Arnis and All that Jazz
When I told my father i watned to join the arnis team, he nearly choked. he couldn’t believe that his 5 foot daughter watned to whirl a couple of wooden sticks against an opponent. it probably made him think that i’m still a frustrated minorrette. after all, i did oh so want to become a minorette back in my elementary days. it’s just that whenever the try-outs were held, i wasn’t able to bring my short shorts; but whenever i did wear them, there were no try-outs. talk about fate.
i think you’d also have a hard time believing that i truly want that. but really, it’s something new, it’s challenging, and whoa, there’s a scholarship to boot! did i mention it was also my dream to take part in the SEA games? i also began thinking that if ever i do go into a ceratin sport, it might as well be something all Filipino (not including piko and patintero, please).
i’m aware of the fact that at the end of every practice, i’d be a walking dalmatian but hey, those arnis skills could come in useful. i was never given the chance to study that sport when i was in the junior year in high school. i never tried being clobbered and i oh so want to emulate the moves i see in versus video games.
besides, it would be an all new way to change my image, don’t you think? and it would be something worth writing about.
arnis…kailan pa kaya?
