10/09/2026
๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐-๐๐๐ง๐ฆ
๐ ๐ฆ๐จ-๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐น๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ โ๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐
With disciplined movement and precise ex*****on, the Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT) Cats racked up one gold medal, eight silver, and one bronze medal across the Individual Kata, Individual Kumite, and Team Kumite categories in the MSU System Athletic Association (MSUSAA) Unity Games 2026 Karatedo Tournament on September 6 at the MSU-Main Campus International Convention Center (ICC).
Composed of Ashford Ckleen Sebua, Ali Sidney Pangandaman, Edward Gabriel Enriquez, Alexis John Pamanay, and Eliezer Zafra, the Cats left it all on the ๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ข๐ฎ๐ช to bring pride to the university.
The lone gold came from Sebua, who topped the Individual Kata category with a technically precise ex*****on of his routine.
Despite his eventual victory, Sebua admitted that he had his doubts heading into the performance. โ๐ [๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ] ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข ๐ด๐ข ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ข ๐๐ข๐ต๐ข ๐ฌ๐ข๐บ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐จ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฐ,โ he shared. โ๐๐ข๐จ-๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐บ ๐ฌ๐ฐโ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ข ๐ฏ๐จ๐ขโฆ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฉ๐ข ๐ฌ๐ข ๐๐ข๐ต๐ข ๐ต๐ขโ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐จ๐ช๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ช ๐ค๐ฐ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐ข๐บ ๐ช-๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ด๐ข ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆโฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ๐บ, ๐ฏ๐ข-๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ.โ
With little time to recover from his Kata performance, Sebua was immediately called to compete in the 55-kg Individual Kumite division. He advanced past his opponent from MSU-Lanao National College of Arts and Trades (MSU-LNCAT) Eagles in his opening bout before eventually settling for silver after failing to topple the MSU-Main Campus Royals in the final.
โ๐๐ข ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ข๐บ ๐ธ๐ข๐ญ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ข ๐จ๐บ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฌ๐ข๐บ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต-๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ญ๐ขโฆ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐บ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ข ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ข๐จ-๐ด๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ข๐จ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ข๐บ ๐ธ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฐโ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ, ๐ฅ๐ชโ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐บ๐ข. ๐๐ขโ๐ด ๐ด๐ข ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ, ๐ธ๐ข๐ญ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ข ๐จ๐บ๐ถโ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฉ๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐บ, ๐ฅ๐ชโ ๐ฏ๐ข ๐จ๐บ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐จ ๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ข๐บ ๐ด๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ต ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ฌ๐ข๐ข๐บ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฅ, ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ,โ Sebua detailed.
The same fate awaited Pangandaman and Enriquez, who each secured silver in the 60-kg and 75-kg Individual Kumite divisions, respectively. Meanwhile, Zafra completed the Catsโ individual medal haul with a bronze in the 67-kg division.
In the Team Kumite category, the Cats advanced to the finals following a 3-2 win over the Eagles by default in the fifth bout. However, the Royals stamped their authority in the title bout to sweep the Cats, 0-3.
With the Kumite title beyond their grasp, the Cats displayed undeniable grit and technical mastery throughout the tournament, laying a strong foundation for Karatedo campaigns ahead.
Report by Cheval Biwang
Proofread by Dante Doyon
Layout by Mohammad Mahathyr Sanggacala
