Combat Wrestling Philippines

On the road to the 2026 Combat Wrestling World Championship to be held in Korea! In partnership with Samadio MMA and Select Pro Fighters From Amateur Wrestling League, Combat Wrestling Philippines will hold Buno sa Angono 2: Combat Wrestling and Takedown Challenge on August 2, 2026! 🤼‍♀️🤼🤼‍♂️

The age and weight classes for Combat Wrestling and Takedown Challenge are as follows:

Men, Adult (over age 18), in kg.: 62, 68, 74, 82, 90, 100, +100
Men, Veteran (over age 40), in kg.: 62, 68, 74, 82, 90, 100, +100
Women, Adult (over age 16), in kg.: 57, 64, open weight
Men, Youth (below 18): open weight Women, Youth (below 16): open weight

Check out this video to familiarize with Combat Wrestling rules: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0duh0dlv8Y.

More details to follow. Stay tuned! 🎼

TEAM COMBAT WRESTLING PHILIPPINES WILL BE THERE! We'll see action in the 2026 Combat Wrestling World Championships in Korea from 5-6 September—by hook or by crook! 💪 Check on this page for future announcements of our regional and national trials, and other events, this year! 🤼

🏆 2026 컴뱃레슬링 월드챔피언십 2026 Combat Wrestling World Championship 2026년 컴뱃레슬링 월드챔피언십이 최초로 대한민국에서 개최됩니다. The 2026 Combat Wrestling World Championship will be held for the first time in Korea. 📅 2026년 9월 5일–6일 (2일간) 📍 대한민국 서울 | Seoul, South Korea 이번 대회는 생활체육 국제대회로, 레슬링과 주짓수를 즐기는 누구나 참가 가능합니다. This is a sports-for-all international tournament, open to anyone who enjoys wrestling and jiu-jitsu. 한국 선수뿐만 아니라 전 세계 각국의 선수들이 여행을 겸해 참가 예정이며, athletes from around the world will join this event, combining competition and cultural experience. 대회는 토너먼트 방식으로 진행되며, 우승자에게는 트로피, 상장 및 부상이 수여됩니다. The tournament will be held in a bracket format, with trophies, certificates, and prizes awarded to champions. 📣 2026년, 서울에서 세계를 상대하라. 📣 Face the world in Seoul, 2026. @combat.wrestling @combat_wrestling_japan @masa4430 #컴뱃레슬링 #컴뱃레슬링월드챔피언십 #CombatWrestling #CombatWrestlingWorldChampionship #CW2026

Here's a great read for catch wrestling athletes and enthusiasts, written by one of our Philippine Combat Wrestling champions, Fabio Makisig of PUSO Wrestling. 🏆 Both a leader and leading athlete of Philippine professional wrestling, Fabio elucidates the merits of having a strong base in Catch-as-Catch Can to flourish as a pro wrestler. And we are grateful for him mentioning Combat Wrestling, and his participation in our last national trials, in his article:

"On March 10, 2025, I entered the first Combat Wrestling competition in the Philippines. Its rules are likely the closest to modern day CACC—the winning conditions are pin or submit.'

"I have been training CACC consistently since February 2025, enabled by my chance meeting with Captain Ken Koike, a Snake Pit Japan-trained wrestler. Call it serendepitous or manifesting a dream to reality, but for someone like me (who’s been constantly looking for ways to connect to CACC) to suddenly get the chance to train genuine CACC… it’s like a dream come true.'

"So when Captain Ken approached me with the idea of joining a Combat Wrestling competition to test my meager CACC, you bet I said yes." 🤼

Click on the link to read and enjoy the whole article: https://fabiomakisig.substack.com/p/catch-as-catch-can-wrestling-is-important?fbclid=IwY2xjawL78LxleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFMV2ZFRWQzc2VFU2R0S285AR5TlP6I099aLXMvQTk8PQFdNQv0BDd5Za_Eb4Du6qnoaPjrU-aAGrtj-Gn8eA_aem_gdOJT1X5BAeFkaZ6udkrjA.

Catch-as-Catch-Can Wrestling is Important to Pro Wrestlers (at least for me) You might catch strays, IDK

And finally, COMBAT WRESTLING training sessions at Off Grid S&C Facility start this August 2025! The first training sessions dedicated solely for learning the grappling sport of combat wrestling will be held regularly at Off Grid S&C Facility in Marikina City! The classes will be handled by former Marikina Wrestling Team head coach and 2025 Asian Combat Wrestling Championships silver medalist (veterans division) Coach Erwin Gamao (photos: in red). It will be held every Tuesday and Thursday at 7:00 PM beginning August 12. It will also be launched with a FREE trial on August 9. 🤼‍♀️🤼🤼‍♂️

Rates inclusive of gym use for strength and conditioning:

8 sessions/1 month = P6000.00
Per session = P1000.00

Feel free to contact Coach Erwin here for more details: https://www.facebook.com/share/1ArDoTyYrh/.

Gold medalist Coach Gilbert Ombao with his hand raised! 🥇 (From Combat Wrestling JAPAN - JCWA's photo album. :) )

And thank you so much, Sports Corner PH, for sharing the achievements of our winners in the 2025 Asian Combat Wrestling Championships! 🥇🥈🤼‍♂️ 🇵🇭

https://www.facebook.com/share/1Agd8KUGr4/

PH Combat Wrestling Team
Gilbert Ombao - Gold, Men's Veteran 90 kg
Erwin Gamao - Silver, Men's Veteran 82 kg

Asian Combat Wrestling Championships
Honjo, Saitama, Japan

Photo: Combat Wrestling Philippines

CONGRATULATIONS, Team Combat Wrestling Philippines! Congratulations, Gilbert Ombao for winning GOLD (right, top photo) and Erwin Gamao for snatching a SILVER (left, top photo) in the Veteran Men Division (90 kg. and 82 kg., respectively) in the 2025 Asian Combat Wrestling Championships held earlier today, June 22, at Silk Dome, Honjo, Saitama, Japan! The Philippine delegation, coached by Combat Wrestling Philippines Corp secretary general Karlo Sevilla (center, top photo), placed 5th overall in the budding continental grappling competition.

This is the second consecutive year that Combat Wrestling Philippines participated in the annual continental grappling event. Last year, John Andrei Samadio of the Laguna Wrestling Team made history by winning the Philippines' first-ever medal (a silver) in the 2024 Asian Combat Wrestling Championships.

May we have more wins inside and outside the country, and inside and outside the mat! 🔥 🤼‍♂️ 🇵🇭

Finally, this Sunday (June 21), our Combat Wrestling Philippines athletes will see action in the 2025 Asian Combat Wrestling Championships at Honjo City, Saitama, Japan. You can support and watch all the action here: https://www.youtube.com/live/1UaFuNfvoyk. 🤼

This is the second consecutive year that Combat Wrestling Philippines is sending a delegation to the annual continental grappling event. Last year, John Andrei Samadio of the Laguna Wrestling Team made history by winning the Philippines' first-ever medal (a silver) in the 2024 Asian Combat Wrestling Championships. 🥈

All the best and do your very best, Pinoy combat wrestlers! 🇵🇭

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And we're still grinding and grappling! It's only two weeks to go before the 2025 Asian Combat Wrestling Championship in Honjo City, Saitama, Japan on June 22, so we keep ourselves busy on the mat! 🫰 🇯🇵

Here we are with the trainees of Luta Livre Manila at the Manila Boat Club yesterday afternoon! At extreme right is Combat Wrestling Philippines head coach Erwin Gamao (former coach of the Marikina Wrestling Team). 🤼