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“Realistic, hard, fast andeffective this is how I would
describe Pangamot.Pangamot, the Filipinostreet fighting, means
“total combat", and in iteverything is permitted.Victory is its only goal”
PANGAMOT - Created for the StreetPangamot, the martial art from the Philippines is fairly
unknown but is a very realistic, effective and aggressivefighting in my own way. Realistic, hard, fast and effective
this is how I would describe Pangamot. Pangamot, theFilipino street fighting, means “total combat", and in
it everything is permitted. Victory is its only goal.The Philippine unarmed combat style is also
called 'Panatukan', 'Panajakman' or'Mano Mano'. The reason it has so
many different names because everyIslands have different dialects.
TRANSLATION OFSTICK AND KNIFE
There is a lot of teacherswho combine boxing
with some elbow tech-niques, a head butt
some groundworkand then call it
Panantukan orS i k a r a n .
This is ofc o u r s enot theway tot e a c h
PhilippineMartial Arts.
Unarmed com-bat must be an
translation of PhilippineWeapons training stick and
knife. You can only claim a namelike Panantukan, Mano Mano or
Pangamot if you apply the principles ofPhilippine Martial Arts. The movements in
Pangamot are almost the same movements aswith a stick or knife, made with the necessaryadaptations.
DIRTY BOXINGIn pangamot we use dirty boxing. This is
not comparable to traditional boxing. In
dirty boxing we find a different way. We turn the fist at thetime when we make contact with the opponent. We use'anti- boxing' as we block punches with our elbows and tryto destroy the fist. From our hands to the shoulders we canuse 10 weapons in a very effective way.
An important part of Pangamot is described by the word:'Anti'. Like anti-boxing, anti- clinching, anti-grappling.Actually we are trying to break the opponents' rhythm withall these anti-techniques. If you fight a boxer, and you willfollow the boxing rhythm, it is very likely that you will lose.Keep it simple, don't try to box, try using elbows, yourhead, shoulders, fingers, use grappling and locking.
DISTANCESThe distances we use in the Pangamot are the same as
the distance we use with stick or knife. Long distance, thisis the distance where it is possible to block punches withyour elbow. The second distance ( middle ) is where we canuse trapping and low-line kicking and breaking techniques.The closest distance is the distance where we can use ourwhole body as a weapon, our knees, head, elbows,shoulders, and fingers. Here we can also use locks, throws,punches, or use clinching techniques called Sirada todo .
HOW TO FIGHTIn Pangamot it is important to create a flow in your
movements. This principle of the flow is the same as stickand knife. Many times in the Filipino Martial Arts when theopponent throws a right punch the counter is with onesright elbow to the opponents biceps. If you do not counterfast and immediate you will suffer the opponents left punchcrossing over your defence. If you counter fast, with yourright arm using the principle of zoning, and hit theopponents face, you immediately follow the elbow strikewith a left punch on the face. We call this manipulation ofthe body; this means that a series of blocks, counters, andblows will rapidly follow the initial defence.
DUMOGDumog known as Filipino grappling, the traditional
Dumog have simple techniques to bring the opponent tothe ground and finish as quick as possible. The reason issimple most Filipino have a knife with them. In Philippinesknives are the primary weapons of choice. It is their cultureto use them in a fight. Ground combat in the Philippines isvery risky after all there are different weapons on the
ground like sand, stones or small pieces of wood etc. Nowadays Dumog issupplemented with techniques from other martial arts.
PEN AS A WEAPONI myself have witnessed a battle of two guys. The battle began with punches
and kicks. One Filipino was clearly a practitioner of judo or jujutsu as he grabbedhis opponent and worked him to the ground with a perfect throwing technique. Atthe time they both landed on the ground on his back, the man on his back, get apen and stab the man to his eye. I will not go into details but the battle was over.
So everything can be use as a weapon.
MODERNIZEDI created Pangamot in a different way using traditional
principles and modernized techniques for the street andadapted to modern times. My principles in Pangamot are baseon Espada Y Daga , Tapi tapi , Figure eight and more .Nowadays it is a very realistic martial art, and easy to learn. Ifyou would like to learn Pangamot or want to be an instructorin this form of self-defence you can contact me and bewelcome to my world the world of Eskrima.
