Winners - 4th Inter-SSKI Karate Tournament

Junior Girls Division

Individual Kumite Competition

White - Green Belt Category

Champion - Leanne Marie Loyola - Xenel Team

1st Runner-up - Zephania Padua - FAME Team

2nd Runner-up - Krizia Dimatulac - FAME Team

3rd Runner-up - Julianne Rey Del Rosario - FAME Team

4th Runner-up - Gwyneth Silvestre - FAME Team

Winners - 4th Inter-SSKI Karate Tournament

Junior Boys Division

Individual Kumite Competition

Yellow - Orange Belt -Level 2 Category

Champion - Julius Ben Micu - Xenel Team

1st Runner-up - Clarence Gonzales - FAME Team

2nd Runner-up - Jabez Sabangan - FAME Team

3rd Runner-up - Kemuel Santiago - FAME Team

Winners - 4th Inter-SSKI Karate Tournament

Junior Boys Division

Individual Kumite Competition

White Belt - Level I Category

Champion - Fawaz Asharaf - Xenel Team

1st Runner-up - Alvin George - Xenel Team

2nd Runner-up - Nived Krishna - Xenel Team

Winners - 4th Inter-SSKI Karate Tournament

4th Inter-SSKI Karate Tournament

"Fight for a Cause 2010"

Sunbulah Compound, Phase I, Industrial Area,

Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

November 26, 2010

Junior Girls Division

Individual Kata Competition

Yellow - Green Belt Category

Champion - Leanne Marie Loyola - Xenel Team

1st Runner-up - Gwyneth Silvestre - FAME Team

2nd Runner-up - Zephania Padua - FAME Team

3rd Runner-up - Julianne Rey Del Rosario - FAME Team

Winners - 4th Inter-SSKI Karate Tournament

4th Inter-SSKI Karate Tournament

"Fight for a Cause 2010"

Sunbulah Compound, Phase I, Industrial Area

Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

November 26, 2010

Junior Boys Division

Individual Kata Competition

White - Orange Belt Category

Champion - Jabez Sabangan - FAME Team

1st Runner-up - Kemuel Santiago - FAME Team

2nd Runner-up - Clarence Gonzales - FAME Team

4th Inter-SSKI Karate Tournament

4th Inter-SSKI Karate Tournament

"Fight for a Cause 2010"

by Ben Micu, Jr. Sesnei & Jun Loyola Sensei

The Sphinx Shoto-kan Karate-do International (SSKI) headed by its ME President, Romeo Rivero Sensei, successfully conducted its 4th inter-karate tournament at the Sunbulah Compound last Nov. 26, 2010. The event was organized and participated in by various SSKI chapters namely; Xenel Team of Jun Loyola Sensei, Al Aoun of Sonny Alvarez Sensei, Fame of Nestor Rizardo Sensei, Sunbulah Team of Romy Rivero Sensei, Power Punch of Bhoy Cielo Sensei and Bahara Team of Vani Gasmenia Sensei, among others.

Just like in previous inter-tournament that SSKI organized, the event was a fund raising activity the recipient of wich was a former SSKI instructor who resigned from his job just to be with his brain cancer stricken grand-daughter in the Philippines. This event had the approval from its founding President, Master Eddie V. Rama, a certified 7th Dan Black belter, now based in Canada, who in fact called by phone and spoke to all the black belts present during the tournament.

Manwhile, in the absence of sponsors, SSKI had to rely on the entry fees collected from participants in both the Kata and Kumite events. All black belts, whether a participant or not had shelled a minimum amount as a show of support to a comrade who is in dire financial need not to mention the agony of losing a young loved one (the beneficiary died long before the tournament begun). Upon learning ot this development, SSKI officers and members were more than motivated to proceed with the tournament, inviting two (2) other Club instructors, Cesar Bencito Renshi of Phil, Union of Martial Arts (PUMA) and Nonoy Gacola Renshi of Wildcat Karate Club, who acted as judges in the Kata Black belt Division, and finally as referee/judge in the Black belt Individual and Team Kumite composed of 3 Black belts per team.

In summary, SSKI-Xenel Team is a runaway winner in the Boys & Girls Division by producing 4 Champions,, courtesy of Leanne Marie Loyola, who won both in the Kata and Kumite events and one-a-piece from Julius Ben Micu & Fawaz Ashraf, along with a 2nd and 3rd place finishes. SSKI-Fame Team on the other hand, took home 1 Championship trophy thru Jabez Sabangan, who thrilled the crowd with his fine rendition of Heian Nidan, plus 4 medals each for 2nd and 3rd places, respectively.

The Senior Division was a fight for first place with SSKI-Al Aoun & SSKI-Power Punch having an identical 3-1 medal tally for Champion & 2nd places but the former had one 3rd place finish against none by the latter. SSKI-Power Punch's tremendous Championship medal haul was made possible thru the efforts of Bhoy Cielo Sensei who won in the Kata and Individual Kumite events aside from steering his team to Championship by defeating the SSKI-Xenel's team of Senseis Jun Loyola, Ben Micu, Jr. & Samuel Nacario, Jr. by a cumulative one point edge in the Black belt Team Kumite finals. Fame Team was 3rd (1-1-2), followed by Xenel Team (0-4-2), Sunbulah Team for 5th Place (0-0-2) and Bahara Team, in the last place with no medal to show.

My Road to the Different Competitions and Propagations

I'm Jimmy Galez II, eldest son of Master Jimmy B. Galez and Vice President of World Empire of Sphinx Martial Arts and Arnis 63 Generals Federation International.

In my early age of 6, I started training Sphinx Kinaadman in Iloilo City of the Sphinx Central Gym under the tutorship of my father. During that time, Sphinx is very popular in the Philippines. I kept on developing the fundamentals of Sphinx Art for that is the most important part of training. Even in the deep meditation of my father in the caves and mountains, I was there and continued practicing the Kinaadman Way of Sphinx, also known as the poison hand, the dynamic system and purification of energy of the body in order to have a good and quick reaction and to understand the art.

Many years passed by, I wanted to test my skills by involving in the competition. My first competition was in Tacurong, Sultan Kudarat, part of Mindanao Island here in the Philippines. That competition was open age competition and full contact knock out system non armor competition hosted by the Tang So Do Organization. I won the first and second matches but for the third match I was defeated by an unknown Cotabato player, a Major in the Arm Forces of the Philippines by one point score. In my early age I learned to adopt other rules or competition rules in order to win.

My father also trained me in the art of Arnis De Mano which is 63 Generals. This art of cane have 63 styles and per style had 12 defenses, 12 offenses and 12 locks. The other system that my father taught me was combat, jujitsu and wrestling. My father wanted me to follow his foot steps in the Martial Arts world to prepare for furure leadership in the federation. From time to time he gave me lectures in the system of the art.

One day my father decided to have a deep meditation in the mountain of Mount Banahaw for how many years. He did not give information to all members of the clan in order to avoid disturbance. The effect of that, the clan stopped propagating the art just because they did not have any communication with the founder and father of the clan. Some of the members kept on teaching the art in the Philippines and around the globe. Some of them affiliated with the other Federations to have access in competitions.

During our conversation, my father told me that I must prove to him and to myself that I can manage the Federation by myself. He already trained me the art of Bugna and Kinaadman and at the same time arnis 63 Generals. He founded the Federation by his own blood by propagating entire Philippines. The seniors of the clan will not respect me if I did not prove myself in the field of martial arts.

In 1986 I was involved again in the Karate competition at Tacurong City sponsored by the Kung Fu Karato Organization a non armor competition knockout system. I wanted to prove myself in that competition that's why I did have a daily training of 3 hours every morning and 2 hours in the evening. The out come of that competition was that I was the champion. My record from 1st fight to championship was all knockouts. From there, I kept on fighting in any karate competition in the Island of Mindanao and in Manila. For having a daily training and perfection of movements and techniques, I was undefeated. I retired in full contact competition in 1993 to give chance to the other martial artist and players.

I also ventured in the field of Arnis De Mano. Using my skills in 63 Generals, I has been a champion and lecturer in Mindanao and Panay Island.

In 1995 when Taekwondo entered in Mindanao Island I was the first Taekwondo player who qualified to play in the National Taekwondo Competition in Palarong Pambansa Colleges Level. In that competition, I luckily won and fought for a championship match against Roberto Cruz, a undefeated SEA games champion for 5 successive years. Roberto Cruz is standing knock out but due to my lack of knowledge in Taekwondo system, I was beaten and lost to Roberto Cruz by 2 points.

When I went back to my home town I was the 1st propagator and organizer of Taekwondo in the Island of Mindanao. I kept on playing Taekwondo competitions and being always a local and National Taekwondo champion, I was selected to be part of the National Taekwondo Team that played in Thailand.

I thought my father will be happy for his son is one of the best players in Taekwondo competition in the Philippines, but he got angry just because I should present the art of the clan not as a Taekwondo artist. Due to that reaction of the clan, I stop playing and propagating Taekwondo in our area.

In the year 2004 I ventured and involved in the Philippine Karatedo Federation (PKF) for the Sphinx is the co-Founder of Philippine Karate Association (PKA). Base on my competition performance, I was selected as Karatedo Team to represent Philippines in SEA Games and international games. Due to my contribution to the martial arts world and achievements, I was elected as Regional Director in the Philippine Karatedo Federation for Region 12 under the name of the Philippine Olympic Committee, and was also selected one of the National Technical officials of the PKF.

The clans see that I have a strong determination and proved myself worth to become a leader who can be trusted based on the principles taught by my father. The Sphinx clan and the Sphinx council elected me and approved by my father as a life time Vice President of the World Empire of Sphinx Martial Arts, Kick Arnis and Arnis 63 Generals Federation International, second in command to the founder and father of Sphinx Martial Arts. During my road to the competition in cities and provinces here in the Philippines, I found my lost Sphinx brothers and sisters. From Iloiol and Manila City I guided them and assisted them to have communications with the Sphinx Central Office in order to update their Sphinx knowledge for new Sphinx system. Sphinx Iloilo, Mindanao, Manila and around the globe kept on expanding the propagation and me as Sphinx Vice President kept on conducting seminars to Department of Education, Local Government Units and to all Sphinx family as part of the massive propagation.

All international Sphinx members are now communicating with Sphinx Central Office for update of the art. We do have one aim; to promote the art and to develop good camaraderie's with other Federations.