Fma Special Edition PKA
Fma Special Edition PKA
Fma Special Edition PKA
Steven K. Dowd
Contributing Writers
Emmanuel ES Querubin
Contents
From the Publishers Desk
Karate in the Philippines - The Golden Years
Philippine Karate Association - Culmination of the Dream
Council of Administrators
1st (Philippines) World Invitational Karate Tournament and Goodwill Matches
PKA Official Tournament Rules
Unknown Pillars of Karate in the Philippines
Latino Gonzales "Grand Old Man"
Karate Code of Conduct
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On August 2, 1965, Bernard Belleza won the gold medal in the heavyweight
division. In the same tournament held in Seoul, Korea, Emilio Galicinao won the gold
medal in the middleweight division. Eddie Miraflor won the silver medal in the
lightweight division, while Greg Agaloos won the Most Courageous Fighter award.
The 3rd Asian Karate Championships
November 6, 1966
was held in Manila, Philippines on
The Asian karate Association accepted
Sikaran as a fighting art of a distinct origin.
November 6, 1966. This year was the most
memorable date in the history of Philippine
Karate. On this day, Meliton Geronimos
dream that he has held in his heart and mind
since he was first introduced to Sikaran,
came true. After years of fighting for it,
which started in 1958, the Asian Karate
Association recognized Sikaran, Philippine
Karate, as a fighting art of a distinct origin.
Grandmaster Kwai Byeung Yun
For all his efforts, Meliton Geronimo was
Asian Karate Association
awarded the 10th Degree Red Belt as
President
Grandmaster of Sikaran.
Not to be outdone in 1966 were
Jimmy Magbanua and Ariston Bautista.
Magbanua was crowned heavyweight gold
medalist while Bautista won the gold medal
in the lightweight division. Again, Eddie
Miraflor won the silver medal in the
lightweight division.
On October 10, 1967, in Tokyo,
Hwang Kee
Japan, the 4th Asian Karate Championships
Grandmaster
Korean Tang Soo Soo
saw a new Filipino winner. Amando Diaz
won the gold medal in the lightweight
division.
It was on the 5th Asian Karate
Championships held in Seoul, Korea on
October 27, 1968 that the Philippines again
won in the heavyweight division when
Antonio Ganiela won the gold medal.
Amando Diaz, now a bit bigger and heavier,
Koichi Kondo
won the gold medal besting his teammate
Grandmaster
and former middleweight gold medalist
All Japan Karate Federation
Emilio Galicinao, who settled for silver.
Meliton Geronimo was promoted to 10th
Jimmy Geronimo, younger brother of
Degree Red Belt as Grandmaster
Meliton Geronimo was named Most
Courageous Fighter.
The 6th and last Asian Karate Championships was held in the City of Marikina in
the Philippines on October 26, 1969. Malaysia has joined the Asian Karate Association.
Patrick Lim of Malaysia won the gold medal in the middleweight division. Lim is also an
indirect student of Meliton Geronimo. Patrick Lims instructor was Emmanuel Querubin,
a follower of Meliton Geronimo.
6th Asian Karate Championships Philippines - October 26, 1969
China
Hon. Head of Delegation - Isidro Ongsip
Hon. Vice-Head of Delegation - Antonio Paredes
Head of Delegation - Antonio Limqueco
Vice-Heads of Delegation - Chua Chong Peng, Mario Chua, William Tiu, Gerry Limpe
Secretary General - Jose See Bun
Players
Jimmy Bautista
Chan Kok Bin
Gerry Ong
Antonio Young
Go Sio Hong
Manuel Catay
Co Si Ben
Antonio Chua
Mario Lee
Eddie Tan
Li Kok King
Tony Dy
Go Chito
So Yi Chiao
Romeo Dykengwan
Yu Giok Hiong
Note: In view of the inability of the Taiwan Karate Association to participate, the Philippine Lo Yan
Chu Memorial Athletic Institute (Kong Han) will represent Nationalist China with the permission of the
Embassy of China.
Japan
Korea
Malaysia
Philippines
However, the KAFEPHILs refusal to join the PAKO, caused the PAAF to
withhold the much-needed and awaited government sanction. Representations were made
by PAKO but to no avail. The PAAF stand was firm all associations must merge into
one controlling body before action may be taken regarding the case of Karate.
With the non-acceptance of the PAKO by the government sponsored PAAF, the
former was disbanded. The first real attempt to unify Karate in the Philippines was a
failure and fell smack right on its face before anything concrete was accomplished.
The 3rd Asian Karate Championship was held as scheduled under the sole
auspices of the KBP. The national open tournament never materialized.
When the PAKO failed to achieve the purpose for which it was created,
dissension broke out among the individual associations.
From the Philippine Amateur Karate Association (PAKA), the old boys put up
an extension from the mother group. The Karate Association of the Philippines (KAP),
under Dionisio Johnny Carranza, the Shorin-kai Karate Association (SKA), under
Antonio Logan and the Martial Arts Association of the Philippines (MAP), under Ben
Beltrano all decided to go on their own merry way.
The KAFEPHIL was divided into four factions. The group that maintained the
name KAFEPHIL was headed by Johnny Chiuten. Jimmy Galez thereafter called his
group the Black Master Sphinx Karate Clan of the Philippines (BMSKCP). The group
under Jimmy Franco became known as the Black Kimono Karate Association (BKKA).
The last to leave was Vic Tayo and his Vilcat Amateur Judo and Karate Association
(VAJKA).
When the representation of the JKA was relinquished by the APKF, some
members joined the former while others were absorbed by Meliton Geronimos KBP.
Ceferino Vasquez, Jr. remained independent.
A Japanese thereafter took charge of the JKA in the Philippines. As is the practice
of most Japanese-run associations, they have assumed a let-me-alone attitude.
The Karate Brotherhood of the Philippines (KBP), in spite of its maturity was not
free from split-ups. The powerful Bacolod City based Moo Doo Kwan Karate
Association (MDKKA) under Casimiro Grandeza, severed its ties with the KBP.
However, the Manila based Moo Doo Kwan group under Eddie Miraflor, called Crimson
Kimono Karate Club (CKKC) stayed on with the KBP.
The Angeles City group Beaux Karate Brotherhood (BKB) headed by the Casero
brothers, also called it quits. A small group from Olongapo City, called Philippine Kungfu Association, headed by Carlito Lanada, decided to go on its way.
Thereafter, the splinter groups assumed the identity of an association, but were in
fact individual small clubs with more than just a handful of members.
Filipino Amateur Karate Union (FAKU)
The second major attempt took place 2 years later in 1968, when the Filipino
Amateur Karate Union (FAKU) was formed by Latino Gonzaless PAKA, the breakaway
groups of Dionisio Johnny Carranza (KAP), Antonio Logan (SKA), Ben Beltrano
(MAP), Guillermo Lengzon (who replaced Johnny Chiuten as president) of the
KAFEPHIL, the dissenter groups of Jimmy Galez (BMSKCP), Jimmy Franco (BKKA),
Vic Tayo (VAJKA), Carlito Lanada (PKFA) and the Moo Doo Kwan Karate Club
(MDKKC), represented by Eddie Miraflor who has also left the KBP.
Hoping to pressure the PAAF, the FAKU organizers decided to utilize the
political power of the Office of the Vice-President of the Republic of the Philippines by
naming Vice-President Fernando Lopez, FAKU President.
This time it was Meliton Geronimos KBPs
turn to hold out and shy away from the FAKU. Giving
the dissenter and break-away groups equal footing with
the major associations was not the KBPs idea of
unification. Geronimo did not budge an inch from this
decision. Negotiations, representations and mediations
were made, but the KBP stood pat on its decision. KBP
was willing to unite with the major associations but not
with the minor ones. Furthermore, the KBP claims that
these groups cannot even comply with the
requirements and qualifications to be classified as an
association. They were in fact small individual clubs,
such as Eddie Miraflors Crimson Kimono Karate
Club, Tony Logans Shorin-kai Karate Association
which is the same as the Nunchaku Karate Club,
Carlito Lanadas Philippine Kung Fu Association
which is made up of one club in Olongapo City and all
Grandmaster Meliton Geronimo
the other dissenter groups. At that time the KBP boasts
of member clubs from Northern Luzon to the Jolo Archipelago, not counting the Armed
Forces of the Philippines. Moreover, the KBP applied for membership on its own.
At first the PAAF Membership Committee tried to convince Geronimo to join the
FAKU so a favorable action may be taken in the case of Karate. The FAKU organizers,
knowing the futility of their attempt for PAAF membership without Geronimos KBP,
tried to compromise with Geronimo by offering him a top position in the FAKU.
Geronimo however would not settle for anything less than the presidency. But that
position was already filled by no less a personality than the Vice-President of the
Republic of the Philippines.
To further boost Geronimos claim that the KBP is the representative body of
Karate in the Philippines, a comprehensive and extensive report was prepared by the
KBPs Directorate of Research and Standards. Copies were passed around to the media
and members of the PAAF Membership Committee. Some members of the PAAF and the
Philippine Sportswriters Association were swayed to Geronimos side while others
backed up the countrys Vice-President led FAKU.
This division irked the Executive Committee of the PAAF who was feeling the
pressure of public opinion through the mass media.
With this divided support, no action was taken in spite of the almost weekly
conferences among representatives of PAAF, FAKU and KBP. More than 20 meetings
were held but no compromise was reached.
Finally, when all intercessions and mediations failed to effect a merger between
the FAKU and the KBP, the PAAF Membership Committee handed down its formal
reply, which reads in part: In view of the fact that the Karate heads themselves could not
find a way to unite, Karate had failed to comply with the first basic requirement for
membership.
When the unfavorable action was handed down, the FAKU, like its predecessor
died a natural death.
Further dissension broke out among the major associations and even among the
splinter groups. Although each individual group continued with its own activities, Karate
politics in general was in shambles. A cold war prevailed even though no real
confrontation took place.
Second Asian Festival of Combat Arts
In 1970, the Wrestling Association of the Philippines (WAP), headed by Pocholo
Bereciarte, sponsored the Second Asian Festival of Combat Arts. Billed as the main
attraction, was a Karate exhibition. However, the problem of which Karate group to
invite to demonstrate came up one more time. Individually, each group vied for the
opportunity claiming to be the true representative of Karate in the Philippines.
Four years prior, when the First Asian Festival of Combat Arts (sponsored by the
Philippines Sportswriters Association) was held, the Karate Brotherhood of the
Philippines represented the art much to the acclaim of the public. Bernard Belleza, then
the Asian Karate Heavyweight King, together with Emilio Galicinao, Asian
Middleweight Karate Champion were the stars of the show.
To resolve the controversy, a suggestion was made by WAP President Pocholo
Bereciarte. Taking a bold step forward, he suggested that instead of a Karate
demonstration, all Karate associations be invited to hold a national Karate open
tournament. Acting as mediator, the WAP invited the heads of the various Karate
associations to draw up a plan for the open championships the first of its kind to be held
in the country.
The first organizational meeting was a failure. Of the invited groups, only 2
responded the KBP and the PAKA. Another meeting was called. This time 4 groups
attended. Still another was called and finally all invited groups attended. However,
nothing concrete was achieved. The major associations (KBP, PAKA and KAFEPHIL,
which has assumed the status of a major association) denied the minor groups equal
status. A valid reason was presented. The minor groups were dissenters from the major
associations and as such should not be given equal standing with their mother
organization. Moreover they demanded that these break-away groups should instead
rejoin their mother organizations. Close door meetings were held between each head of
the feuding groups and the organizers of the affair.
Finally a compromise agreement was reached. Each competing group would field
24 players, all certified black belts to compete in 6 individual championships and 2 team
championships. This drastically reduced participation of some groups for failure to field
qualified black belts.
The clincher to the compromise agreement was all tournament officials will only
come from the 3 major associations, which would supply 2 referees and 4 judges each.
Pairing, weighing of participants and assigning of officials will be undertaken by the
organizers of the meet under the supervision of the heads of the major associations.
The elimination bouts were scheduled for 3 nights. The tournament was divided
into 2 categories - the control system and the full-contact system with the use of
protective armor. Weight classification in the full-contact system was based on the
standards of the Asian Karate Association lightweight not more than 140 pounds;
middleweight 141 to 170 pounds and heavyweight 171 pounds and above. As was
expected the full contact system with the use of the protective armor (in essence a
knock-out competition) was dominated by the KBP.
Although seminars, clinics and workshops were held to standardize the officiating
and the interpretation of the rules, problems and protests arose during the matches.
Personal affiliations and favoritism prevailed. Wrong and biased decisions were prevalent
and almost all the decisions were booed by the spectators and by some of the officials and
organizers of the meet themselves. Perhaps to show their maturity and to let nature take
its course, the heads of the different groups remained civil during the national open.
Philippine Karate Association
(Samahan sa Karate sa Pilipinas)
In the course of the meetings for the national open, the idea of unification again
came up. The heads of the different groups, now all geared up and conditioned for unity,
decided to forego all personal animosities and unanimously voted for a unified Karate.
In the first organizational meeting for unification, the name Samahan sa Karate
sa Pilipinas was suggested. The reason given was to give the association national color.
However, objections were raised and the majority insisted that since Karate is now an
international sport the name of the association should be in English. Thus it came to be
called Philippine Karate Association (PKA). The acceptance of the new name was
approved without any further objection.
Representatives of the various groups drew up the administrative rules and
regulations. Likewise a draft of the constitution and by-laws was laid out. However,
election of officers was deferred so as not to influence the national open.
Even while the national open was in progress, the heads of the different groups
started campaigning and lobbying under wraps for significant position in the would-be
new association. KBPs Meliton Geronimo seemed certain to clinch the top position of
president. His closest rival, PAKAs Latino Gonzales was willing to concede. Nobody
else seemed to be a possible contender against Geronimo. All indications at that time
pointed to Geronimo, being the unchallenged lone bet for PKAs presidency and
therefore the sure winner.
Shortly after the national open, however, things took a turn for the worse as far as
Geronimos bid for presidency was concerned. The heads of the other Karate groups
backed out from their support of Geronimo.
With this new development, KAFEPHILs Guillermo Lengzon announced his
desire to be the president. PAKAs Latino Gonzales also changed his mind and indicated
he would like the position. This made the presidents post a highly contested position.
Intrigues and under the table deals (including promotion to a higher degree) followed.
For a moment the idea of unification again seemed to be shelved behind the clash
of personalities, until WAPs Pocholo Bereciarte came to the rescue. Bereciarte argued
that the only way for the Karate heads to be united was to relegate all their authorities to a
president who did not belong to their clique; a president whose personality would not be
subservient to any group, but rather command the respect of the feuding Karate heads. He
further suggested that the heads of the different groups will be called the Board of
Directors or Council of Administrators. Everybody voted for the latter.
Names were nominated by the different Karate groups. Some were nominated for
political reasons; some for personal relation and affiliation and still some for being types
that could be swayed to favor one group or another.
Again, it was Bereciarte who came to save the day for Karate. He recommended a
man who has done a great deal toward promoting amateur sports without being involved
in sports politics. The man he recommended is above and beyond personal
aggrandizement. The man is a complete stranger and unknown to all of the Karate heads.
Bereciarte nominated Dante Q. Nagtalon, a retired military officer, retired chief of police,
politician, educator, lawyer, bank executive and businessman.
The nomination of Dante Q. Nagtalon raised
cheers from some quarters and jeers from others. They
asked questions like who is Dante Q. Nagtalon; what
does he know about Karate; what is his grade; what
style does he practice; what can he do for Karate; how
can he command the respect of the Karate leaders?
Objections were raised by those whose Karate political
career was threatened. Others were apprehensive for
fear that the high grades they bestowed on themselves
will not be confirmed and worse be taken away. Still
others were skeptical about a non-Karate man to head a
Dante Q. Nagtalon
Karate association.
Like a candidate for a Masters degree defending his thesis, Bereciarte
strategically read Nagtalons record of accomplishment and achievements with oratorical
eloquence. The Karate leaders were impressed, partly by the record and partly by the way
it was presented. But they still needed to be convinced. That was Bereciartes clue. It was
high time these feuding Karate leaders meet the man destined to lead them. Bereciarte
scheduled a luncheon meeting between the Karate heads and Dante Q. Nagtalon.
At the meeting, the Karate leaders were not too anxious to meet Nagtalon, an
unassuming executive of the Central Bank of the Philippines. Unlike the Karate heads
who have boldly and arrogantly declared who they were, the powerful politicians they
know, what they have done and what they can do (except they never get to doing),
Nagtalon kept comparatively silent. This attitude left the Karate leaders wondering and
bewildered. Nagtalon did not have to speak because the record Bereciarte read spoke for
itself.
After Nagtalon assured the Karate heads that the grade they hold (or assumed)
will not be questioned, Nagtalons nomination was finally almost unanimously accepted.
Only KBPs faction countered the nomination. This action led to the childish fingerpointing and exchange of accusations, charges and counter-charges right in front of
Nagtalon. Nagtalon kept his composure. But feeling like a weird creature in a carnival,
Nagtalon, for the first time broke his silence. Slowly but firmly, in a manner familiar only
to people bred in a military fashion, he said: I was invited here to help you help
yourselves. I am going out of this hall. Should you decide to let me help you, then call me.
If not, do not bother. I will give you only 5 minutes to decide. The Karate leaders were
taken aback by this attitude. More than anything else, this curt statement made Nagtalon
the undisputed to-be President-elect of the Philippine Karate Association.
The man of action that he is and realizing that against these men the best defense
is a good offense Nagtalon put the Karate leaders in a defensive position... One by one
they were called to the stand by Nagtalon and a stern but polite question was asked of
them. Do you want a unified Karate under me? The unanimous answer was a firm
Yes. Acting as chairman of the meeting, Bereciarte passed out a form which among
others was a pledge to keep Karate unified under the leadership of Dante Q. Nagtalon.
All signed without the slightest hesitation. KBPs Meliton Geronimo signed with red ink
to signify his Red Belt Degree. On September 16, 1970, The Philippine Karate
Association was formally organized.
After the dissolution of the Asian Karate Association, Meliton Geronimo and the
Karate Brotherhood of the Philippines, the only internationally recognized Karate bodies
in the Philippines was invited to the formation of the World Union of Karate-do
Organizations (WUKO) and compete in the First World Karate Championships to be held
in Tokyo, Japan.
In October 1970, KBPs Meliton Geronimo and Emmanuel Querubin,
representing the Philippines, became signatory members of the WUKO.
This move by the KBP rocked the PKA from its very foundation. However,
because the PKA is not yet a government-sanctioned body, it was helpless and can not do
anything.
Again in 1972, Meliton Geronimo and the KBP represented the Philippines in the
Second World Karate Championships in France.
After returning from the Second World Karate Championships in France, Meliton
Geronimo pulled out from the PKA in order to devote his time in the propagation of
Sikaran. Geronimo even completely dropped the term Karate in the propagation of
Sikaran, the Filipino Art of Foot-fighting, renaming the Karate Brotherhood of the
Philippines the Sikaran Brotherhood of the Philippines.
The KBPs withdrawal from the PKA did not deter Dante Q. Nagtalon. He is a
man on a mission and nothing can stop him from accomplishing his goal.
Dante Q. Nagtalon came in the sordid picture of Karate when it was in the brink
of death. He applied the proverbial shot-in-the-arm which injected new life to the art of
the empty-hand. Nagtalon is a no-nonsense government executive with diverse
experience. Although not a samurai he adheres to and lives the code of bushido. He
is a leader with a progressive leadership technique. Nagtalon does not prescribe and
avoids authoritarian statements. Instead he defines, opines and discusses problems
breaking them down to their smallest component. The Karate leaders who came to him
were eager to debate dogmatic precepts, but such was alien to Dante Q. Nagtalons
understanding of leadership. He preferred to ask questions and encourage others to think
for themselves. Those who came to him discovered the need for hard work selfless hard
work for the cause of Karate. He drove them tirelessly, instilling in them a sense of
selflessness directed towards the ultimate success of PKA. Those who were willing to
make the effort were accepted. Those who do not make the effort, instead of being
scornfully rejected were re-directed and re-oriented and shown the way not by lectures or
absolute assertions but by example. The major themes he expounded for the PKA can be
summarized briefly: The purpose of the association is to provide for the welfare and
well-being of Karate practitioners and enthusiasts. No association can be governed by
restrictive rules and negative punishments. The leader must set a positive example by his
own personal behavior. Leadership is best which leads less and dedicates itself to the
development of the character and culture of its members.
According to Dante Q. Nagtalon, Karates highest aspirations were all attainable,
but only if a rational moral virtue could be instituted. He was realistic enough to see the
difficulty in bringing this about, but he was idealistic enough to think that it could be
done. He outlined the qualities of the rational moral virtue: self-respect, magnanimity,
earnestness and benevolence. He asserted: show self-respect and others will respect
you; be magnanimous and you will win all hearts; be sincere and men will trust you; be
earnest and you will achieve great things; be benevolent and you will be fit to impose
your will upon others.
By positive example he has instilled this rational moral virtue into the very
consciousness of the Karate leaders. Dante Q. Nagtalon knew then he was won half the
war.
A careful and methodical worker in all he did, Dante Q. Nagtalon was never
known to be impulsive. On the contrary he is always many steps ahead of everybody.
This quality of Nagtalon, more than anything else served as the life-saver for Karate.
He has noted that in the past Karate was always on the losing side as far as
government sanction was concerned. A critical thinker, he recognized and analyzed what
went wrong. In the first attempt, the approach was more on the military attitude of
ordering. In the second attempt, politics was injected in the approach. Both methods
did not help the cause of Karate. Armed with this knowledge, he made a careful and
diligent study of the system. Possessed of a powerful mind molded in the anvil of selfdiscipline and shaped by experience, he made a perspicacious analysis, not only of the
problem - government sanction - but more of the problem giver those who will grant
the much-needed sanction.
As a military man who has gone through hell and high water, Nagtalon was
familiar with an all-out blitzkrieg in war and the skirmishes and hit and run tactics of
guerilla warfare. As a tried politician, he knew how to sway to the tune and how to make
his own music. As an educator, Nagtalon knew how to come to a final conclusion either
by deductive reasoning or by cynical virtuosity. As a lawyer he knew how to confuse or
clarify even to distort truth by reason and logic or to find it in its purest essence. Failure
was given no place in any of Nagtalons endeavors. Another word that he never used is
impossible. Failure and impossible are temporary lapses that Nagtalon use as stepping
stones rather than stumbling blocks.
During the national open Dante Q. Nagtalon, witnessed a major problem that was
causing a disgrace to the cause of Karate. Tournament officiating not only was below par
but was a discredit to Karate and needs not only improvement but a total revamp. This
was his first priority.
Nagtalon needed a small group of impartial, fair and loyal people whose character
is beyond reproach who will be the PKAs officiating panel. He gave the panel the title of
Executive Technical and Officiating Panel.
He called on Emmanuel Querubin, who has left the KBP, to head this panel and
appointed him Chief Referee and Chief Instructor of the Foreign Division.
Some signatory members of the World Union of Karate-do Organization (WUKO), Tokyo, Japan
October 1970. First row third from left, Meliton Geronimo of the Philippines, to his left is Dr. Kwai
Byeung Yun of Korea. Second row third from left behind Geronimo is Emmanuel Querubin. Only
Geronimo and Querubin have represented the Philippines in the formation of WUKO.
Querubin accepted the appointment only after he was assured that the panel will
be independent and beyond the touch of any and all appointed or elected official of the
Philippine Karate Association. Querubin affirmed that the panel will swear allegiance
only to the Philippine Karate Association, officially and Dante. Q. Nagtalon, personally.
This was necessary in order for the tournament officials to render a fair and impartial
decision free from pressure from their mother club or organization.
The Karate leaders agreed with Nagtalons forming of this independent panel but
disagreed with appointing Querubin to head the panel. Querubin, although he has
resigned from the KBP, is still identified too much with the KBP and was called
Geronimos alter ego. Nevertheless Nagtalon stood firm with his decision.
Nagtalon gave Querubin a free hand in selecting and training the members of the
Executive Technical and Officiating Panel. For his part, Querubin requested each Karate
group to send at least 4 black belt members, 3rd Degree or above who are interested in
being trained and become a member of the officiating panel.
After a thorough screening and process of elimination, in the end the national
panel, headed by Querubin was formed made up of Kunio Sasaki, Ceferino Vasquez, Jr.,
Luis Raphael Lledo, Jr., Amado de Vera, Amado Lim, Oscar del Rosario, Lorenzo Tayo,
Rodolfo Oanes, Joe Gumba, Rodrigo Espiritu and Maty Munieza.
The panel went through a rigid and extensive training of the rules of officiating
based on the rules promulgated by the World Union of Karate-do Organizations. After
the members of the panel were officially certified as PKA National Referees, they held
seminars and workshops in all the regions in the country to familiarize the Karate heads
with the WUKO rules of competition and to train regional officials for local tournaments.
Thereafter it was required that all PKA sanctioned tournament be officiated only by the
Executive Technical and Officiating Panel. Local intra-group contests may use their own
clubs officials. However, upon request local intra-group meets may also avail of the
services of the national or regional panel.
When the Karate players were exposed to the rules of international competition
set forth by the WUKO, the quality of Karate play in the country was elevated to a higher
level never expected or even thought of to be possible.
Council of Administrators
Where are they now?
Dante Q. Nagtalon
President
1970 - 1986
Deceased
Vicente Tayo
Vice-President for Luzon
Guillermo Lengzon
Vice-President for Mindanao
Ireneo Campos
Chairman
Committee on Budget & Finance
Eddie Miraflor
Treasurer
Carlito Lanada
Auditor
Deceased
Albert Joseph
Public Relations Officer
Where a bouts Unknown
Ben Beltrano
Antonio Logan
Ernesto Presas
Jimmy Franco
Jimmy Galez
Latino Gonzales
Remy Presas
National amateur Karate Organization
Founded
Modern Arnis Federation
Deceased
Emmanuel Querubin
Retired
Oakland Police Department
Residing in the United States
(Currently working on first and only authoritative
book on Sikaran)
Founded
Amara Arkanis
Co-Founder
Sword Stick Society (USA)
Residing in the United States
Kuno Sasaki
Amado Lim
Rodolfo Oanes
Presently Director of
Shorin-ryu of the PKF
Rodrigo Espiritu
Maty Munieza
Joe Gumba
Lorenzo Tayo
Deceased
represent the Philippines in the 3rd World Karate Championships to be held at Long
Beach, California, USA in September 1975.
The Philippine National Team was finally selected composed of regional
champions. They were Priscilo dela Paz, representing the PKA national headquarters;
Rogelio Sison Baula, representing Greater Manila; Philip Dizon, representing Central
Luzon; Ruperto Torres, representing Southern Tagalog; Oscar Obsioma, representing
Visayas and Evilio Dumagsa, representing Mindanao. Named national coach was Vic
Tayo. However, Nagtalon made it clear that preparation and training of the national team
was to be undertaken only by Querubin and his group. This revived the Karate leaders
antagonism against Querubin and his group. But again Nagtalon will not be pressured to
change his decision.
On September 25, 1975 the point men of PKA, composed of Dionisio Johnny
Carranza PKA Vice-president for Visayas, Emmanuel Querubin Delegate to the 3rd
World Karate Congress and Luis Raphael Lledo, Jr. International Referee arrived at Long
Beach, California, USA. After a week-long hands-on training and examination, the trio
were certified WUKO Class A International Referees.
October 1975, marked the culmination of PKAs dream. Querubin, on the
occasion of the WUKOs 3rd World Karate Congress was able to secure for Dante Q.
Nagtalon the position of WUKO Director for Asia. The Philippine National Karate Team
won 4th place in the 3rd World Karate Championships attended by 44 countries.
Awards
Demonstrations
Japan Goju-Kan
Shuji Tasaki - Official
Goshi Yamaguchi - Official
Akio Takahashi - Official
Suji Sugimoto - Player
Katsuichi Ishihara - Player
Machida Kazunobu - Player
Giichi Tanaka - Player
Takeshi Kaijyo - Player
Miss Wakako Yamaguchi Player
Okinawa
Katsuyuki Shimabukuro - Official
Seigi Shiroma - Referee Judge
Caesar H. Manacsa - Official
Morinobu Maeshiro - Captain
Seikichi Higa - Player
Kazuo Tamanaha - Player
Yoshiaki Kohagura - Player
Masamitsu Omine - Player
Masamitsu Omine of Okinawa
against Earl Sullivan of the
United States.
China
Chang Chi Chung - Official
Chen Ching Shin - Official
Chow Lee Liang - Official
Johnny Chang Hsin Lein - Official
Shian Juh Yeh - Captain
Sheng-Yeou Her - Co-Captain
Lu Shee Yeaul - Player
Chen Chen - Player
Her Yu Ming - Player
Demonstration
Hong Kong
Kai Takahashi - Official
Poon Chi Lung - Official
Li Sa Li - Official
Tong Kwok Ming - Player
Kwok Chi Sun - Player
Ho King Chee - Player
Mak Tat Kwan - Player
Shair Wah Kwan - Player
Hong Kong team, L-R: Mak Tat Kwan, Ho King Chee, Tong
Kwok Ming, Shair Wah Kwan,Kai Takahashi (official) and
Rudy Gumba (Philippine coordinator).
Demonstration
Malaysia
Patrick Lim - Official
Jimmy Loh Tham Sang - Official
Casey Leong Say Hai - Official
Emmanuel ES Querubin - Official
Kam Chin Kuan - Player
Saik Wai Loon - Player
Kee Guan Beng - Player
Lim Chong Poh - Player
Chen Kok Hwa - Player
Kwok Sue Sang - Player
Seh Fook Meng - Player
Malaysian team shows off their medals and trophy. First row L-R: Kee Guan Beng, Lim Chong
Poh, Chen Kok Hwa, Kwok Sue Sang, and Seh Fook Meng. Second row L-R: Emmanuel
Querubin, unidentified bystander, Saik Wai Loon, Dante Q. Nagtalon, Jerry Quadra, Jimmy Loh
Thanm Sang and Ben Beltrano.
West Germany
Hideo Ochi - Official
Peter Betz - Official
Horst Handel - Captain
Woflgang Hagedorn - Co-Captain
Wolfdieter Wichmann - Player
Norbert Dalkman - Player
Burghard Rebmann - Player
Jurgen Willrodt - Player
Michael Strauch - Player
Roland Lowinger - Player
United States
Alan Crump - Official
John Michael Hunt - Official
Benjamin Kamaka - Player
Dave Ramirez - Player
Reginald Brooks - Player
Roger Crisostomo - Player
Mitach Mignano - Player
Carl Beck Jr. - Player
Joseph Rawls - Player
Lyn Earl Priest - Player
Earl Sullivan - Player
Gary Smiley Player
United States team L-R: Jay Ellis, Allan Crump, Carl Beck Jr.
Mitch Mignano and Earl Sullivan.
Philippines
National President1al and Regional Teams
Team A
Team B
Presidental Team
Central Luzon
Northern Luzon
Southern Luzon
Eastern Visayas
Western Visayas
Mindanao
Atty. Rodolfo Magnaye - Manager
Lito Molina - Trainer
Noel Floes - Player
Virgilio Pili - Palyer
Demonstrations
Match Area
1. The match area shall have a flat surface with the necessary measures taken
for the prevention of hazard.
2. The size of the match area, in principle shall be eight (8) meters square.
3. Two (2) parallel lines, each one (1) meter long, shall be drawn at a
distance of 1.5 meters from and on both sides of the center point of the
match area, perpendicular to the line where the referee stands at the
beginning of the match and those shall be the standing lines for the
contestants.
4. Borders of the contest area shall be marked with a while or other easily
visible material.
5. In case internal contest area is elevated from the main floor, a ring with 4
rope strands (1 diameter each) shall be provided.
6. In case contest area is elevated, outer area shall be at least one meter away
from borders of internal contest area.
II.
Regulation Outfit
1. The contestants shall wear clean, white and unfigured Karate suit and one
of them shall fasten a white string while the other fasten a red string
around their waist.
2. The contestants shall keep their nails short and shall not wear metallic
objects or the like on his body which may cause injury to his opponent. In
principle, the contestant is not allowed to wear bandages or supporters.
3. The contestants may not use devices for protection. However, safety
devices may be permitted if so approved by the judges to prevent hazards.
4. In case body protectors shall be used, they must be of contrasting colors
for easy identification.
III.
Methods of Match
1. The types of match shall be as follows:
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
a. Individual Match
b. Team Match
The matches (both individual and team matches) shall be classified as
follows:
a. First point match the one who makes the first point is declared
the winner.
b. Two out of three matches the one who makes the first two
points is declared the winner.
c. Time-limit match the match is extended to the full two (2)
minutes and the one who makes the most number of points is
declared the winner.
The number of persons comprising a team shall be an odd number.
The team matches shall be conducted according to two methods:
a. Number of winners of individual matches the final result shall
be decided on the basis of the number of individual matches.
b. Successive winning matches the winner emerging from an
individual match shall continue to fight new contestants of the
opposing team until he is defeated and the victory shall be
awarded to the team whose member defeated the last contestant
of the opposing team.
When a team ties with its opposing team, the decision shall be made on
the basis of the result of an extra match conducted between the
representatives of the contending teams.
The extra match shall be fought between one chosen representative from
each team, repeatedly and successively until a winner is established.
However, in case the number of extra matches is extended beyond two, the
representative from each team shall be replaced by another member of
each team.
IV.
Conduct of Matches
1. The contestants shall take up their respective positions, make a bow to the
officiating table, to one another and with the referees signal of START,
shall begin the match.
2. When a signal BREAK is given by the referee, the contestants shall return
to their original position for further instructions, and resume at the
referees signal of START AGAIN.
3. When the referee signals TIME or THATS ALL, the contestants shall
return to their original position and wait for the decision of the match.
When the decision is given, they shall make a bow to each other and to the
officiating table and the match is over.
4. Matches shall be conducted exclusively by the instruction of the referee.
V.
Tournament Officials
1. The judgment of a match shall be made by the following:
a. 1 referee
b. 4 judges
Protest
1. The contestants cannot personally protest to the judges against their
decision.
2. When the decision given by the referee and the judges is suspected as
having violated the Rules of the Match or the Rules of Judging, the
responsible official of the team involved (ordinarily the manager) may
protest to the arbitrator against the decision.
3. In case a situation not foreseen or the inapplicability of the existing rules
on a given situation, the judges, referee and the arbitrator shall consult
among themselves to find a solution thereto.
4. There shall be a Protest Fee in the amount of P500.00 to be deposited
with tournament officials prior to the start of the tournament.
VII.
Score
1. Victory or defeat shall be awarded on the basis of a half-point, point,
victory by decision, defeat due to a foul or disqualification.
2. The scoring areas shall be the following:
a. Chest
b. Abdomen
c. Back
d. sides
X.
XII.
foul, the referee shall declare the guilty contestant the loser due
to a foul.
e. When the referee deems that one or both of the contestants
cannot continue with the match owing to injuries, illness or other
causes, he shall immediately stop the match and call the judges
together to decide as to whether the match should be continued.
6. The judge shall carefully observe the actions of the contestants within his
range of vision and in the following case, he shall at once signal the
referee by means of whistle or flag, correctly gibing their opinion:
a. When he observed Point or Half-point.
b. When he notices that a contestant is about to commit or had
committed a foul, or prohibited act.
c. When he found the injury or illness of a contestant before the
referee noticed it.
d. When both or either of the contestants moved out of the match
area.
e. In other cases when he deems it necessary to bring something to
the attention of the referee.
7. In case of a difference of opinion between the referee and the judges on a
given matter, the judge can with the concurrence of other judges oppose
the judgment of the referee.
8. Each judge shall continuously evaluate the relative excellence of Karate
manship of the contestants and form his opinion independently.
9. When the referee calls for the decision, each of the judges shall give his
opinion in the prescribed manner.
10. The time-keeper shall give signals by a gong or buzzer indicating time-on
or time-up. He shall raise a green flag indicating time-on and a yellow flag
indicating time-off.
10. In case a contestant is deemed unable to continue with the match owing to
the injury or any other physical reason on the basis of the advice of the
resident physician or of the referees own judgment, the referee shall
terminate the match or suspend the injured from the match.
XIX.
When the judges are required to indicate the winner, one vote by referee and one
vote by the judge are equally regarded as a vote of the same quality.
1. W W W W - Victory of white
2. W W W R - Victory of white
3. W W W D - Victory of white
4. W W D D - Victory of white or a draw depending upon the judgment of the referee
- Victory of red
5. R R R R
- Victory of red
6. R R R W
- Victory of red
7. R R R D
- Victory of red or draw depending upon the judgment of the referee
8. R R D D
- Draw
9. D D D D
- Draw
10. W D D R
- Draw or victory of one depending upon the judgment of the referee
11. W W R R
- Draw
12. W D D D
- Draw
13. R D D D
14. W W R D - Victory of white or draw depending upon the judgment of the referee
- Victory of red or draw depending upon the judgment of the referee
15. R R W D
The Referee and Judges must have authority and control to ensure fair
competition in tournaments.
Ferdinand Marcos
President
Republic of the Philippines
Nereo C. Andolong
Jose D. Aspiras
Godofredo C. Camacho
General Manager
Philippine Charity
Sweepstakes Office
Secretary
Dept. of Tourism
Technical Assistant
Office of the President
Gregorio S. Cendana
Manuel Collantes
Romeo F. Edu
Director
National Media Production Center
Undersecretary
Dept. of Foreign Affairs
Commissioner
Land Transportation Commission
Cesar S. De Guzman
Juan L. Manuel
Chairman
Board of Transportation
Secretary
Dept. Of Education & Culture
Guillermo C. De Vega
Secretary
Dept. of Trade
Presidential Assistant
In 1986 when President Ferdinand Marcos was removed from office, the PAAF
(re-named Department of Youth and Sports Development DYSD) was disbanded and
replaced by another government agency, The Philippine Sports Commission. The
Philippine Karate Association was disbanded ending Dante Q. Nagtalons 16 year tenure
as the first and only President of the PKA. A new association, the Philippine Karate
Federation under a different leadership came into being.
I will strive for the spiritual and physical perfection of Karate-do as a way of life.
I will adhere to the principles of the Golden Rule.
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