Training Video Vault: Guro Dan Inosanto JKD Panantukan

After writing an earlier post about panantukan, I had to revisit this amazing and effective martial art because panantukan was the art that made me fall in love with boxing [again*]. It was also the bridge that helped me connect all the other elements of jeet kune do (primarily, trapping, muay thai and grappling) into one fluid fighting whole.  With panantukan as my bridge and my base, I could flow with more confidence in my trapping when I started inserting panantukan elements into it, overwhelm my opponents with panantukan combos, destructions and grabs when I boxed them and confound my opponents by inserting panantukan techniques in surprising ways when I kick-boxed or grappled them.  

I'm always amused at the fact that I only took panantukan classes in my early days of training (when I was training 5-6 days a week) after avoiding the class for months because it sounded weird and unnecessary to me.  I would do nothing during the hour that the class took place except walk around Herald Square or go to Barnes and Noble until I figured more training is better than no training.  So, I started taking it to do something (plus, I liked hanging out with the guys in the school... oh the good ol' days).  The rest is history and I aborbed panantukan like a sponge.  It formed the basis for many of the techniques I use in my book, MMA Fighting Techniques.

*I grew up watching boxing with my dad but stopped watching them after I saw Rocky 2 and 3.  After Rocky, the fights we enjoyed together just couldn't live up to the epic melodrama I had seen unfold on the silver screen.  Brainwashed by "professional" wrestling, kung fu and action movies, I was disappointed to find that real boxers did not have the physique, choreography and brute force displayed by the likes of Rocky.  All of a sudden all that jabbing and dancing around the ring seemed boring and the combo flurries moved too quickly to register in my mind as anything but a blur-- I wanted comebacks-from-the-brink-of-death-knockouts or, somehow, a ninja front flip straight cross KO, dammit!

Academy of Jeet Kune Do Fighting Technology has a great article on the historical intersection of western boxing and panantukan and a great primer on a panantukan curriculum.  Click below for the Guro Dan Inosanto-inspired curriculum they posted.

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 something for kicking distance. This is a higher level of fighting strategy.
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 destructions (guntings) Controlling (dumog) Immobilizations (Kuni or Trancada) Knees and elbows (Siko-Tuhod) Kicking (paa) or anything you want to freestyle.

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

Kali Gunting Concepts 

 
Destructions (guntings) to the arms:
1. Inside Gunting
2. Outside Gunting
3. Horizontal Gunting
4. Vertical Gunting
5. Fist to elbow gunting
The Inside gunting is delivered with either a backfist of hammerfist to the bicep area, or any strike with the hand to the inside of the arm as it is thrown at you.
The Outside gunting is delivered with the outer forearm bone or elbow, and using the same techniques as the inside gunting.
The Horizontal gunting is delivered at the arm as it is thrown at you, you use a scissors type of movement and strike the hand with the door knuckers, hammerfist, first two knuckles.
The Vertical gunting is delivered with an upward motion to the tricep with the first two knuckles of the fist.
The fist to elbow gunting is delivered by you guiding the punch into the bent elbow of your arm, it can be vertically or horizontally delivered.
The follow ups for the guntings are many but I will list a few;
1. Eye jabs with the left or right hand
2. Backfist
3. Elbows
4. Knees
5. Low line kicking
6. Sweeping
7. Throwing

  

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.

 
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 tricep, 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