Pangamut - the Term

Pangamut is a term in Cebu, Philippines, which means to describe A Person's Way or Knowledge of Defending Oneself. Usually, you may hear the Cebuanos say to a person: "Maayo siya mangamut. (He has a good way of defending himself.)" or "Naa siyay pangamut. (He has a way of defending himself.)" Pangamut is also a generic term for being skillful---that is being skillful in cooking, carpentry, mechanic, and more so with self-defense. Pangamut is not the name of our group. We are practitioners without a name; it is our pastime, an exercise, a hobby. It is just like watching movie for us that we don't find the need to brand ourselves with a name. Again, Pangamut is just a generic term that may describe one's way of defending oneself---be it in knife fighting, stick fighting, sungay, or bare hands.

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Knife Fighting | Stick Fighting | Sungay | Tat Kon Tou | GokoSha The Knife Fighting came from Gorio Ceniza. Venson Villamala is one of Gorio's students together with Cronnie Cabatingan. The Stick Fighting is that of Jose Go Milan (Joe Goe). The official name is PalakaBanate (otherwise known as Banate). Banate (the stick fighting of Joe Go) has not been taught to many Tat Kon Tou practitioners. Banate was introduced by Joe Go only at the latter days of the Tat Kon Tou era. Sungay has been taught during the entire Tat Kon Tou period in Cebu. Sungay is a deer's horn used as a deadly weapon during the Martial Law years. Tat Kon Tou is a form of Kung Fu, Chinese boxing, grappling, and street fighting founded by Jose Go Milan. Tat Kon Tou later evolved and many new fighting methods and principles came out from it like Banate and GokoSha. GokoSha is offered mostly to higher Tat Kon Tou practioners.

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Cebuano Eskrima: Beyond the Myth

Featured Book and Reading: Dr. Ned Nepangue, the author and researcher of the well documented history of Cebauno Eskrima: Beyond the Myth is now on its way to finish and publish more books for Filipino Martial Arts enthusiasts. His book, Cebuano Eskrima, has been a subject of controversy for many Filipino eskrimadors and enthusiasts of Filipino martial arts. Nevertheless, the book has gained a reputation world wide especially in the Americas and Japan as many enthusiasts and practitioners of martial arts are trying to trace the roots or origin of the deadly art of eskrima. Filipino Martial Arts have gained both good and bad reputation in the martial arts world. Every martial art system has its weakness and strength. Reading this book and the coming books of Dr. Ned Nepangue can be a valuable source of information to those who are open to facts and not just the myths of Filipino Martial Arts. These are the upcoming books: Baraw Sugbo: Cebuano Knife Fighting System Sungay: Handy Weapon of Tat Kon Tou Shem's Paradigm Gokosha: Mind and Body Congruence Live Hand Path: In-depth Analysis on Teovel's Balintawak