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UMAASA ang Pilipnas na maging matagumpay ang kanilang kampanya sa Asian Jiu-Jitsu Championship na nakatakda sa Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emrates mula Mayo 1 hanggang 5.
Ang pangkat ay pamumunuan ni 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games gold medalist Annie Ramirez (-57kg) at Meggie Ochoa (48kg) at 2023 World Combat Games gold medalist Kaila Jenna Napolis (52kg).
Sasabak rin sa women’s division sina Kimberly Anne Custodio at Ma. Daniella Palanca (-45kg); Jollirine Co (-48kg), Mariella Rafael (-52kg), Rosanna Andrea Nolido (-57kg), Andrea Lois Lao (-63kg), Apryl Jessica Eppinger and Anna Angelica Mitra (-70kg), at Joanne Pauline Tan at Dylan Chrystle Reign Valmores (+70kg).
Sa men’s roster ay sina Marc Alexander Lim and Michael Bryant Tiu (-69kg), Carlo Angelo Peña at Gregorio Antonio Abalos III (-56kg), Marc Francis Chua at Romeo John Alfred Raphael Arellano III (-94kg), Myron Myles Mangubat at Santino Luis Luzuriaga (-62kg), Dean Michael Roxas at Ivan Matthew Phoenix Oleta (-85kg), and Gerard Gallos at Philip Christopher Alegre (-77kg).
Samantala, ang Pilipinas ay nag lahok ng eight athletes sa Asian Youth Championships na nakatakda mula Mayo 5 hanggang 8.
Sila ay ang magkapatid na Ellise Xoe (U18 -40kg) and Eliecha Zoe (U21 -45kg) Malilay, Sean Khale Juatan (U16 -48kg), Earth Chang (U18 -55kg), Vito Luis Luzuriaga (U18 +85kg), Sachi Khonghun (-52kg), Yman Xavier Baluyo (U18 -66kg or -69kg), and Sebastien Blaize Posis-Cabanlig (U16 -52kg).
Ang Malilay siblings ay nagwagi ng gold medals sa kanilang kanya-kanyang categories sa 2022 Abu Dhabi World Youth Jiu-Jitsu Championships.
Baylon, ay multiple Southeast Asian (SEA) Games judo gold medalist bago kumambyo sa Jiu-Jitsu, ay sasamahan sa coaching staff nina by Allan Marcus, Stephen John Kamphuis, and Christopher Manuel Gallego (junior pool).