2020 Panantukan Filipino Boxing Gonevis December 11 2020 Interview with Dan Inosanto by Daniel Sullivan a b Charlson Steve October 1996 His Final Interview Tedlucaylucay com Inside Kung Fu Retrieved 2016 01 28 Panantukan Book Review Bladeforums com Retrieved 28 January 2016 filipino boxing MartialTalk Com Friendly Martial Arts Forum Community Retrieved 28 January 2016 Makephpbb com Makephpbb com Archived from the original on 18 April 2014 Retrieved 28 January 2016 Filipino Boxing defend net Archived from the original on April 18 2014 a b c d Stradley Don A look at the history of boxing in the Philippines ESPN June 25 2008 a b c Tovak Kali International Filipino Martial Arts Filipino Kali Kali Instructor RBSD Melbourne Adelaide Tovakkali blogspot com Retrieved 28 January 2016 Filipino Combat Knife Fighting Youtube com 11 June 2007 Retrieved 28 January 2016 via YouTube THE MARTIAL ARTS OF THE PHILIPPINES AGAWAN O HOLDAP abante com Archived from the original on May 19 2013 Retrieved February 4 2016 Calderon Rossel Kinambalan dark ice pick Abante tonite com Archived from the original on March 4 2016 Retrieved 28 January 2016 Ex boxer na hindi kaya sa suntukan pinatay sa saksak philstar com February 19 2001 Archived from the original on January 19 2018 Retrieved 28 January 2016 Calvento Tony February 6 2009 Grinipuhan tinarakan sa leeg philstar com Retrieved 28 January 2016 Cantos Joy Tinalo sa suntukan rumesbak ng saksak philstar com Retrieved 28 January 2016 Ungos sa suntukan nadale sa saksakan Remate ph Archived from the original on June 6 2017 Retrieved 28 January 2016 Madan Alvin PANALO SA SUNTUKAN GRINIPUHAN abante com Archived from the original on September 8 2011 Retrieved February 4 2016 Kuya grinipuhan ng bunsong kapatid tigbak Remate ph Archived from the original on June 6 2017 Retrieved 28 January 2016 Santamaria Carlos November 26 2012 Male pride led to fatal stabbing of American in Makati Rappler Retrieved 28 January 2016 a b Corky Pasquil 1994 Documentary The Great Pinoy Boxing Era Youtube com Retrieved 2016 01 28 Godhania Krishna Tanny Del Campo Warriorseskrima com Archived from the original on February 14 2017 Retrieved 28 January 2016 Nathanielsz Ronnie January 2 2008 Remembering Filipino Great Flash Elorde Boxingscene com Retrieved 28 January 2016 Perry Gil S Mallari October 20 2010 Characteristics of Filipino Boxing Filipino Martial Arts Pulse Kali Eskrima Arnis Retrieved 28 January 2016 Godhania Krishna Western amp Filipino Boxing Krishnagodhania org Archived from the original on 17 July 2006 Retrieved 28 January 2016 FILIPINO STREET BOXING WITH PETER TISOY SESCON JR PRACTICAL BOXING Youtube com 28 March 2011 Retrieved 28 January 2016 via YouTube We should focus on boxing The Manila Times Online Manilatimes net July 13 2013 Retrieved 28 January 2016 Rolando O Borrinaga November 27 1994 Where Is Ceferino Garcia Archived from the original on October 27 2009 Retrieved 2014 06 29 a b c Print Page Filipino Martial Arts and Boxing Dogbrothers com Retrieved 28 January 2016 Carlos Ortiz vs Flash Elorde II part 1 of 4 Youtube com 14 March 2012 Retrieved 28 January 2016 via YouTube Nathanielsz Ronnie March 25 2012 Remembering Flash Elorde Philboxing com Retrieved 28 January 2016 Almond John Pinoy combat sports pioneer Onassis Parungao recalls MMA s early days ABS CBN July 1 2020Further reading EditA Guide to Panantukan the Filipino Boxing Art Rick Faye Cambridge Academy Publishing 2000External links EditThe Great Pinoy Boxing Era 1994 documentary on early 1900s Filipino boxing by Corky Pasquil Filipino Martial Arts From Kali and Escrima to Boxing talk at the Smithsonian Museum with Dan Inosanto Rosie Abriam Linda Espana Maram Gem Daus Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Suntukan amp oldid 1128792420, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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