Combative Sports to bring laurels
Wushu Sanda of Panabo City Banana Magnates succored its intensity to hit its target. The team planned to stir the opponents and crawl outside the mat in all bouts for the coming 2019 DAVRAA meet on January 27- February 2, 2019. The famous Chinese Kung Fu Wushu is a hard and complete martial arts established in 1958 by all China Wushu Association as an umbrella organization to regulate martial arts training. Arcel Wines Gacasan, in an interview, emphasized that good practice, self-discipline, and dedication are the key factors in sustaining their most coveted slot in the meet. Eric John A. Salas, who was once a gold medalist, now their trainer demonstrated positive stance and extended his expertise as he helped in the training. Mario G. Bautista and Jeirson Jake P. Marquez,Palarong Pambansa qualifiers and DAVRAA gold medalists, shared the same mantra of self-discipline and dedication to the event. Fahad Mohammad, the grimly-looking Wushu player and silver medalist in the Palarong Pambansa 2018 smilingly shared his journey in the field of combative sports. “We wanted to claim more golds this year,” he exclaimed. Other neophyte members of the team, Andrew C. Oblianda and Jake M. Tabanao manifested the same endurance. The Wushu girls with Coach Senate Stefane A.
NO PAIN, NO GAIN: “The more you sweat in training, the lesser you bleed in battle.” Mario Bautista 2018 Palarong Pambansa qualifier exhibits flexibility during a sparring with trainer Basa. Captioned by Jeanne Bajao & Photocredits Ken Harvvey Famor
Toning, once a taekwondo player in her younger years explained that they followed the same game plan and training matrix of the wushu boys. Erica Celocia, and Allysandra Nichole Lungay from FALI, Janele Shane Pontillas of PNHS and Patricia Marie Vicente of NDC comprised the team. “Kayanon namo maka gold sa DAVRAA,” echoed the girls. Sparring sessions were set for today and Wednesday. The collaborative efforts of both teams in throwing punches and kicks were evident in the Inhouse training for 20 days were all paid off. #JeanneBajao
Buntag to recapture badminton gold
ON GUARD: Maicel Buntag, Bronze medalist in the 2018 DAVRAA Meet prepares her racket for the slow drop shot.
Living up to her name, early morning grind was never a problem for badminton player Maicel A. Buntag as she wakes up early and relishes another opportunity to rise among the ranks of Badminton greats. At the age of five, Maicel took a liking to badminton and never departed from playing till it brought her straight to Palarong
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Pambansa for two consecutive years in her elementary days. Maicel, who happened to be the niece of the owner of JB Smashville in Panabo, made her daily trainings easier. Badminton is not just a game for the young badminton player for it already became part of her life. She always ensures that a day never skips without her indulging into intensive practice even if she is at the middle of an ailment, as recalled by her former coach, Shella Rose Amodia. “The more Maicel is challenged, the greater the drive she exuded ,” said coach Girlie Sale.
“As per observation, Maicel is a decisive lass aside from being a goaloriented athlete,” she added. The bronze medal she acquired from 2018 DAVRAA Meet pushed her to aspire for greater heights and reclaim the gold medals she enjoyed three years back. A few days before the anticipated opening of the 2019 DAVRAA Meet, Maicel Buntag, along with other badminton players continued the regular early morning grind; marveling at the golden sun rising over the horizon; hoping to recapture the gold which was once hers. #KenHarveyFamor
