Pangamut

This article or the following section is not adequately provided with supporting documents ( e.g. individual evidence ). Information without sufficient evidence could be removed soon. Please help Wikipedia by researching the information and including good evidence.

Pangamut is an old Filipino martial art from which Arnis , Eskrima and Kali were later derived. The origins are in the dark, but there are a few different legends. Presumably it originally contained several principles of unarmed and armed close combat , ranged weapons, but also things like military tactics etc. It is also said that putting yourself in a rush and allowing yourself to be inspired by ghosts played an important role. The warrior believed to use the powers of his ancestors to overcome pain and fear and to participate in their experience.

Legends of origin

The mystical Filipino hero, Lapulapu , is revered as one of the veiled masters of combat. When the Spaniards landed on Mactan Island on April 27, 1521 under the leadership of Ferdinand Magellan , they were defeated under the leadership of Lapulapu. Magellan fell in that battle. Allegedly the warriors possessed by Aswang stormed the Spanish ships and are said to have mauled the Spaniards alive.

The first western document that deals with this martial art comes from 1800 by the Spanish author Don Balthazar Gonzales. He suspects that it may have been Lapulapu's father Datu Mangal who, returning from a mystical journey (as the fairy tales tell), was initiated into the art of fighting and that Sri Batugong and his son Sri Bantug Lumay received this from him . Bantug Lumay was the father of Sri Humabon (Rajah Humabon). When Magellan arrived in 1521, Humabon was head of the tribes in Sugbu.

Lapulapu and Humabon were archenemies at the time, as Lapulapu accused Humabon of illegally appropriating his father's land and sea. That was also the reason why Lapulapu had trained his men for war even before his momentous encounter with Magellan. The feud between these two tribal chiefs contributed significantly to the development of the "old" Arnis. In the end, however, the decisive battle between Lapulapu and Humabon never came about. However, they later fought in the Battle of Mactan against the Spaniards under Ferdinand Magellan , with their victory being fairly predictable due to a superiority of 1500 Filipinos against about 60 Spaniards.