SEAG Arnis betting search begins at the National Battle of the Champions



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betting search SEAG arnis starts at the National Battle of the Champions

Abac Cordero (philstar.com) – July 8, 2018 – 12:41

MANILA, Philippines – A total of 160 practitioners, from the Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao and National Capital Region National Championships, participate in the first PEKAF National Champions Battle which takes place on Saturday at the Pavilion in Pasay

Sen. Juan Miguel Zubiri, president of the Philippine Eskrima Kali Arnis Federation, Inc., said the winners of this two-day event will include the national team that will be preparing for the 2019 South East Asian Games. in the Phillippines.

"What we have here is the best of the best – they are not handpicked because we have promised the Philippine Olympic Committee that we will only do the best in 2019," Zubiri told reporters. 39, opening of the two-day event.

"We told the POC that we can make a significant contribution to the 2019 SEA Games," said Zubiri

. However, the 50-year-old legislator warned that a victory in this event will not guarantee seats at the next SEAG. ] "Why? Because they become complacent at training, the silver medalists will take their place.We have a seeding here.I do not want them to be disgusted that In winning they can be lazy, "said the sportsman senator.

As host of the SEA 2019 Games, Zubiri wants the POC to contemplate up to 20 events in Arnis, and the senator, who practices the sport, said that the Philippines can dominate the sport. event, with the most difficult competition coming from Vietnam.

When the country hosted the SEA Games in 2005, there were only five gold medals played in arnis, and the Philippines won three. Vietnam has won two.

"Vietnam wants to win the overall title in arnis in 2019 because in 2005 it almost beat us," said Zubiri, adding that since 2005, the sport from the Philippines was no longer played in the sea. Games.

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