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.
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.
== Etymology == The term suntukan comes from the Tagalog word for punch, suntok. It is the general Filipino term for a fistfight, brawl, or boxing regardless whether the involved had background in martial arts or not as in "suntukan sa Ace hardware" ("brawl at Ace hardware"). The Visayan terms (also found in Waray and Hiligaynon entries) pangamot and pakamot come from the word for hand, "kamót", the word pangamot is also used to refer to anything done by hand, making it a rough translation for doing things manually. Due to Cebuano language pronunciation quirks, they are also pronounced natively as pangamut and pakamut, thus the variation of spelling across literature. The Cebuano, Hiligaynon, and Waray Visayan word (or at least sometimes referred to) for "punching" is sumbag, though the word suntok, is also listed as a Visayan entry, (in Hiligaynon it is listed as "to thrust"). Therefore the word sumbagay in the Visayan languages is a term to refer to any kind of fistfight or brawl.
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