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<title>Shemael Murillo Carries Philippine Hopes at the 16th Funakoshi Gichin Cup in Japan</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ JKA Philippines karateka joins the world championship stage under the guidance of Chairman Shihan Lito Luague ]]></description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal"><b>TAKASAKI, Japan — October 2024</b> — Filipino karateka <b>Shemael Murillo</b> proudly represented <b>JKA Philippines</b> at the <b>16th Funakoshi Gichin Cup Karate World Championship Tournament</b>, bringing Philippine determination and fighting spirit to one of the world’s most prestigious traditional karate competitions.<br><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Held in Takasaki, Japan, the international tournament gathered highly trained karate athletes from different countries to compete under the standards and traditions of the Japan Karate Association.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For Murillo, participating in the championship was both an honor and a tremendous responsibility. Wearing the Philippine colors, he stepped onto the international stage carrying not only his personal ambitions but also the confidence of his instructors, fellow karateka and supporters back home.<br><br><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Guided by Shihan Lito Luague<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Murillo competed under the guidance of <b>Shihan Gilietto “Lito” Luague</b>, Chairman of JKA Philippines, who personally coached him throughout the championship.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Shihan Luague’s presence provided the Filipino athlete with technical direction, strategic preparation and encouragement while facing the pressure of world-class competition.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The partnership between coach and athlete reflected one of karate’s most enduring traditions: the bond between a teacher who passes on knowledge and a student who carries those teachings into the arena.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Murillo’s participation demonstrated the growing determination of JKA Philippines to develop disciplined competitors capable of standing alongside some of the finest karate athletes in the world.<br><br><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><br>Philippine Delegation Welcomed by JKA Leadership<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Shemael Murillo joined the JKA Philippines delegation together with <b>Liany Murillo</b> and <b>Trux Dilag</b>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The delegation also shared a memorable moment with <b>Koichiro Okuma, Shihan</b>, Chief of the Foreign Affairs Division of the Japan Karate Association, who joined the Philippine team for official photographs.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">His presence underscored the strong relationship between the Philippine delegation and the international JKA community. It also gave the Filipino representatives an opportunity to stand alongside one of the organization’s respected international officials at the birthplace of karate tradition.<br><br></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>More Than a Competition<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The journey to Japan offered the Philippine delegation more than an opportunity to compete. It allowed its members to experience the discipline, culture and remarkable modernity of the country where the Japan Karate Association was founded.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Following their activities in Takasaki, Liany Murillo, Shemael Murillo and Trux Dilag traveled aboard Japan’s famous <b>Shinkansen bullet train</b> to Tokyo.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The group visited <b>Shibuya</b>, one of the capital’s most energetic and recognizable districts, and stopped at the celebrated <b>Hachikō Memorial Statue</b>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hachikō’s story of unwavering loyalty carried a fitting message for the visiting karateka. Loyalty, perseverance and devotion are also values deeply embedded in the practice of traditional karate.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The delegates’ journey between Takasaki and Tokyo provided an unforgettable contrast: from the controlled intensity of a world karate championship to the dazzling lights and constant movement of one of the world’s greatest cities.<br><br></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>A Proud Moment for Philippine Karate<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Murillo’s appearance at the Funakoshi Gichin Cup placed him among international competitors who had devoted years to mastering the physical and mental demands of karate.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">His participation was itself a significant achievement. Reaching the world-championship stage requires discipline, preparation and the courage to perform while carrying the name of one’s country.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For JKA Philippines, the delegation’s presence in Japan represented another step in strengthening the country’s participation in the international karate community.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Shemael Murillo returned from Japan with more than tournament experience. He came home carrying lessons from world-class competition, memories of Japanese culture and a renewed responsibility to inspire other young Filipino karateka.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in;">In Takasaki, he stood not only as an athlete, but as a representative of the Philippines—disciplined, determined and ready to face the world.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<title>フィリピン人空手家シーメイル・ムリリョ、日本で世界の舞台へ</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ JKAフィリピン代表として高崎市で開催された第16回船越義珍杯に出場、ルアゲ師範が指導 ]]></description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">高崎市、</span>2024</b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">年</span>10</b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">月</span></b> — <span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">フィリピン人空手家の<b>シーメイル・ムリリョ（</b></span><b>Shemael Murillo</b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">）が、群馬県高崎市で開催された第</span>16</b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">回船越義珍杯世界空手道選手権大会</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">に</span>JKA<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">フィリピン代表として出場し、世界の舞台でフィリピンの誇りと空手精神を示した。</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">同大会には世界各国から優秀な空手選手が集結。それぞれが自国の名誉と期待を背負い、長年にわたり磨き上げてきた技と精神力を競い合った。</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">ムリリョにとって、日本の大会会場に立つことは、厳しい稽古と努力、そして数々の犠牲の積み重ねによって実現した大きな節目となった。</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">彼は一人の競技者としてだけではなく、フィリピン空手界を代表する選手として高崎の舞台に立った。<br><br></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';"><br></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">ルアゲ師範が世界大会でムリリョを指導</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">ムリリョは大会期間中、</span>JKA<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">フィリピン会長の</span>**<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">ジリエット・</span>“<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">リト</span>”<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">・ルアゲ師範（</span>Shihan Gilietto “Lito” Luague<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">）</span>**<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">から直接指導を受けた。</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">世界大会という緊張感に包まれた舞台で、ムリリョはルアゲ師範の技術的助言、豊富な競技経験、そして伝統的な</span>JKA<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">空手への深い理解を支えに競技へ臨んだ。</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">二人の姿は、師が技と精神を伝え、弟子がその教えを試合の場で体現するという、空手道における師弟関係の大切さを示していた。</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">ムリリョが繰り出す一つ一つの立ち方、突き、そして動きには、道場で積み重ねてきた長い稽古の成果が表れていた。</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">今大会は、彼の身体能力だけでなく、集中力、精神的な安定、そして大きなプレッシャーに立ち向かう勇気を試す機会にもなった。<br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">大隈師範とフィリピン代表団が記念撮影</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">ムリリョは、<b>リアニー・ムリリョ（</b></span><b>Liany Murillo</b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">）</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">、</span>**<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">トラックス・ディラグ（</span>Trux Dilag<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">）</span>**<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">とともに</span>JKA<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">フィリピン代表団に参加した。</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">代表団は、日本空手協会の外事部長を務める</span>**<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">大隈浩一郎師範（</span>Koichiro Okuma Shihan<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">）</span>**<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">との交流の機会にも恵まれ、大隈師範を交えて公式記念撮影を行った。</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">この記念すべき一枚は、フィリピンと国際的な</span>JKA<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">組織との強いつながりを象徴するとともに、フィリピン代表団が日本空手の基準と伝統を守り続ける決意を示すものとなった。</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">フィリピン代表団にとって、日本の地で</span>JKA<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">の国際的指導者とともに写真に収まったことは、世界大会での経験をさらに意義深いものにした。</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">高崎の緊張感から東京・渋谷の躍動へ</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">高崎での大会活動を終えた後、リアニー・ムリリョ、シーメイル・ムリリョ、トラックス・ディラグの</span>3<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">人は、日本が誇る<b>新幹線</b>に乗って高崎と東京の間を移動した。</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">この旅は、世界空手道選手権大会の緊張感と規律に満ちた空間から、世界有数の大都市・東京の光と活気に包まれた世界へと代表団を運んだ。</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">東京では、世界的に有名なスクランブル交差点がある<b>渋谷</b>を訪問。巨大なデジタルスクリーンと行き交う大勢の人々に囲まれながら、日本の現代的でエネルギッシュな一面を体験した。</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">また、一行は忠犬として世界中に知られる<b>ハチ公像</b>も訪れた。</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">揺るぎない忠誠心で知られるハチ公の物語は、フィリピンから訪れた空手家たちにとって特別な意味を持った。忠義、忍耐、そして変わらぬ献身は、長年にわたり修行を続ける武道家にとっても大切な精神だからだ。<br><br></span><o:p></o:p><b></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b><br>JKA</b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">空手発祥の地で得た貴重な経験</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">日本で競技に臨んだことは、ムリリョにとってメダルや試合結果だけでは語れない、かけがえのない経験となった。</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">日本は、</span>JKA<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">空手の伝統、技術基準、そして哲学が育まれた国である。海外の空手家にとって、日本で稽古し、競技に参加することは、空手道の原点に触れる特別な機会となる。</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">ムリリョは今回の滞在を通して、規律が道場の中だけに存在するものではなく、新幹線の正確な運行や東京の人々の秩序ある行動など、日本社会のさまざまな場面に息づいていることを実感した。</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">この旅は、空手を通じて結ばれた二つの文化の交流でもあった。空手の伝統が生まれた日本と、その精神を受け継ぎ発展させているフィリピン。その両国を、若き空手家たちがつないだ。<br><br></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';"><br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">フィリピンの誇りを胸に帰国</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">ムリリョは貴重な国際大会での経験とともに、国を代表することの重みと責任を胸にフィリピンへ帰国した。</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">船越義珍杯への出場は、フィリピンの空手家が世界の選手たちと同じ舞台に立つ勇気、実力、そして献身を備えていることを示した。</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">大会は数日間で幕を閉じたが、そこで得た教訓と経験は、今後も彼の空手人生の中に残り続けるだろう。</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">シーメイル・ムリリョにとって高崎は、単なる世界大会の開催地ではない。長年の鍛錬が世界への扉を開き、一人のフィリピン人空手家が国の誇りを背負って立った、忘れられない場所となった。</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';">高崎の世界大会から東京のまばゆい街並みまで、ムリリョの日本での旅は、空手と文化、そしてフィリピンの誇りが一つになった力強い物語となった。</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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