THE DEADLY “SIKO” OF FILIPINO DIRTY BOXING

Filipino Dirty Boxing, also known as Suntukan, Suntokan or Panantukan places a lot of emphasis on the use of elbows for striking and defending. The Tagalog term for elbow is “Siko”. The elbow strikes from Filipino Boxing come from all angles of attack including diagonal, horizontal, vertical and thrusting. Inward and backhand motions are utilized up and down the different angles of attack.

The targets include the head, body, arms and even the legs in the case of counter attacking against kicks. One unique and signature technique from Filipino Dirty Boxing is the arm destruction where elbows are utilized to attack on-coming punches in many different ways targeting the triceps, biceps, forearms and fists.

Elbows are also utilized very effectively from clinch positions. The smooth combination of elbows mixed with other strikes like punches, knees, head butts, shoulder butts and finger and thumb gouges make Filipino Boxing devastating for real-world fighting and self-defense situations like you’ll find on the streets.