WRESTLING will take the spotlight in the webisode of the Philippine Sports Commission’s Rise Up Shape Up this Saturday, Feb. 19.
The weekly web series will feature Jonathan Arias and his sports program dubbed “Teach Me Wrestling,” which won the “Proyektong Isport Pangkababaihan” award in the 2021 PSC Gintong Gawad.
Arias founded the program to challenge the status quo in a rural conservative community in Tabaco City, where wrestling is often perceived as a male sport. It encourages schoolgirls to learn the sport, build physical and mental strength, and allow them to break the mold in sports development.
Commissioner Celia H. Kiram, who oversees the Women in Sports program, values the support of grassroots communities in helping the agency in its vision of promoting sports excellence nationwide and discover new talents that would soon wear the Philippine tricolors.
