Pangamot calls for the full coordinated & rhythmic movements of the defender's hands, arms, body, shoulders, leg and feet mainly to bring about the opponent's defeat through disarms as well as throws.
The term suntukan comes from the Tagalog word for punch, suntok. It is the Filipino term for a fistfight or brawl and for fist fighting or boxing. Panununtukan means “the art of fist fighting”.
There are many theories regarding the origins of Suntukan, but it's generally believed to have evolved from Kali, a Filipino knife fighting technique. As the Philippines fell under Spanish rule, Filipino martial arts were driven underground. Knives and rattan sticks gave way to bare-handed arts.
This art employs all the upper body weapons to neutralize an opponent. The art, traditionally practiced without gloves, allows the practitioner to employ various parts of his body (fist, forearm, elbow) to neutralize parts of the opponents' body.
This is more commonly known as limb destruction. By striking various nerve points and muscle tissue, partial paralysis occurs in the affected limb, thereby making it useless in combat.
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 com-petition, thus it has a reputation as “dirty street fighting".
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, palm sticks (dulo y dulo) and ice picks.
Pangamot martial art
