Also known as Suntukan, refers to the empty handed boxing skills of Filipino Kali and consists of a wide variety of punches, open hand techniques elbow strikes and nerve destruction techniques. There are a large number of training drills which, when performed with a training partner develop the reflexes and tactile sensitivity. These methods of training are known as Corto Kadena which mean, close range chaining. These drills help develop the concept of "flowing" from technique to technique in a fast continuous flurry of attacks which target vulnerable areas of the body such as, the eyes, throat, solar plexus, groin, bladder, kidneys and various nerve and pressure point areas.

Many of the empty handed flow drills also teach the concept of trapping which involves manipulating an opponents attacking arms in such a way as they become "tied-up" thus rendering effective defense almost impossible. Trapping is a highly sophisticated skill requiring a high level of training.

Panantukan Curriculum

A. Boxing

1. Boxing strikes 1-8

1. jab- 2.cross- 3.L-H hook-4. R-L hook-5.L-L hook- 6.R overhead 7.L uppercut 8. R uppercut

B. Evasion Concepts

1. bobbing 2. weaving 3. ducking 4. slipping 5. distance

C. Footwork

1. step slide 2. slide step 3. step through 4. side stepping 5. circling 6. stationary to stationary 7. step to stationary

8. stationary to step 9. step to step 10. zoning 11. pivot to Rt.-Lt. 12. Triangle stepping male/female

D. Defensive concepts

1. catch 2. cover 3. chuffing 4. hooking 5. patting 6. elbow-in 7. wedge 8. cutting 9. intercepting 10. destructions 11. sweeps 12. throws

E. Four Door Defensive Concepts

You and your partner throwing punches back and forth, using 1-2/4-5 combinations

1. catch the jab and follow with a cross

2. Parry the cross and follow with a jab

3. Elbow-in block follow with a uppercut

4. Elbow-in block follow with a uppercut

F. Distance Defense

1. Parry hit 2. Position blocking hit 3. evasiveness hit 4. intercepting hit 5. R hand over hit 6. L hand under hit

G. Attacking Angles

1. direct 2. angular 3. immobilization 4. combination 5. drawing 6. indirect

H. Range

1. Kicking 2. punching 3. trapping 4. grappling 5. weapons

Filipino ranges: 1. Largo mano 2. Fraille 3. Tabon 4. Punyo

Footwork

1. Developing fighting measure; or distance with opponent, follow opponents' footwork. And stay within your range you fell comfortable.

2. Mirror Drill; as soon as your partner steps forward , you enter to attack samething for kicking distance. This is a higher level of fighting strategy.

Sensitivity

3. Sensitivity Drills; from the bridge or asking hand partner slaps inside forearm, apply circle backfist counter, partner slaps outside of forearm counter with a hinge backfist. with pulling hand trap.

4. Cue Drills; The development of Cue drills should give you a different way to react to a reposite or attack, each time. So you’re not just moving through the drill not thinking.

Example; De cadena, or first stage Huego y Retirada (hit and run) second stage

Abecedario (blocking first then hitting) the third stage Alto y Baho (hight and low hitting) with or without blocking.

5. Higot-Hubad-Lubad; Inside stop, outside passing, circling hand, the wave inside to outside, adding all the strikes with parries at different angles- place checks for punches for outside and inside with checking of the rear hand as well!

6. Four count Kali hands or (Tapi-Tapi); Outside and inside arm, adding finger jabs on each count. Adding distructions (guntings) Controlling (Dumog) Immobilizations (Kuni or Trancada) Knees and elbows (Siko-Tuhod) Kicking (paa) or anything you want to free lance.

Free Form Panantukan

Lead hand concepts:

1. Lead hand Drill #1; Stance: both in a (right foot lead throughout all drills), Partner delivers straight Vertical punch, you counter with a lead hand back of the hand parry, and follow with a return vertical punch back. your partner does the same flow back. This is the basic flow for both partners. You can practice striking to the back of the hand as it comes out at you. From what I hear this is one of Guro Dan's first drills that he teaches. To attack the weapon.

2. Lead hand Drill #2; Same vertical punch drill adding a left hand check of the forearm or elbow then return punch back

b. adding a punch and bend elbow return to the head or ribs

c. adding a punch, and knee to thigh

d. adding a punch, elbow and knee

3. Lead hand Drill #3; Same vertical punch drill, and change body angles using the triangle footwork.

4. Lead hand Drill #4; Same vertical punch drill and follow with a defensive side kick to the knee

5. Lead hand Drill #5; moving into the inside of the arm, working the same concepts on the inside of the arm

6. Lead hand Drill #6; Same vertical punch drill, but you counter the punch and grab the wrist, deliver left elbow distruction to triceps on the inside deliver an elbow strike to the bicep.

7. Lead hand Drill# 7; Same vertical punch drill, with push inward to elbow and move to double hand waist grab, attempt to lead leg sweep. Partners counters rear belt grab and sprawl backward to position.

8. Lead hand Drill #8; Put all the drills together and work on counter for counters

The Panantukan Jabbing Drills

Drill #1 (basic drill)

You and your partner are facing each other the a left lead fighting stance. You will begin the drill be taking turns throwing jabs it each other. Begin by using a rear hand palm catch of the jab. Using a three count beat (1-2-3)

Drill #2 (footwork)

Begin moving around in a circle with this same (1-3) movement, then reverse the direction and go the other way with it. Begin to using a cross pattern step forward, step backward, step to right side, step to left side, Then begin on your triangle footwork, changing leads from left jab, to right jab. This is a very good way to get warmed-up for training.

Drill #3 (uppercut/hook)

With the same drill we will be adding an uppercut to the arm or deliver a hooking type blow to the bicep, Example: so you jab, your partner jabs, you jab and your partner hooks or uppercuts your arm. Then you begin the drill over your partner jabs, you jab, your partner jabs, and you hook or uppercut the arm.

Drill #4 (cross)

Next add a high right cross, Example: your partner jabs, you jab, your partner jabs, you follow the jab with a right cross.

Drill #5 (split block)

Next apply a split block, and jab to the body a (split block) is a outside parry the jab and jab inside of the attacking hand.

Drill #6 (low cross)

Next add a low cross to the body, then back the the drill

Drill #7 (combination)

Next add a rear hand uppercut, Hook, cross

Panantukan Fighting Tactics

1. Cutting and jamming; used against an opponents attack you will use hands, elbows, forearms, to jam at the root of the punch or kick. Being the shoulders and hips or knees. Useful as set ups for takedowns for entries to leverage throws and sweeps.

2. Wedge traps; used against roundhouse blows, uppercuts or type kicks.

3. Scooping traps; snake move to circle block, and trap the limb. Snake meaning to circle around the limb, be it a punch or kick.

4. Elbow and knee traps; primarily used for roundhouse blows, and many times used with wedge traps.

5. Forearm and body traps; across chest, across midsection to hold or trap the limb like a vise or scissors.

6. Throwing; use angle, leverage, base, grab appendages hands, arms, head etc.

7. Angles; using horizontal, vertical, diagonal, angles will determine direction of throw, steps-using four stepping drill for your base. Step to outside of foot, on foot, inside foot, in front of foot. Use natural sweeping motions.

8. After limb is grabbed; use dropping, trapping, tripping, sweeping, flipping, lifting, scooping, throwing, stretching, striking, or any combination.

9. Size and style; a larger opponent is easier to control a smaller opponent. A smaller exponent needs to evade their larger opponent, using flowing skills to evade, to takedown. Takedowns must have a sense of calmness and awareness. If you can flinch you can block and react to an attack. Perception of your opponent’s moves will give you the timing and training will give you the counters. Filipino Arts requires this.

10. Perception; see opponent's actions extrapolate or evaluate your plan your attack by the angle of attack.

11. Follow ups; Strikes, throws or controlling techniques with footwork, hand placement, contact points. New knowledge perceived of angles, using base and leverage to counter your opponent.

12. Analyze opponent’s force and make a choice:

a. Control his momentum

b. Grab his arm or leg

c. Jam and counter strike

All of these concepts and principles are working for you if you train in them, it's not the techniques but how you apply the principles and concepts that make them work. You should develop a free flowing non-thinking mind. When you see the attack you just move like a shadow and counter.

Drilling is the key to developing any reaction, The more a skill is repeated the more firmly established it becomes. Proficiency is dependent upon repetition. There are many Panantukan drills here to learn and develop, use these principles and concepts and develop yourself.

Panantukan Jab-Cross Series #1

Feeder jabs, you parry with your right hand, feeder crosses you:

1. Parry inside gunting left elbow to sternum, eye wipe, throat jab, shove cross, hook, cross

2. Parry inside gunting right elbow to sternum, hack neck, cross, uppercut, cross

3. Parry inside with left hand shove, cross, hook, cross

4. Parry inside gunting to hack neck with right hand, cross, uppercut, cross

5. Parry outside gunting swing arm to shove, cross, hook, cross

6. Parry outside gunting to swing arm to hack neck with right hand, uppercut, cross, hook

7. Parry outside gunting to left elbow to shove, cross, hook, cross

8. Parry outside gunting to right elbow to hack neck, uppercut, cross, uppercut

This are just some of the drills within the Filipino art the Panantukan

Panantukan Jab-Cross Series #2

1. Parry-Scissors gunting , to backfist, they block, You Lop sao and backfist to the arm uppercut to chin follow with cross-hook-cross

2. Parry-Scissor gunting, they block you lop sao backfist to the arm move hand under chin to raise and push back to cross.

3. Parry-Scissor gunting, they block, you lop sao, and uppercut, grab inside of arm and hook with the other hand

4. Parry-Scissors gunting they block you lop sao and uppercut to arm tuck behind neck, to double hand hold to knee to face. a. one hand hold b. close leg c. far leg with silo sitting position

5. Parry Scissors gunting, they block, you lop sao, uppercut, to tuck behind head, spin to standing branch up position. a. take them to the ground

6. Parry to Split entry to backwards trip

7. Parry-Split entry to pull arm in to back entry pull down to knee on face

8. Waslik to backfist

9. Vertical gunting upward-horizontal

10. Vertical gunting to uppercut

11. Scissors gunting to hammerfist

12. Hoblibut to backfist to bicep, waslik to hook bicep, uppercut to triceps, elbow

13. Chop/trap to wrist to elbow to bicep

14. Low punch to body parry to backfist to bicep

15. Vertical elbow Rt.-Lt. hands to fist

16. Vertical elbow with eye jab

17. Horizontal elbow to fist

18. Horizontal elbow to fist with eye jab

19. Knuckle to Knuckle

20. Knee to fist, a. knee to fist with kick

21. Taguyo- Sway back

22. Spit entry- raise punch straight upward to chin, a. Raking punch

23. Spit entry- shoulder in arm pit

24. Spit entry- uppercut, grab arm and hook deltoid, upward elbow inside

25. Spit entry, Cut the chicken, a, hook inside b. hook outside

26. Inside gunting, backfist, uppercut, hook, hammer

27. Split entry with under hook arm pull and hit

28. Split entry with over hook arm, pull and hit

Empty Hands (Panantukan)

The empty hand skills taught are essentially a modified boxing format with one key difference, the fighting range. In Western Boxing the fighting range is from the end of the punching hand to your opponents chin, the Filipino styles however have their fighting measure from the end of the punching hand to a distance where you can attack the attacking limb. For example, where you can elbow strike your opponents cross to prevent him from punching you again. A lot of these movements are tied in to the use of the knife, where evasive footwork and parries followed by an attack to the weapon hand is often preferred.

This limb destruction is also due to the fact that by applying forward pressure to your opponent you are preventing him from hitting you as effectively and you are closing your opponents attacking tools down, i.e. "Defanging the Snake".

Limb destruction is commonly performed with 2 tools at the upper body range, these being the hand and the elbow. Of these the elbow is by far the more potent weapon in terms of destructive power, the only problem is unless you are attacking the hand you have to close the gap to employ it.

Common methods in which the elbow is employed is by using the point of the elbow on the fingers of the fist, or driving into the bicep or pectoral. Against a side kick the point of the elbow can also be dropped onto the side of the calf.

The major hand attacking method used in Limb Destruction is Gunting (Scissor type motion). This is where one hand parries an attack and your other hand attacks the limb which attacked you. For Example :

Your opponent attacks with a Right Cross, you step to the outside of the punch, parry to your right with your left hand and you hit the nerve between the bicep and triceps with the knuckles of your right hand.

The Gunting can be delivered either horizontally, vertically and in either direction, up or down. The choice of tool you use is up to you, it can be the knuckles, backfist or knife hand.

One important thing to note with the use of the Gunting is that in certain situations you are open to very subtle counters which will probably destroy your own limb. This is where your opponent either drops or bends his elbow as you attack. This can be applied against you if you are attacking from the outside line or if you are attacking vertically upwards.

There are no blocks per se but rather parry's and evasions as used in boxing, these are often used with a limb destruction as described above. These include slapping blocks and jams to hinder your opponent whilst you setup your own counter. Twisting of the body is stressed to move your vital organs out of the line of attack and to present as small a target as possible.

The elbow can be brought up to cover the side of the face whilst the arm covers the side of the head. If you step forwards as you do this it can also be used as a strike to the pectoral or shoulder joint of your opponent.

The major striking tools are the fist (In the major boxing punches), hammerfist, knife hand, knuckles and elbow.

Flowing attacks are commonplace where once you close the gap you hit and hit until your opponent is incapacitated. Remember the art revolves around the flow, you must be like water, moving from one obstacle to the next, you either go through it or around it. This may well be due to the fact that most fights in the Philippines involved weapons and you could not afford to let your opponent gain the advantage over you. For instance:

You counter with the gunting as described above, then eye jab your opponent with your right hand, wrench the attacking arm back as you deliver a left hand elbow strike to the bicep, then grab the head and leg sweep your attacker to the floor and finish.

Your stick striking patterns can also be applied into your empty hands, such as Heaven 6 by replacing the sticks with hammer fists or knife hands.

Empty hand skills are also taught against the stick and the knife, in terms of a street attack in the USA or Europe your are probably more likely to face the knife and Eskrima has plenty or parries, evasions and tie ups for facing a knife attacker following up with strikes or disarms. It must be stressed however that these are desperate measures when all other options such as getting away from the area are not available options. I recommend you see a qualified instructor if you wish to learn these techniques.

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