NOPSSCEA KARATEDO Jack & Jill karatekas keep elem. titles

NOPSSCEA Elem. Boys Karatedo Champ

In the tradition of producing young talents in karatedo, Jack & Jill School – PHHC successfully defended its twin crowns in elementary boys and girls karatedo in this year’s NOPSSCEA competition.

Tournament manager Randy Mengullo said Czesar Rein Florete led the Elan Delfin-mentored JJS boys team with two gold medals in kata and kumite for eight years old and below while teammates Dante Jose Samonte III, Fritz Alrich Sampang, and Rolin Hundana also topped their events.

Samonte won the gold in 8-9 years old kumite while Sampang ruled the 10-11 years old kumite and Hundana the 12 years old kumite.

In the girls’ department, Jasmine Veniegas, Kyle Jewel Felasor, Abegail Bringuer, Sydnnie Samonte, Razhel Gee Mengullo, and Stephanie Samonte all won gold medals in their respective age bracket.

Veniegas reigned in 8-9 kata, Felasor was unbeatable in 8-9 kumite, Bringuer beat her opponents in 10-11 kata, Sydnnie Samonte won her final event in 10-11 kumite, Mengullo won the gold in 12 years old kumite and Stephanie Samonte dominated the 12 years old kata.

La Consolacion College-Bacolod, coached by Bert Arcositas, and University of St. La Salle , mentored by Joy Sobrevega and Mario Lizares, split the honors in the college category while Megumi Academy and St. Scholastica’s Academy prevailed in the high school division.

Michael Lizares bagged two gold medals in men’s kata and +50 kgs. kumite while fellow LCC karateka John Ace Tupas turned back his opponents in +55 kgs. men’s kumite.

La Sallians Roselle Dullan and Kristina Graziella Celiz crowned themselves champion in women’s group by topping the kata and kumite events.

In the high school competition, John Rey Condes and Florian Agustia registered impressive performances in juniors kata and kumite for Megumi to bring home this year’s NOPSSCEA title while SSA’s Leanne Lorayna finished with two gold medals in cadet kata and kumite in the girls’ department.*NIDA A. BUENAFE/Visayan Daily Star

JJS karatekas shine in nat’l karatedo tourney

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Razhel Gee Mengullo captured the gold while Dante Jose Samonte III finished with a silver as the Jack & Jill School karatedo team, representing Bacolod City, displayed their skills during the May 6-10, 2009 Philippine Karatedo Feredation National Age-Group and Open Championship in Cabatuan, Iloilo.

Mengullo breezed through her first bout in the 10-11 girls’ kumite against a Zamboangeña foe, scoring roundhouse kicks to the body that earned her two points and kicks to the head for three additional points, to prevail in the cards, 5-1, and advanced to the next round.

Against a karateka from the National Capital Region in her second bout, Mengullo sneaked in three punches while the NCR entry scored a lone reverse punch for a 3-1 decision in favor of the Bacoleña jin.

The semifinals bout between Bacolod and Cebu ended 4-2 as Mengullo scored on two reverse punches and a roundhouse kick to the rib cage for four points while her Cebu opponent earned two points for two punches.

In the championship round, Mengullo and her Dagupan City rival proved to be equal in strength and skills as the score was tied, 3-3, after one minute and 45 seconds in the match.

A punch from Mengullo that found the abdomen of her foe before the game ends, earned the Bacoleña another point for a 4-3 victory.

Meanwhile, Samonte settled for the silver medal in boys’ 8 years old and below kata-advance after performing a “Jihon” kata or shotokan style.

The gold went to Cebu’s entry who performed a Shito-ryu and Shorin-ryu styles.

Also reaching the quarterfinals in the 8-9 years old girls’ kumite was JJS karateka Jasmine Claire Veniegas who hurdled her first bout against NCR after the latter was slapped with a disqualification due to excessive blows to the face of the Bacoleña.

Veniegas, however, failed to advance to the semis after losing to her counterpart from General Santos City, 2-4.*Nida A. Buenafe/Visayan Daily Star

Jack and Jill School rules NOPSSCEA karatedo events

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With 12 gold medals in elementary boys and girls’ events, Jack & Jill School secured the overall championship crown in the NOPSSCEA elementary Karatedo that ended yesterday at the high school covered court of University of St. La Salle in Bacolod City.

James Inno Guanzon, team captain of JJS-PHHC campus, ruled the boys’ 12-13 years old kata and kumite category for his two-gold finish, duplicating his feat in the 2nd Philippine Olympic Festival Visayas recently held in Dumaguete.

Aside from being captain of the JJS-PHHC karatedo team, the six-grader Guanzon is also a Junior Black Belt.

Taking the winning cue from their team captain, Dante Samonte took the gold in boys’ 7-below kata while teammate Andrew Sepico topped the kumite category for the Randy Mengullo-mentored JJS karatedo team.

In the boys’ 8-9 years old, JJS-PHHC’s Aaron Andrei Lubrico won the gold in kata while USLS-IS’ Jan Gabriel Sobrevega won in the kumite.

Niall Mabaquiao gave the host team another gold in 10-11 years old kata while the top honor in kumite went to Rolin Hundana of JJS-PHHC.

In the girls’ competition, Jasmin Veniegas took the gold in 7-below while Adrea Sepico and Johaina Magbanua reigned in 8-9 years old kata and kumite, respectively.

In the 10-11 years old contest, Gerrine Perez of JJS/Castleson took the gold in kata while Rhazel Gee Mengullo of JJS-PHHC topped the kumite event.

Shayne Libre won another gold for JJS-PHHC in girls’ 12-13 years old kata while Leanne Lorayna gave St. Scholastica’s Academy its lone gold in karatedo by ruling the kumite division.

JJS karatedo team with coaches Randy Mengullo and Elan Delfin

Meanwhile, in high school boys’ events, Castleson’s Janlee Casquejo, coached by Elan Delfin, won the gold in 15-16 years old division while teammate Celestino Aranata made his golden mark in 17-18 years old competition.

Kenneth Moises of La Consolacion College-Bacolod topped the kata contest while John Ray Condes of Megumi ruled the 13-14 years old event.

In the battle for karatedo supremacy in the collegiate level, USLS’ Roselle Dullan reigned in women’s kata and kumite to bag two gold medals while teammate Gerardo Wenceslao dominated the men’s kumite. LCC-Bacolod’s Michael Robin Lizares won the men’s kata gold.

The USLS team was mentored by Joy Sobrevega and Mario Lizares.*Nida A. Buenafe/Visayan Daily Star

JJS karatedo bets rule Mayor’s Cup

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The karatekas of the Jack and Jill School in Bacolod City won 12 gold, eight silver and four bronze medals in the 2nd Mayor Evelio Leonardia Karatedo Cup Championship held Oct. 20 at the Negros Occ. Multi-Purpose Gym to successfully defend the title they won last year.

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James Inno Guanzon and Jasmine Veniegas led the golden harvest for the JJS team, with two gold medals each. Guanzon ruled the boys’ 10-11 years old kata and kumite categories while Veniegas topped the 7-below girls’ kata and kumite.

St. Scholastica’s Academy’s karateka Kristina Graziella Celiz collected three gold medals from the girl’s 14-15 years old kata and kumite and in the women’s seniors’ kumite division to carry SSA to its third place in the tournament.

Advocacy for Strenghtening of Karatedo team placed second overall with eight gold, eight silver and four bronze medals.

Other gold medalists were Zcesar Rein Florete, 7-below boys’ kata, Andrew Sepico, 7-below boys’ kumite, Seth Jego Balibalos, 8-9 boys’ kata, Barry Goerge Jomalesa 8-9 boys’ kumite, Christine Lucasan, 8-9 girls’ kumite, Shanye Libre, 10-11 girls’ kata, Razhel Gee Mengullo, 10-11 girls’ kumite, and Mark Badayos,12-13 boys’ kata. Visayan Daily Star 10-24-07

JJS jins triumph in La Carlota event
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The Jack & Jill School Karatedo Team bagged 12 gold, 5 silver, and 2 bronze medals to capture the championship in the 1st Mayor Demi John Honrado Karatedo Cup Championship at DHSBNHS Covered Court on May 2.

Zcesar Rein Florete, Dante Jose Samonte III, Rolin Hundana, and James Inno Guanzon topped their respective events in the boys’ division while Mariel Villarosa, Abegail Bringuer, Jasmine Claire Veniegas, Angel Mag-aro, Sydnnie Colleen Samonte, and Razhel Gee Mengullo took the gold for JJS Karatedo Team in the girls’ category.

Flore ruled the boys’ 8-and-under with a golden performance in the kata (forms) and kumite (sparring) while Samonte plucked the gold in 9-year-old kata. Hundana finished first in 10-11 kumite and Guanzon dominated the 12-13 kumite.

Villarosa, meanwhile, reigned in girls 8-Under kumite, while teammates Bringuer and Veniegas reigned in girls’ 9 years old kata and kumite, respectively.

Mag-aro ’s gold came from girls’ 10-11 kata and Colleen Samonte topped the girls’ 10-11 kumite.

Placing second behind JJS in the team category was Northern Negros Karatedo, formerly known as ATLETA Karatedo-Talisay City with 8-4-5 gold-silver-bronze medals while Bertar Karate Kan-Association finished third with 6-2-3 finish.

Host team La Carlota City’s Vilcat Shotokan Karate Association was in fourth place with 3 gold, 4 silver and 3 bronze medals.*NAB

JJS karatedo team overall champs

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The Jack and Jill School in PHHC snared 14 golds, three silvers and two bronzes to emerge overall champion in the 4th Presidential Cup Karatedo Championship at the Robinson’s Metro Plaza in Bacolod City over the weekend.

Jose Carlo Gacho and Jan Alfred Pontino ruled the eight and 9-year-old boys’ categories, respectively, of of the kumite or sparring event, while Nicholas Dolorfo and Emilio Alimon III bagged the gold medals in the 10 and 12-year-old boys’ divisions, respectively.

In the girls’ side, Razhel Gee Mengullo and Kathleen Nicole Genson posted first place finishes in the eight and 9-year-old categories, respectively, as Jorizza Garcia won the 10-year-old division.

Finishing first in the 11 and 12-year-old categories, respectively, are Gian Gacho and Crissa Mae Mationg.

Dolorfo and Alimon also topped their respective categories in the kata, or forms event, of the boys category together with Garcia and Mationg in the girls’ division.

The silver medalists in kumite were Norbe Ian Abedo, Angelo Ramon Mongcal and Mayumi Liwayway Espina, while James Guanzon and Jessica Escaran ended up as third placers.

The tournament, organized by the Union of Martial Arts Organization of Negros and Bacolod, also drew entries from Talisay City’s ATLETA Karatedo and Dos Hermanas Karatedo, Shotokan Karate, Castleson High-Victorias City. Masthodon, Bertar Karate Kan, and Vilcat Karatedo-La carlota City.

Wado-ryu Karatedo, Bacolod Martial Arts Federation, Castleson High-City Heights,JJS-HOmesite and Advocacy for Strengthening of Karatedo also participated in the event. Visayan Daily Star/10-4-2005

Martial Arts showdown a success

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Jack and Jill Schools and Castleson High of Homesite, City Heights and Victorias City held the Martial Arts Showdown 2005 on February 11 at the BAYS Center, Bacolod City.

The event was participated in by members of the Union of Martial Arts Organization of Negros and Bacolod, spearheaded by JJS/Castleson High Founder and President Cecilia Del Castillo-Lopez and UMA-ONEBA president Emilio Alimon, Jr.

Sensei Elan and Sensei Randy in action

Also instrumental to the success of the event were Randy Mengullo, organizing chairman, and Gelianne Esteron, student Council President. The Martial arts Organization is composed of different martial arts groups.

These include groups from arnis, wushu, kickboxing, aikido, karate,tangsodo and judo club.

The occasion also showcased the karate kids exhibition and brick breaking techniques.

Mayor Evelio Leonardia and Rep. Monico Puentevella attended the youth oriented affair. Sun Star Bacolod

Lessons Learned in Our Karate Class

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Kicks, punches, blocks and bows–these develop physical skills and self-discipline and strengthen one’s character.

That’s what karate is all about. It is a subject that requires toughness but become the most favorite subject and sports in Jack and Jill School. At an early age of 6, we are required to attend karate class under sensei Randy Mengullo as part of the school curriculum.

Thrilling, difficult but exciting–that’s our karate period. Proper punches and kicks are scored. It is your bad day if you receive a hit from an opponent during training but you get your lucky day, too, when praised by the teacher ad you realize that “It’s not how you win or lose but how you played the game that counts”.

Muscle pains are usual after effects. And one’s day is not complete if he fails to improve techniques as he joins the sparring session.

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Constant training and self-discipline are highly required ofus because we also believe that “what we sow, we reap”. That’s is why, we became achievers in karate, like during the recent tournament sponsored by ATLETA-Philippine National Police on September 8. Participated in by different clubs and school in Western Visayas. Our School earned a gold medal in kata (forms) through Rodolfo Torrato Jr. and kumite (sparring0 through Krizia Vinzon and Ann Margaret Apostol. The school also earned three silver and five bronze medals.

The beauty of it all is while we are trained to protect ourselves, we have the opportunity to achieve something. In our young minds, karate plays an important role. But while we may win, we do not boast; our feet stay firm on the ground. That’s what we learn in our karate class. That’s how we are trainedin school.STARLIFE Sunday/Young Lives: Lauren Lynn Cavile 

JJS-Homesite jins cop mayor’s Cup

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Jack and Jill School in Homesite seized 10 gold medals to bring home the overall crown in the Mayor Evelio Leonardia Karatedo Cup Tournament in Bacolod City durind the weekend.

Spearheading JJS-Homesite campaign were Seth Jego Balibalos, Jan Sobrevega and John Blisse Del Castillo as they ruled the synchronized team kata competitions in the boys’ 9 years old category.

The victory of JJS-Homesite however, was not a walk in the park as the Bertar Karate Kan bets claimed nine golds to place first runner-up, while finishing second runners-up were the Advocacy for Strengthening of Karatedo-Cebu and ATLETA-Talisay with four golds each.

Del Castillo added another gold to the coffers of JJS-Homesite when he reigned supreme in the boys’ 9-year-old kumite hostilities, while Razhel Gee Mengullo hauled two golds when she reigned supreme in the girls’ 9-year-old kata and kumite divisions.

Also posting top honors for JJS-Homesite were Shannon Libre and James Inno Guanzon, grabbing the golds in the girls’ 10-year-old kata and boys’ 11-year-old kumite, respectively.

Other private school karatekas, who teamed up with JJS-Homesite to don its colors also delivered gold medals.

Kristina Graziella Celiz of St. Scholastica’s Academy hauled the golds in the kata and kumite competitions ofthe girls’ cadet category, while compatriot Leanne Lorayna bagged the girls’ 11-year-old kumite gold. Emilio Alimon III of St. Joseph’s School-La Salle took the gold in the kumite hostilities ofthe boys cadet division.

JJS-Homesite, mentored by Elan Delfin with Randy Mengullo acting as chief instructor, also snatched 10 silvers and six bronzes.

Also competing in the event, which saw an exhibition showdown by the women’s synchronized squad of the Philippine karatedo team, were ASK-Bacolod and Castleson High. VISAYAN DAILY STAR/11-28-06

Karate Team hauls POF Medals

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Karatekas carrying the colors of Jack & Jill School in Bacolod City bagged a total of 10 medals in the Philippine Olympic Festival (POF) Visayas leg hosted by Iloilo Province last September 12-14, 2007.

Leading the Gold Medalists was James Inno Guanzon of Grade 5-Gem who topped the boys’ 10-11 years old category kata (forms) and kumite (sparring).

Also winning the gold medalists were Rhazel Gee Mengullo (girls’ 8-9 kata), John Blisse Del Castillo (boys’ 8-9 kumite) and Aaron Andrei Lubrico (boys’ 8-9 kata).

Phillippine Olympic Festival Visayas Karatedo Champion

Mengullo, a bronze winner in the 20th Philippine Karatedo Federation (PKF) National Open, also wonthe kumite silver in her category, while Seth Jego Balibalos and Lubrico settled for second and third, behind Del Castillo.

Other Negros Occidental Karatedo Federation (NOKAF) members who joined the JJS squad were PKF national gold medalist Leanne Lorayna and Kristina Graziella Celiz from St. Scholastica’s Academy; JJS alumnae Crissa Mae Mationg and Jorizza Mai Garcia of St. Joseph’s School-La Salle also topped the girls’ age-group categories.

The winning karatekas together with coaches, sensei Randy Mengullo and Elan Delfin, will Advance in the national finals in Manila, Philippines. UP THE HILL/Volume 8 no. 1, S.Y.2007-2008: Ariene Marie Angelu Coronado & Mikaela Tan.