MANILA, Philippines — MORE world jiu-jitsu titleholders will come from DEFTAC in years to come after producing five new elite world champions in the just-concluded 2024 World Festival Jiu-Jitsu Championship, according to founder and president Alvin Aguilar.
Aguilar , the president of Wrestling Association of the Philippines , expressed his gratitude to the young athletes composed of Princess Akeisha Reuma, Ma. Althea Louise Brion, her daughter Aielle Aguilar , Marcus Sebastian Dela Cruz and Yani Alexii Lopez for winning the gold.He also thanked Ella Rosario Daza Olaso for winning a silver medal in the teen yellow 48 kgs class.
Reuma won the gold in the junior white 48 kgs by beating all her counterparts — Kazakhstan's Safina Akmetshina, UAE's Noora Ali Aljaheri, Russian Vasilisa Rakova, and Kazakhstan's Aisha Zamalbek — via different submission maneuvers like Americana, armlock, armbar and kimura.
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