Tabaco Kuntaw takes places at local tournament

Kuntaw ng Pilipinas Tabaco Chapter participated in the Kuntawan sa Magayon yesterday. this is an event related to the celebration of Daragang Magayon Festival in the whole provice of albay. Since we are from a city 20 kilometers north of the venue, Legazpi city, the Kuntaw Tabaco group left the belga gym around 12:30pm, and reached the venue, the liberty commercial center around 1:30 in the after noon.
Several kuntaw clubs participated the events, the Kuntaw Sto Dominggo, Maharlika Kuntaw, Kuntaw Legazpi, Kuntaw Rawis, ARKAFIL, Kuntaw silat, and few karatedo clubs. the event started around 2:00 pm. Demonstration of combatives and katas were displayed as intermission for the sparring. We got two gold medals, one won by kyud jan belga for the 16 to 17 year old category and another won by kyud gino belga for the 18 to 19 year old category. Also we won two bronze, one achieved by kyud peter clet for 18 to 19 category and kyud julius clavecillas for 8 to 9 year old category. A handfull of kyuds and kyudais lost but made impresssion and have committed to train better and to perform better next time.
Everybody enjoyed the event. No unnecessary injuries suffered. We met new kuntawista friends. It was fun. We would like to give so much thanks to all the kyuds and kyudai who joined and travelled with us going to Legazpi city, we are the unofficial biggest delegation; to those we fought against ,for the spirit of sportsmanship; to liberty commercial center as sponsor; To all the member of the organizing team, under the leadership of kyud Val ni kyud val. Mabuhay po kayong lahat. Mabuhay Kuntaw ng Pilipinas! Mabuhay Kuntaw Tabaco!