President Marcos has urged all government offices and local government units (LGUs) to support the Philippines' hosting of the 22nd Asian Karate Youth Championship from August 22 to 25 at the Philsports Multi-purpose Arena in Pasig City. Pixabay The two-page Memorandum Circular No. 55, signed by...
The Philippine karate team brought home six gold medals in the recent 11th Southeast Asian Karate Championships in Bangkok, Thailand. PH national karate team (Karate Pilipinas Sports Federation Inc.) Led by SEA Games and Asian Games medalist Sakura Alforte, the karatekas also bagged one silver and...
Karate Pilipinas president Richard Lim hopes to use the winning momentum of Junna Tsukii to inspire more Filipino karatekas after the Filipina-Japanese won the historic gold medal in the World Games. Junna Tsukii (Photo from Junna Tsukii's Facebook account) Lim said the federation has found the...
Junna Tsukii sees a brighter future for the Philippine karate national team following her historic success in the World Games. Junna Tsukii flexer her World Games gold medal (Carlo Anolin) Tsukii, who bagged gold medal in the -50kg category of kumite in the World Games , expressed gratitude to the...
Puwersa ng Bayaning Atleta (PBA) Party-list Rep. Margarita Nograles and Pinuno Party-list Rep. Ivan Guintu filed House resolutions (HRs) congratulating Filipino athletes and sports teams for their recent achievements in international competitions. Filipinas team captain Tahnai Annis (center) lead...
From Richard Lim's Facebook account Junna Tsukii bagged the country’s first gold medal in the 2022 World Games in Birmingham, Alabama Friday (Saturday in Manila) after ruling the women’s -50kg division. The 30-year-old Fil-Japanese prevailed over Yorgelis Salazar of Venezuela, 2-0, to capture...
Admitting that some of her supporters aren’t happy with her doing a karate or a hadouken pose on social media, presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo said on Wednesday, Feb. 2, that this is a “small price to pay” to give back to supporters. Vice President Leni Robredo (Screenshot...
Filipino karatekas are set to take home multiple medals after their promising performance in the 2021 Asian Karate Federation (AKF) Karate Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan over the week. John Enrico Vasques, Sakura Alforte, and Lemon Misu bag bronze medals in the U-21 men's kata, women's senior...
Two Filipino karatekas started strong but fell short in the kata event of the 2021 World Karate Federation (WKF) Senior World Championships Thursday, Nov. 18 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Sarah Pangilinan, bronze medalist in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games, managed to barge in the third round but...
Jamie Lim crashed out of the bronze medal contention after losing in the repechage round of the 2021 World Karate Federation (WKF) Senior World Championships (female kumite -61kg) Thursday, Nov. 18 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Jamie Lim (left) and Junna Tsukii crash out of the 2021 World Karate...
Junna Tsukii suffered an early exit in the 2021 World Karate Federation (WKF) Senior World Championships (female kumite -50 kg) Wednesday, Nov. 17 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Junna Tsukii (right) battles Bakhriniso Babaeva of Uzbekistan in the second round of the 2021 World Karate Federation...
Jamie Lim is still in for a bronze medal contention despite falling short in the quarterfinals of the 2021 World Karate Federation (WKF) Senior World Championships (female kumite -61kg) Wednesday, Nov. 17 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Jamie Lim (left) finds distance against Laura Sivert of Frand...
