If the modest 15th place fashioned out in the recent 2019 World Wushu Championships will be the gauge, the Philippine wushu team is cinch to better its performance in the coming 30th Southeast Asian Games the country is hosting on November 30 to December 11. Agatha Wong, also a taolu artist, agreed with her teammate, saying both the national taolu (form) and sanda (sparring) teams are ready and prepared to do battle with their counterparts from 10 other SEA Games the nations. Like its wushu counterpart, the country’s duathlon and triathlon sides, expressed confidence of an improved performance in the Games. “As of today, the teams are 80 percent ready to ride, run and swim,” Fausto, for his past, assured. “Three months from now our men’s and women’s teams will be reading-ready na.”

Source: Manila Times November 10, 2019 16:09 UTC