Bakom (also known as Vacón) is a Peruvian hybrid martial art. It was founded in the early 1980s by Roberto Puch Bezada, a former marine and jujutsu expert, and also ex-convict, from the Lima district of Villa el Salvador. Roberto Puch has written a book describing his martial art^[1].

The martial art of Bakom blends other mixed martial arts such as jujutsu with street fighting techniques known and used around the shantytowns (pueblos jóvenes) on the outskirts of Lima, one of them being Villa el Salvador. The main objective is to know when to attack with power and disrupt an opponent's equilibrium. Armlocks and chokeholds are commonly used.

Bakom is a vicious martial art designed to quickly overwhelm and inflict maximum injury to the opponent. It is not unusual for confrontations to end with the death of one of the fighters, as it also incorporates the use of hidden weapons and deception in its practice^[1].

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