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Jean Claude Saclag
Jean Claude Saclag (born September 25, 1994) is a Filipino wushu and kickboxing practitioner. In wushu, he is a gold medalist in Sanda World Cup and a silver medalist in the 2014 Asian Games. Career Wushu Saclag initially competed in international tournaments for the Philippines in wushu. His first competition was the 2013 Wushu World Championship in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. His best feat in wushu would be winning a gold medal and the 2014 Wushu Sanda World Cup in Jakarta, Indonesia and a silver at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea. Kickboxing After wushu, Saclag would transition to kickboxing in 2019. He would compete in the SEA Games in the 2019, 2021 and 2023 editions. He would also clinch a gold in 2022 Asian Kickboxing Championship. Mixed martial arts Saclag is part of Team Lakay. As of 2023 he is aiming to become a professional martial artist. Personal life Saclag who has connections to Lubuagan, Kalinga and Kapangan, Benguet, is the youngest among the thirt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of The Cordilleras
The University of the Cordilleras (UC or UC-BCF; ), formerly known as the Baguio Colleges Foundation (BCF), is a private coeducational university in Baguio, Philippines. Founded by Benjamin R. Salvosa and his wife Evangelina D. Salvosa in 1946, it offers programs at the elementary, secondary, undergraduate and graduate levels catering to around 21,000 students. It has three campuses all located in Baguio. The main campus is at the city center, near the Baguio Cathedral and SM City Baguio. It has an autonomous status granted by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and is an ISO certified university. The university's alumni include two Philippine Bar Examination topnotchers (first placers) and has graduated the founder and several members of Team Lakay Wushu. The university's athletics team is nicknamed UC Jaguars. History Founding Baguio Colleges was founded on June 19, 1946, by Atty. Benjamin R. Salvosa and his wife Evangelina D. Salvosa. It was the first higher l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malaysia
Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two regions: Peninsular Malaysia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula and East Malaysia on the island of Borneo. Peninsular Malaysia shares land and maritime Malaysia–Thailand border, borders with Thailand, as well as maritime borders with Singapore, Vietnam, and Indonesia; East Malaysia shares land borders with Brunei and Indonesia, and a maritime border with the Philippines and Vietnam. Kuala Lumpur is the country's national capital, List of cities and towns in Malaysia by population, largest city, and the seat of the Parliament of Malaysia, legislative branch of the Government of Malaysia, federal government, while Putrajaya is the federal administrative capi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filipino Sanshou Practitioners
Filipino may refer to: * Something from or related to the Philippines ** Filipino language, a de facto standardized variety of Tagalog, the national language, and one of the two official languages of the Philippines ** Filipinos, people who are natives, citizens and/or nationals of the Philippines, natural-born or naturalized * Filipinos (snack food), a brand cookies manufactured in Europe See also * Filippino (given name) * * * Filipinas (other) Filipinas may refer to: * Women in the Philippines * ''Filipinas, letra para la marcha nacional'', the Spanish poem by José Palma that eventually became the Filipino national anthem. * The original Spanish name, and also used in different P ... {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1994 Births
The year 1994 was designated as the "International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Charter, Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitting December 31. This was due to an adjustment of the International Date Line by the Kiribati government to bring all of its territories into the same calendar day. Events January * January 1 ** The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is established. ** Beginning of the Zapatista uprising in Mexico. * January 8 – ''Soyuz TM-18'': Valeri Polyakov begins his 437.7-day orbit of the Earth, eventually setting the world record for days spent in orbit. * January 11 – The Irish government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the Provisional Irish Republican Army and its political arm Sinn Féin. * January 14 – U.S. President Bill Clinton and Russian President Boris Yeltsin sign the Kremlin accords, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benguet
Benguet (), officially the Province of Benguet ('';'' ; ; ; ), is a landlocked Provinces of the Philippines, province of the Philippines located in the southern tip of the Cordillera Administrative Region in the island of Luzon. Its capital city, capital is La Trinidad, Benguet, La Trinidad. The highland province is known as the ''Salad Bowl of the Philippines'' due to its huge production of upland vegetables. Situated within the interior of Benguet is the Cities of the Philippines#Classification, highly urbanized city of Baguio, which is administered independent from the province and also its largest city. History Early history The Highland, mountainous area now covered by Benguet is generally presumed to have been settled from at least the 14th century by tribes coming from the surrounding lowlands, lured by the abundance of natural resources such as gold, hides, and wax. Two of these groups, the Ibaloi and the Kankanaey people, Kankanaey, are dominant ethnolinguistic gro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kapangan
Kapangan, officially the Municipality of Kapangan, (; ), is a municipality in the province of Benguet, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 19,297 people. History Pre-colonial period Kapangan was formerly called ''Takdang'' (or ''Tacdang''), which means "people from the east". The early natives, who came from eastern settlements such as ''Tinec'' in Buguias and Bontoc, settled along the Amburayan River and lived by the '' kaingin'' system. They traveled to Naguilian in La Union to trade goods with the Ilocano people The appointed first town president (before now mayor) is Espiritu Cariño (1898–1900) . Spanish period During the Spanish Regime, Kapangan was organized into four barrios; ''Balacbac'', ''Paykek'', ''Pongayan'', and ''Taba-ao''. The Spaniards appointed ''Espiritu Cariño'' as the first ''Capitan del Barrio'', whose duty was overseeing tax collection from local land owners. They also appointed ''Juan Ora-a Cariño'' to the pos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalinga (province)
Kalinga (), officially the Province of Kalinga (; ), is a landlocked province in the Philippines situated within the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. Its capital (and largest city) is Tabuk and borders Mountain Province to the south, Abra to the west, Isabela to the east, Cagayan to the northeast, and Apayao to the north. Kalinga and Apayao are the result of the 1995 partitioning of the former province of Kalinga-Apayao which was seen to better service the respective needs of the various indigenous peoples in the area. President Emilio Aguinaldo proclaimed Lubuagan town the seat of government for 73 days from March 6, 1900, to May 18, 1900, before finally fleeing to his last hideout in Palanan. Etymology The province's name is derived from the Ibanag and Gaddang noun "kalinga", which means "enemy", "fighter", or " headtaker". History American occupation Kalinga was taken from Cagayan and Isabela provinces and established by the US Government throug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lubuagan
Lubuagan, officially the Municipality of Lubuagan is a municipality of the Philippines, municipality in the Philippine Province, province of Kalinga (province), Kalinga, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 9,323 people. Lubuagan Municipality, once the seat of the National Government from March 6 to May 17, 1900, during the time of Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo, was among the eight (8) municipalities of the new province of Kalinga. It is located at above sea level in the southern part of Kalinga and in the heart of the Cordillera. It has a land area of . Some of its younger generation have migrated either in the lowland plains of Tabuk or in other provinces in search for income and employment opportunities. History Spanish occupation of the Philippines, Spanish Rule was never established in Lubuagan during its 300 year occupation of the Philippines. However, Emilio Aguinaldo, President of the Philippines, president of the erstwhile First Philippine Republi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SEA Games
The Southeast Asian Games, commonly known as SEA Games is a biennial multi-sport event involving participants from the current 11 countries of Southeast Asia. The games are under the regulation of the Southeast Asian Games Federation with supervision by the International Olympic Committee and the Olympic Council of Asia. The SEA Games is one of the five subregional Games of the Olympic Council of Asia, the others being South Asian Games, West Asian Games, East Asian Games, and Central Asian Games. History The SEA Games owes its origins to the ''South East Asian Peninsular Games'' or ''SEAP Games'' (abbreviated as SEAPG). On 22 May 1958, delegates from the countries in Southeast Asian Peninsula attending the Asian Games in Tokyo, Japan had a meeting and agreed to establish a sports organization. The SEAP Games was conceptualized by Luang Sukhum Nayapradit, then vice-president of the Thailand Olympic Committee. The proposed rationale was that a regional sports event will ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and the Sea of Japan to the east. Like North Korea, South Korea claims to be the sole legitimate government of the entire peninsula and List of islands of South Korea, adjacent islands. It has Demographics of South Korea, a population of about 52 million, of which half live in the Seoul Metropolitan Area, the List of largest cities, ninth most populous metropolitan area in the world; other major cities include Busan, Daegu, and Incheon. The Korean Peninsula was inhabited as early as the Lower Paleolithic period. Gojoseon, Its first kingdom was noted in Chinese records in the early seventh century BC. From the mid first century BC, various Polity, polities consolidated into the rival Three Kingdoms of Korea, kingdoms of Goguryeo, Baekje, and Sil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Incheon
Incheon is a city located in northwestern South Korea, bordering Seoul and Gyeonggi Province to the east. Inhabited since the Neolithic, Incheon was home to just 4,700 people when it became an international port in 1883. As of February 2020, about 3 million people live in the city, making it South Korea's third-most-populous city after Seoul and Busan. The city's growth has been assured in modern times with the development of its port due to its natural advantages as a coastal city and its proximity to the South Korean capital. It is part of the Seoul Metropolitan Area, along with Seoul itself and Gyeonggi Province, forming the world's fourth-largest List of metropolitan areas by population, metropolitan area by population. Incheon has since led the economic development of South Korea by opening its port to the outside world, ushering in the modernization of South Korea as a center of industrialization. In 2003, the city was designated as South Korea's first free economic zon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
