Mano Mano
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 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 Filipino, boksing).
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