WUSHU multi-medalist Eduard Folayang gears up training as the country eyes at least four gold medals in the upcoming Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) slated November in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Failing to barge in the medal round of the recently concluded World Wushu Championship in turkey, Folayang bowed to seek the gold medal in the 70 kg sanda event.
“Right now yung injury ko sa ilong eh totally healed na kaya all out na tayo sa training ng SEAG,” Folayang said after suffering a nose fracture last September in One Fighting Championship.
Folayang hopes to pick up another gold in November’s SEA Games, where he dominated in the last two editions. He has also bagged a bronze in the 2005 World Wushu Championship aside from a silver (2006) and a bronze (2002) in the Asian Games.
Veterans and Baguio-based wushu campaigners John Keithley Chan, Mark Eddiva, Benjie Rivera, Folayang, brothers Daniel and Denver Parantac, and Thornton Quieney Lou Sayan will banner the 18 man field in the biennial competitions.
Joining the group are Jessie Aligaga, Mary Jane Estimar, Engelbert Andongan, Denbert Arcita and Eleazar Jacob. Completing the team are female wushu artists Rhea May Rifani, Marianne Mariano, Kariza Chan, Kathlynn Sabalburo and Natasha Laxamana.
The five female wushu players are also based in the city.
The Philippine wushu team looks capable of upholding the rich tradition the martial arts sport has established in the 26th edition of the Southeast Asian Games.
Philippines’ finest moment in the biennial meet, 1991 Games (11 gold medals) and 2005 (10 gold medals) will be hard to duplicate because other Southeast Asian neighbors have also improved in the martial arts sport. (Roderick Osis)
Published in the Sun.Star Baguio newspaper on October 28, 2011.
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