Kinamutay

Kinamutay {{IPAc-en|ˌ|k|iː|n|ə|ˈ|m|uː|t|aɪ}} ({{langx|ceb|kinamutay}}, lit. "effeminate hand fighting"; {{langx|tl|kinamotay}}; Baybayin: ᜊᜒᜈᜋᜓᜆᜌ᜔), commonly but incorrectly orientalized kino mutai,{{cite book |last=Gonzaga de Alvarenga |first=Luiz |date=2018 |title=Enciclopédia ilustrada de artes marciais e vida natural |volume=3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WBR6DwAAQBAJ |publisher=Clube de Autores }}{{cite web |url=https://www.pinoyexchange.com/discussion/100513/the-beauty-of-filipino-martial-arts/p8 |title=These words posted on an eskrima forum regarding the terms panadjakman-kinumutai etc… |last=Marcaida |first=Douglas |date=2002 }} is a specialized subsection of some martial arts that emphasizes biting, pinching, eye-gouging, and other forms of "dirty" fighting techniques. Kinamutay involves extensive use of grappling and manipulation of nerve and pressure points, so as to allow the kinamutay practitioner to inflict pain and control the opponent while applying the techniques.{{cite web |url=https://martialask.com/kinamotay-philippines/ |title=Kinamotay – Philippines |date=2019 |website=Martialask |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127152108/https://martialask.com/kinamotay-philippines/ |archive-date=2020-11-27 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.fullcontactmartialarts.org/kino-mutai.html |title=Kino Mutai |date=2010 |website=Full Contact Martial Arts |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117143736/http://www.fullcontactmartialarts.org/kino-mutai.html |archive-date=2020-11-17 }}{{cite web |url=https://scorum.com/en-us/martialarts/@robin-ho/filipino-martial-arts-kinamotay |title=Filipino Martial Arts: Kinamotay |last=Robin-ho |date=2018 |website=Scorum }}{{cite news |last=Zorbas |first=Vagelis |date=2004 |title=Kina Mutai: The Art of Biting and Eye Gouging |url=http://www.fullcombat.com/Articles/Martial%20Art%20Styles/Kina%20Mutai.html |work=FullCombat.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080108042919/http://www.fullcombat.com/Articles/Martial%20Art%20Styles/Kina%20Mutai.html |access-date=January 7, 2006|archive-date=2008-01-08 }}{{cite book |last=Vunak |first=Paul |date=2019 |chapter=The Filipino Art of Kino Mutai |title=Martial Arts Bible: Contemporary Jeet Kune Do |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HOzcDwAAQBAJ |pages=15–18 |isbn=9781483427119 }} Although in Cebu it is culturally associated with women's catfighting, the techniques used are effective against opponents of all sizes.

The root word of the term is Cebuano kinamut, "using the hands" (such as in eating food), from kamut, "hand" (and compare related Tagalog kamot, "to scratch"), with the feminizing suffix -ay.{{cite web |url=https://defend.net/deluxeforums/forum/martial-arts/filipino-martial-arts/24337-kina-kino-mutai |title=Kinamutai – Cebuano word for using of hands |last=Serveinsilence |date=2006 |website=Mousel's Mixed Martial Arts Academy }}{{cite book |last=Rivera |first=Juan F. |date=1979 |title=Quezon: Thoughts and Anecdotes About Him and His Fights |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AShbAAAAIAAJ |publisher=J. F. Rivera |page=266 |quote='Kinamot' or eating with the hands in restaurants is now a fad in Cebu City.}}{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://cebuano.pinoydictionary.com/word/kamut/ |title=kamut |encyclopedia=Cebuano Dictionary |year=2010 |publisher=Pinoy Dictionary }} Formalization of kinamutay as a martial art is a Western tradition not founded in Filipino martial arts or culture, where the term has little difference in meaning from "catfight".{{cite web |url=https://www.istorya.net/forums/sports-and-recreation-20/46453-kino-mutai-3.html |title=Kinumutai a martial art itself? |last=Sinyalan |date=2007 |website=iStorya.net }} It was popularized in the magazine Black Belt in the late 1980s, especially by martial artist Paul Vunak;As seen in the following early instances:

• {{cite magazine |last=Vunak |first=Paul |date=1988 |title=Kali's Most Dangerous Weapons: The Elbows, Feet, Knees, Hands and Head |department=Subsection "Kinomutay/Dumog" |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QNYDAAAAMBAJ |magazine=Black Belt |volume=26 |issue=7 |publisher=Black Belt Communications, Inc }}
• {{cite magazine |last=Knauff |first=Michael J. |date=1989 |title=Pangamut: Kali's Empty-Hand Fighting Art |department=Subsection "Kinomutay-kagat (pinching and biting method)" |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SdYDAAAAMBAJ |magazine=Black Belt |volume=27 |issue=8 |publisher=Black Belt Communications, Inc }}
• {{cite magazine |last=Vunak |first=Paul and Erin |date=2001 |title=Biting and Eye Gouging: Why You Need to Know the Philippine Art of Kino Mutai |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ns4DAAAAMBAJ |magazine=Black Belt |volume=39 |issue=3 |publisher=Black Belt Communications, Inc }}
• {{cite AV media |people=Vunak, Paul |date=2002 |title=The Barbaric Art of Kino Mutai |medium=VHS }} [https://books.google.com/books?id=FdwDAAAAMBAJ Advertised] in Black Belt (vol. 40, no. 2). it is also associated with Jeet Kune Do.{{cite web |url=http://www.jkd.gr/kinamutai.html |title=Kina Mutai: The Devastating Filipino Art of Biting, Pinching & Gouging |date=2010 |publisher=Ακαδημία Μαχητικής Τεχνολογίας Jeet Kune Do |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923124705/http://www.jkd.gr/kinamutai.html |archive-date=2018-09-23 }}{{cite web |url=https://jkdsciences.com/blog/2018/5/25/the-martial-arts-of-the-phillipines |title=Kino Mutai |website=The Academy of Jeet Kune Do Sciences |publisher=2019 }}

One key principle is uninterrupted biting: This means that the kinamutay practitioner places himself in such a position that he can continue to hold a bite as long as he wants, disabling his opponent from escaping his bite. The biting aspect of kinamutay concerns itself with what targets to bite, how much to bite at a time, and the angle and movement of the bite. Favored targets include sensitive and easily accessible areas such as the face, neck, ear, groin, nipple, and latissimus dorsi muscle. These targets are also chosen over others because of the difficulty countering a kinamutay practitioner biting them, ensuring an uninterrupted bite can take place. It can be used to inflict pain and can be used to cut arteries which can cause severe bleeding.