YOUNG and promising female taekwondo jin will headline the Philippine Sports Commission’s (PSC) “Rise Up! Shape Up! (RUSU)” this Saturday.
RUSU, a weekly web series conducted by the PSC’s Women in Sports Program, highlights the inspiring stories of women and girls who demonstrate excellence in sports and provides them equal opportunity and exposure.
PSC-RUSU will feature 45 taekwondo rising stars who took part in the recent Seventh Women’s Martial Arts Festival.
“Courtesy, integrity, perseverance, self-control and an indomitable spirit—these are the five tenets of taekwondo that any practitioner or athlete knows by heart,” PSC Women in Sports Commissioner oversight Celia Kiram said. “These are also the same characteristics manifested by these 45 young taekwondo champions.”
Kiram will discuss in her “K-Isport: Kwentong Isport” segment a brief history of taekwondo.
The program starts at 10:30 a.m. “This project echoes the agency’s commitment to supporting and nurturing women in the field of sports,” Kiram said.