JKA Calamba City

🗓 August 21-23 2026
📍 7th Manuel Veguillas Philippine International Open Karate Championships 2026

The JKA Calamba Team competed in Tagaytay City, Velodrome with a small peak to an international WKF hosted event in the Philippines. With only 1 player with complete gears, she competed for a chance and experience for next even greater events.

🥋Carleigh Keileen Guevara
🥊 Cadets -61 kg Female Kumite
Quarter Finalist

We are once again grateful for the continuous support of our Mayor Ross Mayor Roseller "Ross" H. Rizal and Cultural Affairs, Tourism and Sports Development Department - Calamba City in allowing us to train and improve consistently. To Shihan Asido C Nestor in getting us to today. We are also thankful for the organizers of the tournament for such opportunity for our player and in the future.

This event is one of the JKA Calamba Team’s small step for the future in the field of WKF. 3 of our senpais namely Keith Asido, Ren Gabriel Olivarez and Denzel Keneth Dasallas have participated the Coaches Seminar and passed their Coach License to further increase their experience and credibility in Karatedo Sports in WKF🥋. This will give a better opportunity for further participating both national and international competitions in the future!

Our one player, Carleigh Keileen Guevara have also competed in a kumite event which made to Quarter Finals with a very close score of 4 – 5. She may have not gotten the bronze medal, but she has displayed athleticism enough to compete against other national athletes. We commend her improved efforts and pursuit to further improve herself by participating international WKF event.

It may certainly be her first time in competing international WKF event but she is determined to come back stronger and better than ever. We have more things to improve, as winning and losing are both catalysts in triggering the spark and greater will in pushing through greater heights of improvement. Understanding that both of those scenarios offer lessons that we all must recognize as athletes and karatekas alike.

Congratulation once again to everyone. Remember to always enjoy the process and expect the result later to be savored. Thank you for your hard work everyone and good job! 🙇‍♂️

[Announcement]
To all parents and students that inquire for joining our team that have not yet started their training sessions.

The JKA Calamba Team have recently started big preparations for the shift of busy months for tournaments and the students' Kyu/Belt Exam this September and October. Preparation for such events require respective training regiments to compete and pass their exams.

In order to provide a focused and proper guided training sessions, we have come into a decision to MOVE the starting sessions of new students that is just about to start their journey in November 7, 2026. This is to ensure that we will be able to train the students with no issues and a leveled corresponding syllabus for the newer students.

Thank you for understanding and have a great day!

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4th CavKD - SKIP Karatedo Championship - August 2 tournament held a special meaning for the entire JKA Calamba family.

Following the recent passing of our beloved Shihan Nestor Asido, our athletes chose to step onto the mat with courage and purpose. They knew this was what Shihan would have wanted—to keep moving forward, continue chasing their dreams, and live by the values he instilled in each of them.

This tournament was more than a competition. It was our way of honoring the legacy of Shihan Nestor Asido. Every kata, every kumite, and every medal was dedicated to the mentor who believed in us.

🏅 8 Total Medals
🥇 2 Gold Medals
🥈 2 Silver Medals
🥉 4 Bronze Medals

Congratulations to our medalists!

Arthur Alexander M Quejano - 🥈Silver Kumite

Mark Vergil Nayve – 🥇 Gold Kumite
🥉 Bronze Kata

Carleigh Keileen C. Guevara -🥉 Bronze Kumite

Lanaya Colein Guanezo – 🥇Gold Kumite

Dyunly Rico – 🥉Bronze Kata
🥉Bronze Kumite

Justine Blancaflor -🥈 Silver Kata

We are thankful to continuous support of Sports Development of Cultural Affairs, Tourism and Sports Development Department of Calamba City and Mayor Ross Rizal in supporting the athletes for even further exposure and improvement of athletes in facing even wider field of competition for our players.

We are once again incredibly proud of every achievement and every performance. This is only the beginning.

The journey continues. The dream lives on. And we will carry Shihan's legacy with us in every step we take.

Thank you, Shihan Nestor Asido, for your guidance, your dedication, and the countless lives you have inspired.

Forever in our hearts. Osu! 🥋🕊️

A Rainy Saturday Training

With profound sadness, we announce the passing of our beloved father, husband, grandfather, brother, relative, mentor, and friend, Nestor C. Asido.

We warmly invite our family and friends to join us as we celebrate his life, cherish the memories he gave us, and offer prayers for the eternal repose of his soul.

📍 Last Day of Wake
July 30, 2026 (Thursday)
Rizal Chapels, Chapel 1
Calamba City, Laguna

⚱️ Interment
July 31, 2026 (Friday)
3:00 PM
Holy Family III Cemetery
Calamba City, Laguna

"Jesus said to her, 'I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live.'"
— John 11:25

We are deeply grateful for your prayers, love, and support during this difficult time. May his soul rest in the loving embrace of our Lord. 🤍🕊️

With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of our beloved Shihan Nestor C. Asido.

A strong and caring mentor that has strived for carrying the PKF 87’ and JKA Calamba's legacy itself. His passion for Karate and giving opportunities to aspiring karatedo athletes were his greatest gift that he has left us. Forging and molding every kind of student and understanding each of their own situations, made him an outstanding teacher and instructor of our club and team. A value that we all cherish and appreciate for his dedication in pursuing karate even with medical conditions at his later age. We are grateful for his support throughout his whole career and all these years. That is why we respect and love Shihan Nestor so much.

We are once again grateful to Shihan Nestor Asido. Even in his last moments, he has taught us that even in our worst condition, we just have to push through the pain in order to fully live our life. Thank you, Shihan Nestor Asido. The JKA Calamba Family wishes your peace to be a restful and a caring one. Ossu! 🙇‍♂️

Family and friends are invited to join us in honoring his life and offering prayers for the eternal repose of his soul.

📍 Wake Venue: Rizal Chapels, Chapel 1
Calamba City, Laguna

Your presence, prayers, and support during this difficult time are deeply appreciated by the Asido family

Interment details will be announced at a later date.

“Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in Me, even if he dies, will live.’”
— John 11:25

Saturday Joint Training with BCJK Team once again!

We are grateful for your team's experience and friendly competitive spirit in preparation for this upcoming tournament. Let's once again do our best and give everything we got!

The JKA Calamba recently competed in Pasig Karatedo Open 2026 at Robinsons Metro East, Pasig last July 4, 2026 (Saturday)

The total number of medals were:
🥈Silver - 2
🥉Bronze - 6
Total Medals - 8

We are once again grateful for the continuous support of our Mayor Ross Rizal and Sports Management of Calamba. We are also thankful for the organizers of the tournament for such opportunity for our players.

20 players of JKA Calamba competed in the tournament with outmost dedication and their best. Though the majority players have failed to win their bouts and fights, they have still shown that they are able to compete regional level of competition. Some where close to winning, some players lost where only 1 point difference to win, some made one small punishing mistake and some experienced overwhelming defeat. The experiences of each players are varied but what mattered is their pursuit to improvement. Acknowledging mistakes and defeats will be their key to improvement.

"𝑴𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆, 𝒊𝒇 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒅𝒎𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎."
- Bruce Lee

"𝑨 𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒃𝒊𝒈 𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒅𝒎𝒊𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔, 𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒇𝒊𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎."
- John C. Maxwell

Not everyone is born a champion at the start and doesn't face defeats. Even in the process, wins are sometimes overwhelmed the by the number of defeats. But what matters the most is learning from it and doing something about it. The players have shown their passion and understanding of it, which is why they are still here trying and doing their best — a commendable feat that every athletes should remember during the process and in traversing their own hard path.

Congratulation again everyone! Let's us train hard once again, do our best, and always trust the process! We'll get them next time!