Short clips of boxing training both as part of mixed martial arts and as an art in itself. Western boxing is a key component of Panantukan/Filipino Kickboxing, which will always be my unarmed "street" fighting art of choice. Suntukan (more popularly known worldwide as Panantukan) is theorized to have evolved from Filipino weapons fighting because in warfare, unarmed fighting is usually a method of last resort for when combatants are too close in proximity (such as trapping and grappling range) or have lost their weapons. Aside from this, some unarmed techniques and movements in certain Eskrima systems are directly derived from their own weapon-based forms. In some classical Eskrima systems, the terms Mano mano, De Cadena (Spanish for "of chain") and Cadena de Mano (Spanish for "hand chain") are the names for their empty hand components. Aside from punching, the suntukan components in Eskrima includes kicking, locking, throwing and dumog (grappling). It is interesting to note that a number of Filipino boxing champions are also known to have practiced eskrima. World champion Ceferino Garcia (regarded as having introduced the bolo punch to the Western world of boxing) wielded a bolo knife in his youth and developed his signature punch from his experience in cutting sugarcane in farm fields with the bladed implement. Legendary world champion Gabriel "Flash" Elorde studied Balintawak Eskrima (under founder Venancio "Anciong" Bacon) and got his innovative, intricate footwork from his father, "Tatang" Elorde who was the Eskrima champion of Cebu. (Excerpt from Wikipedia with minor alterations) For the boxing experts, please excuse my mistakes. Boxing is not my main art. I just dabble in it as a supplement to my Kali empty hand game.

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