Pang-oran is a martial sport founded by Punong Lakan Garitony Nicolas that combines the elements of arnis and kickboxing. Nicolas said that the etymology of pang-oran is Ilocano and connotes striking or exchanging blows with a stick. Nicolas said that there are three levels of tournaments in sport pang-oran: amateur, professional-amateur and professional. Participants in the amateur level are required to wear prescribed body armor and gloves. The punches are restricted to body-level, which is not above the shoulder or below the belt. The empty hand hits are followed by stick strikes. In professional-amateur, the contestant can punch or kick to the face with follow-up strikes with the stick. In the professional level, sweeping and throwing were allowed in addition to the barehanded and stick strikes.
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