Suntukan

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Suntukan in everyday Filipino or Tagalog speech refers to a fistfight or brawl. In the context of Westernized, systematized Filipino martial arts, it refers to the fist-related striking component of unarmed combat. In the central Philippine island region of Visayas, other generic terms for fistfighting or brawling which are thus reappropriated for a formal martial arts context include Pangamot or Pakamot and Sumbagay. The Spanish-derived term Mano-mano also exists, referring to hand to hand, one on one combat. A particular systematized approach to Filipino unarmed combat is often referred to in Western martial arts circles of Inosanto lineage as Panantukan, and thus treated as a term for a generalized concept of Filipino martial arts, but it is not an authentic Filipino term. It is more broad than literal suntukan or punch-based fighting as generically understood, as it includes locks, trips, knees, throws and elbows. Although panantukan or suntukan in this context is also called Filipino...

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